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Good enough, 40ish devotionals for a life of imperfection, Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie

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Good enough

Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie

40ish devotionals for a life of imperfection

In this collection of fortyish Christian daily reflections, Good Enough reminds us how truth, beauty and meaning can be discovered amid the chaos of life. Through blessings, prayers and human truths, we're encouraged to live with imperfection in a culture of self-help that promotes endless progress. Hailed by Glennon Doyle as 'the Christian Joan Didion', Kate Bowler and co-author Jessica Richie's compassionate, intelligent and wry devotionals celebrate kindness, honesty and interdependence in the face of ruthless individualism. They show us how beautiful life can be when the need for certainty is abandoned, and remind us that it's okay that life isn't always better. Granting us permission to end the fruitless pursuit of perfection, this is a companion for when you want to stop feeling guilty that you're not living your best life now. Ultimately, in these pages we can rest in the encouragement to strive for what's possibly today while accepting that though we are finite, the life in front of us can be beautiful

Preface -- Regula -- Buoyed by the absurd -- Mourning a future self -- Shiny things -- Building a good day -- Small things, great love -- Asleep on the job -- When good things become burdens -- The foundation -- When you are exhausted -- Happy enough -- Right after it's over -- Needing rules at all -- For the exiles -- The tragedy Olympics -- The bad thing -- Hopping off the treadmill -- Hello, goodbye -- No reason whatsoever -- Becoming real -- #Blessed -- Loving what is -- Being honest about disappointment -- Kindness boomerangs -- Give up already -- Say potato -- To my body -- Mediocrity for the win -- The burden of love -- Refuge -- Bottling magic -- Gondola prayers -- The cost of caring -- The reality-show gospel -- When words fail -- 2:00 A.M./2:00 P.M. -- The in-between -- Too few sparrows -- Bright hope -- A good gardner -- A good enough blessing -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments