“Willard and Locy begin to address the questions you’ve only dared to ask in the quietness of your soul. This book will help in the too-often futile search for significance; the significance that shallow success, cheap celebrity, and surface-level acquaintanceships could never provide. Veneer is timely and powerful; a deeply compelling work that will surely resonate with this generation.”

- Kevin Palau (president of Luis Palau Association)

“In a time when so many Christian books offer a lot of sizzle and not much steak, it’s satisfying to find one that defies the trend. Willard and Locy artfully diagnose the shallowness of our culture and call those belonging to Christ into deeper waters. Rather than emulating our society to win wider approval, they encourage us back to scripture and a more profound communion with God.”

- Skye Jethani (senior editor of Leadership Journal)

“The more I read Veneer, the more I wanted to keep reading. Willard and Locy draw from masters, past and present, to offer an incisive cultural theology that drives us towards the knowledge and magnificence of God as the antidote to the superficial cloak of self love and image management so common in today’s world. Veneer gives you permission to be you.”

- Chip Ingram (author, and president of Living on the Edge)

“When I put down this book, I felt seen, heard, and not crazy. That’s about the highest compliment I can give. Veneer asked me to look at the truth about myself—consumerism, celebrity-gawking, the temptation to give people a curated-and-manufactured Facebook profile version of myself. And then it reminded me of a better way: deep relationships, intimacy, face-to-face connections, honesty even when it’s ugly. It reminded me how I want to live.”

- Shauna Niequist (author of Bittersweet)

“Bold, intelligent and convicting. Even as culture rewards our masks, Veneer urges us to rip them off.  The life we ought to live is identified on these pages. Only read if you are ready to shed your facade.”

- Gabe Lyons (founder of Q and author of The Next Christians)

“Our culture wants an ‘app for happiness’ and the church too often imitates that ‘app culture’. Veneer contains the best exposure of our ‘Celebrity Me!’ culture I’ve seen and, once Willard and Locy have peeled back the veneer, they take us on a journey into knowing God. A must read for parents and leaders—I’ll be putting copies of this in the hands of my students.”

- Scot McKnight (author of One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow)