The Lives We Actually Have, Kate Bowler
The Lives We Actually Have, Kate Bowler
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The Lives We Actually Have
100 Blessings for Imperfect Days

Author: Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie

Narrator: Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie

Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Warm and witty blessings found within the struggles of our shared humanity, from the New York Times bestselling authors of Good Enough

Blessed are you, the strange duck.
You with the very intense hobbies.
Or the collection of movies or mugs or sneakers.
You with the hometown or home team that makes you very, very proud.
You, my dear, in all your intricacies . . . are a marvel.

We live in a world that demands relentless perfection. Happy marriages and easy friendships. Bucket list–level adventures and matching family photos. But what if our actual lives don’t feel very #blessed? Might our everyday existence be worthy of a blessing too? Even an average Tuesday?

Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie offer creative, faith-based blessings that center gratitude and hope while acknowledging our real, messy lives. Formatted like a prayer book, The Lives We Actually Have is an oasis and a landing spot for weary souls, with blessings that focus on the full range of human moments: garbage days, lovely days, grief-stricken days, and even (especially) completely ordinary days. These heartfelt blessings are a chance to exhale when we feel everything from careworn to restless, devastated to bored. Let’s have a reminder that we don’t need to wait for perfect lives when we can bless the lives we actually have.

*Includes a downloadable PDF of a psalm list from the book

About The Author

Kate Bowler is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved), No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear), and Good Enough, as well as Blessed and The Preacher's Wife. She is the host of the popular podcast Everything Happens. A Duke University professor, she earned a master's degree in religion from Yale Divinity School and a PhD from Duke University.Jessica Richie is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Good Enough, the executive director of the Everything Happens Project at Duke Divinity School, and the executive producer of the Everything Happens podcast. She received her MDiv from Duke Divinity School.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Richard on December 14, 2022

I began reading "The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days" a day or two after my latest surgery and wrapped it up about 24 hours away from when I will gather with my physician to discuss biopsy results that will determine the course of my healthcare journey over the next few days......more

Goodreads review by Eline on January 15, 2023

A gem of a book! To be honest, when I picked it up I was a bit skeptical: I was expecting some sort of prayer diary. Soon this book proved otherwise. It is steeped in beauty and written with finesse and feeling. The blessings touch all kind of moments in your life in a gentle and honest way. Moments......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on January 25, 2023

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC. This is a book of blessings that you may want I read from cover to cover but I encourage you to savor it slowly. Find your favorites and dog ear the pages so you can return to the encouragement and prayers again and again. I marked a lot of favorites and will defini......more

Goodreads review by Virginia on June 09, 2023

So when gratitude feels impossible, may I learn to compress my attention so narrow as to find the smallest hopes. Not as a formula to quiet the wrongs, but as a practice of finding any crumbs of joy now visible on the kitchen floor. - from "For this garbage day"I’ve always avoided treacly, uber-religiou......more

Goodreads review by Belle on April 09, 2023

I don’t want to be blessed THIS much. I LOVE Kate Bowler. This was just TOO MANY blessings all at once.......more