{"id":2312,"date":"2026-11-09T17:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T05:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/?page_id=2312"},"modified":"2026-11-09T18:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:31:43","slug":"about-michael-shook-jr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/our-authors\/about-michael-shook-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"About Michael Shook Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Author-Headshot-photos.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2325 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Author-Headshot-photos.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Author-Headshot-photos.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Author-Headshot-photos.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Author-Headshot-photos.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Author-Headshot-photos.jpg?resize=600%2C750&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Author-Headshot-photos.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\">Michael Shook Jr. is an ordained minister, motivational speaker, <\/span>mentor, and youth football coach from Sturgis, Michigan. After more than ten years in meth addiction, he has been sober over five years.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote <strong><em>Faithful Strength for The Relentless Man: A Christian Man&#8217;s Path to Purpose, Grit, and Resilience<\/em><\/strong> as a Scripture-grounded field guide for Christian men, with workbook pages, weekly challenges, and a 30-Day Faithful Strength Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Michael Shook Jr. is an ordained minister, motivational speaker, mentor, and youth football coach from Sturgis, Michigan. After more than ten years in meth addiction, he has been sober over five years. He wrote Faithful Strength for The Relentless <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/our-authors\/about-michael-shook-jr\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2007,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2312","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2312\/revisions\/2334"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}