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    The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
    The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
    The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
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    The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days

    By Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie

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    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherConvergent Books
    Release dateFeb 14, 2023
    ISBN9780593193716
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    Kate Bowler

    Kate Bowler is an assistant professor in the school of divinity at Duke University. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Bowler's first book was BLESSED: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel (OUP 2013). She lives in North Carolina with her husband and son.

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