Soul Survivor Author:Mike Pilavachi Mike Pilavachi explains life's desert experiences and how God uses them to make us better, helping readers to see things as God does. If we want to go deep with God, we will be taken into the desert. The desert represents the crucible where the waste is burned away to produce character and humility. We should welcome this experience, as it is he... more »re that God shapes us. In Soul Survivor, Pilavachi instructs, "Don't settle for a superficial version of Christianity. Superficial Christianity is the most boring thing in the world. Go for broke. Ask your Lord to take you deeper. Choose to live the adventure. Don't run away. Then you will come up from the desert, leaning on your lover [Christ], ready to be a voice and not yet another echo, equipped to change the world."« less