A movement
You do not walk alone.
That's not sentiment. That's survival.
A 40-day journey you take with a few people who refuse to let you walk alone.
No email. No account. Just tell us where you're standing.
Why this exists
Belong first. Act second.
You know the weight. The one you carry into rooms full of people who think you're fine. The faith that's still real but has gone quiet. The drive home from church to a separate life. And underneath it all, the question that gets loud in the in-between moments:
Is anyone out there?
Yes. Closer than you think. And these forty days are how you find them.
Walking Together is eight weeks of short daily readings and one honest hour a week with a few people: a living room, a back patio, a corner table at a coffee shop. Not a stage. Not a program. A table.
Most of what's out there tells you to act: serve more, lead more, do more. This journey runs the other direction. Belong first. Act second. You cannot give what you have not received, and you were never meant to receive it alone.
Trusted voices
People you'd listen to are already walking.
“Resonates deeply.”
Metropolitan Archbishop Dr. Sterling Lands IIpastor, civil-rights elder, and co-founder of Dream Together 2030
“Most books describe the destination. Rich Carney describes the road - and he has the mud on his boots to prove it.”
Rob KellyFounder, For Charlotte Network; Co-Founder & CEO, City Leaders Collective
“A timely and deeply needed book.”
Thom S. RainerFounder and CEO, Church Answers; Former President and CEO, Lifeway
“Walk together - and let's see our cities changed from the inside out!”
Kevin PalauPresident & CEO, Palau
“One of the most thoughtful and compelling books I've read on Christian formation in many years.”
Doug ShermanAuthor of Jesus at the Door; Co-author of Your Work Matters to God
“One of the enemy's greatest strategies is isolation; one of God's greatest gifts is His people.”
Vance PitmanAuthor of Unburdened and The Stressless Life
“Rich articulates what took me a 35-year career to piece together.”
Rebecca WallsExecutive Director, Unite DFW
“Walking Together turns knowledge into habits, insights into identity, and good intentions into a new way of life.”
Eric Swanson, DMinCo-founder, City Leaders Collective; Co-author of The Externally Focused Church and To Transform a City
“A field guide for sustaining what the Spirit ignites. I believe it is time.”
Andy MasonDirector, Heaven in Business
“Following Jesus has always been a shared journey.”
Thomas HammondExecutive Director, Georgia Baptist Mission Board
“A Scriptural roadmap to humanity's first crisis: 'It is not good to be alone.'”
David FergusonFounder, Great Commandment Network
“An invitation to escape orbit around isolation and mediocrity - into a dangerous new normal of Kingdom impact.”
Mike SharrowCEO, C12 Business Forums
“The people we become are as visible and rewarding as the Kingdom we build.”
Chuck ProudfitPresident, At Work On Purpose
“Not merely a timely message - a strategic call to mobilization.”
Rev. Jennifer JacksonEntrepreneur, Marketplace Mentor, Minister of the Gospel
“A thoughtful invitation to move beyond isolation into authentic community.”
TJ MorelliWorkplace Pastor, Austin Ridge Bible Church
“Forty days can change the direction of a life.”
Scott ElequinExecutive Director, Switchboard
“Can eight weeks change the course of a life? Rich Carney answers with a resounding yes.”
Rev. Dr. Glenn A. BarthPresident, GoodCities
“Not Christianity as a logical conclusion - a call for a Spirit-infused heart change.”
Joe BlandOwner, Joe Bland Construction
From the road
What it looks like when you don't walk alone.
This spring, a handful of people in Austin walked the forty days before the book ever reached a shelf. Here is one moment from that room.
Real people.
Real rooms.
Real flags.
You'll see them on the map below.
Plant your flag
No email. No account. Just tell us where you're standing, city and country, and you're in. Your flag joins the map below: every flag a real person, in a real city, starting the same walk. Free. No strings.
Every flag is a real person. No names. No tracking. Just witness.
That's it. You're in. Find your flag, and look who's walking with you.
Forty days is a long walk. I'll walk it with you, one short word a week, timed to where you are. Leave an email, or don't. You're in either way.
You're on the walk.
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Welcome back. The map remembers you. No accounts, no cross-device sync.
Films
Stories from the road. Watch free.
Five short films. Every story true. Every one lived. They stand on their own. The book goes deeper. No account. No email. Ever.
Isolation Embodied
You Cannot Give What You Have Not Received
The Cost of Conviction
What Flourishing Looks Like at a Table
Boots on the Ground
Devotional
Forty days is a long walk. I'll walk it with you, one short word a week.
You're on the walk.
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Gather a table
You don't need to be an expert to gather a table.
If you can host a dinner, you can lead a cohort. Three to twelve people. One hour a week. Eight weeks. The book does the teaching. The Spirit does the forming. Your job is to steward the room, and everything you need is free.
Start a CohortThe Book
Walking Together starts here.
The equipment is simple: one book per walker. Forty days. Eight weeks. Five short readings a week, and one gathering with your people. The book does the teaching. You bring the honesty.
Not ready to buy? Read the first five days free. Five days drawn straight from the book, enough to know if this walk is for you.
Read the free previewStand with the work
Help the next person not walk alone.
Walking Together is free to every cohort worldwide because people like you made it possible. Your gift puts the book, the films, and the guide into living rooms we will never see. Gifts are tax-deductible.
We walk together, or we fade by walking alone.