Finding Holy in the Suburbs, Ashley Hales
Finding Holy in the Suburbs, Ashley Hales
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Finding Holy in the Suburbs
Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much

Author: Ashley Hales

Narrator: Ashley Hales

Unabridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/23/2018


Synopsis

Commuters. Tract homes. Strip malls. Is this what you think of when you think of the suburbs? Or do you think of safety, beauty, comfort, and ease? More than half of Americans live in the suburbs. Ashley Hales writes that for many Christians, however: "The suburbs are ignored ('Your place doesn't matter, we're all going to heaven anyway'), denigrated and demeaned ('You're selfish if you live in a suburb; you only care about your own safety and advancement'), or seen as a cop-out from a faithful Christian life ('If you really loved God, you'd move to Africa or work in an impoverished area'). In everything from books to Hollywood jokes, the suburbs aren't supposed to be good for our souls." What does it look like to live a full Christian life in the suburbs? Suburbs reflect our good, God-given desire for a place to call home. And suburbs also reflect our own brokenness. This book is an invitation to look deeply into your soul as a suburbanite and discover what it means to live holy there.

About Ashley Hales

Ashley Hales is a writer, speaker, and host of the Finding Holy podcast. She is the author of Finding Holy in the Suburbs, and her writing has been featured in Christianity Today, Books and Culture, and The Gospel Coalition. Ashley is married to a pastor and is the mother of four children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail

I really commend Finding Holy In The Suburbs for coming out and acknowledging what is mostly true of all recently published popular theology books by women: it is coming from a place of particular privilege and directed to women in similar situations. I do think this could have been more explicitly......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

(Full disclosure: I received an advance copy of this book as part of its launch team, but the following is my full and honest opinion.) I grew up in the northwestern suburbs of Houston, in a private Christian school. My family lived there because it was "safe," even though a lot in our own family was......more

Goodreads review by Erin

I thought the author was right on with things that many of us, myself included, need to work on: less consumerism, busyness, over-obsession with safety, distractedness; more hospitality, generosity, vulnerability. I liked the recommended practices at the end of each chapter and think much good coul......more

Goodreads review by K.J.

Hales offers a compelling invitation to live with purpose and meaning in the middle of the manicured lawns of the suburbs — not by pining after some amorphous ideal we wish we could achieve, but by attending to the reality that Jesus has already changed the world by offering us his presence. This mo......more