Real Simplicity

Name: Real Simplicity
Brand: Harper Christian
Availability: InStock
Author: Rozanne Frazee
ISBN: 9780310336587

Author: Rozanne Frazee, Randy Frazee, Max & Denalyn Lucado

Narrator: Arthur Morey, Susan Hanfield

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 01/31/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Women's Interests, Family & Relationships, Spiritual Growth

Synopsis

What if you could . . .Get all your work done by 6:00 p.m.?Eat dinner with your family every night?Form deep, satisfying relationships?Naturally blend the world of church with your everyday life?Spend hours a week on your hobbies?You can! Real Simplicity reveals how to make all of these things a reality. Not by working faster or having more gadgets, but by simply choosing a lifestyle of conversation and community over a lifestyle of accumulation. The Frazees' practical, motivating insights call you back to the kind of relationships and life rhythms you were created to enjoy.In Real Simplicity, Rozanne and Randy show you how--and why it's so important--to balance work and play, establish healthy boundaries, deal with children's activities and homework, bring Jesus to your neighbors, and build authentic bonds with a circle of close friends.Share these insights with those around you and help usher in an amazing transformation: your life and the lives of others blooming, in the midst of the chaos and fragmentation of today's culture, into communities of purpose and peace.

About Rozanne Frazee

Rozanne has been on the journey to “Real Simplicity” for 29 years with her husband, Randy Frazee. She has been a pastor’s wife for 20 of those years. She is mother to four grown children and has one granddaughter. Rozanne loves running, reading, cooking, interpreting for deaf people at her church, spending time with family and friends, playing with her granddaughter, and mostly spending time with her husband and best friend, Randy.

About Randy Frazee

Randy Frazee is a pastor at Westside Family Church in Kansas City. A frontrunner and innovator in spiritual formation and biblical community, Randy is the architect of The Story and Believe church engagement campaign. He is also the author of The Heart of the Story; Think, Act, Be Like Jesus; What Happens After You Die; His Mighty Strength; The Connecting Church 2.0; and The Christian Life Profile Assessment. He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Rozanne, for more than forty years. They have four children and two grandchildren, with more on the way! To learn more about his work and ministry go to randyfrazee.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Noah on June 12, 2020

I’ll admit, I’m a sucker for productivity books, and when this was loaned to me (thanks Mom!) it didn’t take much for me to work through it. A lot of the normal “productivity stuff” but a few unique things that make it worth looking at. I was challenged but the “Hebrew Planner” workday approach, 6am......more

Goodreads review by Erin on June 08, 2021

Different perspective than I anticipated. Would definitely recommend for a church reading group.......more

Goodreads review by Esther on May 10, 2011

book review: Real Simplicity, Making Room for Life by Rozanne & Randy Frazee These days many of us find ourselves caught up in the flurried cyle of life, with no idea of how to slow things down, even if we wanted to. Real Simplicity by Rozanne & Randy Frazee reveals practical ways to make this longin......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 31, 2014

This book acts as a good reminder to simplify not just clutter (of which there are many books) but time and relationships. Today's families have been seduced by activities - to enroll in multiple sports for kids, lessons, birthday parties, etc. When do you really rest and spend time together. I reco......more

Goodreads review by Alison on February 14, 2014

OK, I felt like this book tried to force several different themes under the umbrella of simplicity, and they didn't gel. I loved chapters 4 and 11 about the concept of consolidating relationships into a neighborhood emphasis; it's something I've been contemplating, and hearing the authors' experienc......more