For the love : fighting for grace in a world of impossible standards

Book

ISBN: 9780718031824
Physical Description: xvii, 221 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Your very own self. Worst beam ever ; On turning forty ; On calling and Haitian moms ; Fashion concerns ; Run your race ; Not buying ; Tell the truth ; Thank-you notes (part 1) -- All these people who live in your house. Hope for spicy families ; Surviving school ; Dear kids ; Marriage: have fun and stuff ; Jesus kids ; Thank-you notes (part 2) -- Friends, neighbors, strangers, and enemies. Supper club ; Porches as altars ; Quirky ; Difficult people ; Bonus supper club menu ; Thank-you notes (part 3) -- Church, church people, not-church people, and God. Poverty tourism ; Dear church... ; If social media were around ; Thank-you notes (part 4) ; Dear Christians, please stop being lame ; On women.
Summary, etc.:	"Bestselling author Jen Hatmaker is convinced life can be lovely and fun and courageous and kind. She knows how the squeeze of this life can make us competitive and judgmental, how we can lose love for others and then for ourselves"--Jacket.