{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Kitchen Table Talk: The Quiet Ambition with Dr. Ryan Tinetti (Book Club Bonus!)

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Expanding on their recent Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club discussion , the Ladies welcome author Ryan Tinetti to the Lounge to unpack themes from his book The Quiet Ambition: Scripture’s Surprising Antidote to Our Restless Lives.

What is “the quiet ambition”? How and why did Tinetti write an entire book on two overlooked little verses in the New Testament (1 Thess. 4:11–12)? Can the Apostle Paul’s insights, rightly understood, help us thwart the “quiet desperation” endemic to our times and reorient our lives more fully around God’s love for us in Christ Jesus? And what do speeding tickets, hunting seasons, lawn mowing, and baking bread have to do with it all?

The Rev. Dr. Ryan P. Tinetti is assistant professor of practical theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He is the author of Preaching by Heart (Cascade Press, 2021) and The Quiet Ambition (Intervarsity Press, 2025). Watch for his article on Scripture memorization (cowritten with his wife, Anne) in the September issue of The Lutheran Witness .