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“Brilliant, hilarious, absurd, honest, hopeful, true-hearted, and good to the core.”—Sarah Bessey, editor of A Rhythm of Prayer and author of Jesus Feminist
In Kate Bowler’s bestselling memoir Everything Happens for a Reason, readers witnessed the ways she, as a divinity-school professor and young mother, reckoned with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis; in her follow-up memoir, No Cure for Being Human, she unflinchingly and winsomely unpacked the ways that life becomes both hard and beautiful when we abandon certainty and the illusion of control in our lives. Now, in their first-ever devotional book, Kate Bowler and co-author Jessica Richie offer 40ish short spiritual reflections on how we can make sense of life not as a pursuit of endless progress but as a chronic condition. This book is a companion for when you want to stop feeling guilty that you’re not living your best life now.
Written gently and with humor, Good Enough is permission for all those who need to hear that there are some things you can fix—and some things you can’t. And it’s okay that life isn’t always better. In these gorgeously written reflections, Bowler and Richie offer fresh imagination for how truth, beauty, and meaning can be discovered amid the chaos of life. Their words celebrate kindness, honesty, and interdependence in a culture that rewards ruthless individualism and blind optimism. Ultimately, in these pages we can rest in the encouragement to strive for what is possible today—while recognizing that though we are finite, the life in front of us can be beautiful.
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Release date
February 15, 2022 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593506905
- File size: 155662 KB
- Duration: 05:24:17
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Friends and collaborators Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie share the narration of this book of remembrances, blessings, and more. Their voices, differing in timbre and pitch, make it easy to tell which one is speaking while never pulling listeners out of the flow of the narrative. Bowler's deep, rich tones contrast nicely with Richie's lighter, more youthful voice, offering pleasing diversity to the listening experience. Bowler is masterful at conveying the whimsy in her sometimes dark stories. (She was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer at age 35.) Both Bowler and Richie share a bit of humorous repartee. Listen all at once or a little bit at a time to this thoughtful and inspirational book-- either way will be good enough. S.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
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