Osteen promotes new title

Joel Osteen is promoting a new book, *Rediscovering the Forgotten You*, two weeks after its April 7 release through FaithWords. (hachettebookgroup.com) The book’s full subtitle is *Take Back Your Passion, Reignite Your Dreams, and Embrace the Life You Were Created to Live*. Hachette lists the ebook at $13.99, the hardcover at $29, and the audiobook download at $18.99. (hachettebookgroup.com) Osteen’s ministry site says the book is aimed at readers dealing with “discouragement, fear, or loss” and promises “scriptural teaching” and “personal testimonies.” Amazon labeled the hardcover a “#1 New Release in Christian Inspirational” after publication. (joelosteen.com, amazon.com) The release extends a publishing business that sits alongside Osteen’s church role. Hachette identifies him as Lakewood Church’s senior pastor in Houston and says his messages also reach audiences through television, podcasts, Sirius XM, and digital platforms. (hachettebookgroup.com) That reach helps explain why a short promotional clip can travel quickly online. Osteen’s website is currently using the book as its featured offer, and his store lists the hardcover at a discounted $15. (joelosteen.com, joelosteen.com) The book also arrives as Lakewood Church remains a major force in American megachurch life. The church says it began in 1959, and outside church directories regularly place it among the country’s largest congregations. (joelosteen.com, outreach100.com) Osteen’s public profile has long drawn criticism as well as loyalty. Critics have tied his preaching to prosperity-gospel ideas, while Osteen has continued to frame his message around hope, confidence, and restoration in books and sermons. (independent.co.uk, hachettebookgroup.com) His Houston church has also faced security scrutiny since the February 11, 2024 shooting at Lakewood, when a woman opened fire before off-duty officers killed her. One man was wounded, and the shooter’s young son was critically injured in the exchange. (abcnews.com, houstonpublicmedia.org) For now, Osteen is back in a familiar lane: selling a faith-and-self-renewal message through a new title, with his church, publisher, and storefront all pushing the same release. (hachettebookgroup.com, joelosteen.com)