Is there a mission that you know God has placed on your life since you were very young? Maybe it’s a lifelong dream you’re working to accomplish, or a book you know you need to write “someday,” or questions that won’t let you sleep at night. Whatever that calling might be, what’s holding you back from pursuing it right now?

This week’s Publishing Secrets guest, Jeanine Banza-Katungutere, had a lifelong passion for helping others, especially women and girls. But it wasn’t until her own daughters started asking questions about feminism that she realized part of that calling was to write a book. Whatever your own mission might be, let Jeanine’s story inspire you to pursue it now — today — with courage and conviction.