New book by Cindy Scott · November 17, 2026
What If It's Not Black & White?
The Pendulum Process: Define the extremes, Discuss both sides, Discern where God has you now.
Paperback $13.99 · Kindle $4.99 launch price
Right or wrong. In or out. Always or never.
What if neither is the answer?
Most of us were handed a simple map for the life of faith. It’s tidy. It’s also the reason so many of us feel disconnected. When we decide something is all bad, we swing hard toward its opposite. It feels right. What if it’s just the other side of a pendulum?
This book offers another way: a wide middle where two healthy perspectives can stand side by side, and an ongoing conversation with God about where you belong in this situation, this relationship, this season.
The Pendulum Process
1
Define the extremes
Name what “too far” looks like on your side and on the other side. Always and never are usually the giveaway.
2
Discuss both sides
Inside the edges are two healthy but differing perspectives. Learn to honor the one that isn’t yours.
3
Discern where God has you now
The middle is fluid, not fixed. Ask God where you belong for this season, and ask again next season.
What’s inside
Every pendulum has two edges no one wants to go over, and a wide middle where two healthy perspectives live. Here are a few of the edges. You’ll find the middles in the book.
Making decisions
Foolishness
or
Fear
Giving feedback
Blunt exposure
or
Conflict avoidance
When tragedy strikes
Blaming God
or
Walking away from God
Planning and rest
Giving up
or
Making “it” happen
Culture and standards
No exceptions
or
No standards
Your view of God
Seeing God as mean and distant
or
Demanding God make us feel better
Plus the Biblical foundations of the Pendulum Process; pendulums on faith and healing, being seen, being and doing, productivity, giftings and passions, and Christian freedoms; and how to build your own, with blank pendulums to fill in.
Who it’s for
You personally
Ever wondered why others aren't as passionate about something you see clearly as black and white? This book will help you define the extremes and see that there may be more happening than you realize.
Small groups
Every chapter ends with questions to talk through, ideal for friends who don't all see things the same way. Building pendulums together, on everything from politics to cultural norms, can bring the unity our world desperately needs.
Coaches and leaders
A simple tool for conversations where two valuable perspectives are in tension. Whether it's two people or a whole team, it gives everyone a way to define the extremes, discuss both sides and discern what God has for this moment.
“If there were just a set of rules, we wouldn’t need to talk to Him.”
From the book
Go deeper
Pendulum Coaching
Stuck seeing two sides as black and white in a perspective, a relationship or a team conflict? Work through it with Cindy. Together you’ll build your own pendulum: define the extremes, discuss both sides, and discern where God has you now.
- One 90-minute session on Zoom
- For one person, two people, or a team
- Cindy will personally be in touch to schedule
$300
per 90-minute session
Would you listen to a Pendulum Podcast?
Real conversations about the extremes we swing between. Tell me you’re interested, suggest a topic, or raise your hand to be a guest.
Launch list · November 17
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