Author · Coauthor of two books on encouragement
Mark Gai
Mark Gai writes about encouragement — the kind that survives hard seasons. With Nic LaLonde, he is coauthor of The Art of Encouragement (2023), a story of resilience, and its companion volume Deeply Planted (2025), a book about the roots that make resilience possible.
The books
One story, two depths
A story of resilience
The Art of
Encouragement
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Published July 2023The Art of Encouragement
A story of resilience — about keeping going, rebuilding what life breaks, and lifting others along the way.
The companion volume
Deeply
Planted
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Published May 2025Deeply Planted
The companion volume — about the roots beneath resilience, and what you rebuild on when life breaks what stood above ground.
“Encouragement is a practice,
not a feeling.”
— the conviction carried through both books
Bring the story to your people
Talks and visits for churches, community evenings, and reading groups — built on the two themes Mark returns to: encouragement, and roots that hold.
- “Nobody is finished yet” — the resilience talk
- “Deeply planted” — roots for hard seasons
- Reading-group evenings around either book
Heart of Encouragement — the podcast
The daily weekday podcast growing out of these two books: piano, conversation, and the practice of encouragement, beginning November 2026.
Mark's own place in the show is his to announce — this sample claims nothing for him beyond the books he coauthored.
Say hello
Questions, invitations, book groups
One form reaches the team — a speaking invitation, a question about the books, or a note for Mark.