A new book by Josh Thompson · Coming 2027
How to Build the Relationships That Carry You — And Walk Away From the Ones That Won’t
Build the right ones. Navigate the hard ones. Burn the ones that need burning.
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Friendship. Marriage. Mentorship. Partnership. Leadership. Fellowship. Each one is a -ship — and every -ship either carries you or sinks you.
Josh Thompson learned that the hard way. He lost his father at seventeen. He flew Army helicopters in combat and survived an IED in Afghanistan. He ran a hospital, and he walked away from a business partnership that had to end. Through all of it he kept coming back to what his grandparents showed him in 72 years of marriage: which relationships are worth fighting for, and how to love people well after the disagreement is over.
-Ships is a field guide built from those stories — honest, practical, and anchored in the faith that changed his life.
The friendships, marriage, mentors and partners that carry you.
Leading, following and belonging when it gets hard.
Letting go of what needs to end — and knowing the difference.
Josh Thompson is a combat veteran and former Army pilot, a former hospital CEO, and a finance executive and business owner. He lives in Hampton, Virginia, with his wife, Amy.
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