Hope and Other Superpowers, John Pavlovitz
Hope and Other Superpowers, John Pavlovitz
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Hope and Other Superpowers
A Life-Affirming, Love-Defending, Butt-Kicking, World-Saving Manifesto

Author: John Pavlovitz

Narrator: John Pavlovitz

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/06/2018


Synopsis

Overwhelmed by the news cycle and the state of affairs in our world? Pastor, blogger, and powerful voice in the Resistance, John Pavlovitz has the answer: this rousing and inspirational guide, drawing from lessons of our favorite superheroes, for how we can band together, live more heroically (and meaningfully), and save the world.

It’s exhausting to give a damn these days, isn’t it? Perhaps you’re feeling anguished about what you see on the news or in your social media timeline, or by your personal circumstances, and are paralyzed waiting for political or religious leaders, or celebrities, to rescue us from it all.

But what if you didn’t have to wait for someone else?

What if you could be the hero?

This book—a spirited call to action—shows you how.

In these pages, John offers a path away from the vitriol and toward com­passion, and a plan to transform our burdens into dreams and our outrage into activism. Drawing from lessons of beloved fictional superheroes, John shows us how to identify our origin story, build protective suits of armor, guard against our personal kryptonite, and vanquish our villains. He also identifies ten specific “superpowers” that we can enlist to make our lives and our world better. Along the way, he shares inspiring anecdotes and profiles about ordinary people who saw a gap in the world in empathy or kindness or gratitude and decided to fill it.

Hope and Other Superpowers is an invitation to anyone hoping to be the kind of person the world so desperately needs—the kind who can save it. In other words: it’s an invitation to you.

About John Pavlovitz

John Pavlovitz is a pastor and blogger from Wake Forest, North Carolina. In the past two years his blog, Stuff That Needs To Be Said, has reached a diverse audience of millions of people throughout the world, with an average monthly readership of over a million people. His home church, North Raleigh Community Church, is a growing, nontraditional Christian community dedicated to radical hospitality, mutual respect, and diversity of doctrine. John is a regular contributor to Huffington PostRelevant Magazine, Scary Mommy, ChurchLeaders.com, and The Good Men Project.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tom on March 12, 2019

Not my usual type of book but I saw a friend share an excerpt online and it struck a chord so I checked it out from my local library. And y'know what? It's cute! Aspirational inspirational you-can-do-it-isms delivered in a fun framing motif. Despite his profession as a pastor, the author avoids over......more

Goodreads review by Janette on August 02, 2018

This book is a call to action. It is a call for activism and resistance against the upside-down world we live in. Americans (in general) and Christians (specifically) no longer seem burdened to love the least, or to be agents of compassion, or to care for your Muslim, gay, African, female, or poor n......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 05, 2018

A book about superheroes, our current political landscape, and hope? And they go together all in one book? Yep. I have followed the author, John Pavlovitz since 2016, shortly after Trump was elected. He popped up in my Facebook feed and I headed to his blog to read more. He is viewed as polarizing pas......more

Goodreads review by Jennie on October 18, 2018

Are you a superhero? You just might have what it takes, a superpower, and not even realize it. This author uses Super Heroes and their attributes as well as things that may be your kryptonite to show the reader how they can deal with their current world. Whether it be outside forces or internal ones......more

Goodreads review by Robert on February 09, 2019

We're living in difficult times. The economy is going pretty well. At least the Stock Market is going pretty well. But the nation and the world seem more divided than ever. So, where do we find hope? "Hope and Other Superpowers" is the second book written by blogger and sometime pastor John Pavlovitz......more