August 1, 2025 Press release
Mike Nygren Releases Memoir “God Isn’t Finished Yet” — A Lifelong Local Leader Reflects on Faith, Grit, and the Stories Worth Telling
Tipp City, OH — After more than five decades as a teacher, coach, youth pastor, nonprofit founder, and motivational speaker, Mike Nygren has done something that surprised even him: he sat down for 60 straight days and wrote a book.
The result is God Isn’t Finished Yet—a soulful, often humorous, and deeply personal memoir that reads less like a resume and more like a reunion. Part spiritual reflection, part storytelling adventure, and entirely heartfelt, the book draws from a lifetime of mentoring, ministry, missteps, and mission trips—from small towns in Ohio to hills in Appalachia, from New York to Jamaica, Mexico, and beyond.
This isn't a traditional autobiography, says Nygren. It’s more like a scrapbook of sacred moments—some funny, some hard, all meaningful.
The book captures stories that have long lived in church vans, campfires, locker rooms, and mission fields—now finally on the page. It’s a spiritual companion for those wondering what comes next, especially in seasons of transition, uncertainty, or quiet calling.
Nygren reflects: I’ve written leadership material before—motivational stuff—but this one came from a deeper place. I didn’t write it to tell people how to live, but to explain why I’ve lived the way I have. It’s a call to discipleship, but with detours, wrestling matches, and a few comic run-ins with authority along the way.
He also credits modern tools—like AI writing support—for helping him polish the book and stick with the discipline. Honestly, it was like having a coach and editor in my corner, he laughs.
For those who know him, God Isn’t Finished Yet is a love letter to the communities and people he’s served—locally and globally. For those just meeting him, it’s a testament that the second (or third, or fourth) act of life might be the most sacred of all.
If there’s a true saint in the story, it’s my wife, Nygren jokes. Fifty-six years of marriage and still saying ‘yes’ to this journey? She deserves her own chapter in heaven.