The Lives We Actually Have
100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
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Narrated by:
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Kate Bowler
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Jessica Richie
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Written by:
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Kate Bowler
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Jessica Richie
About this listen
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
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Will listen again and again
I feel like Kate Bowler and Jessica Ritchie are the soundtrack of my life these days. I have listened to Good Enough, their previous book, several times and I know I will do the same with this book. I am so grateful to have found Christian books that do not shy away from the realities of pain and grief but also acknowledge that God sees us in all the pain. There are no tired tropes of faith here, just honesty and truth rooted in Scripture. I have laughed and cried, sometimes within the same blessing, while listening. I have zero regrets about pre-ordering this book and will do it again for their next one.
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