Peanut butter and dragon wings : a mother's search for grace / Shari Zook.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Harrisonburg, Virginia : Herald Press, [2021]Description: 231 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1513807714
- 9781513807713
- 9781513807706
- 1513807706
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | NonFiction | 248.8431 Z87 | Available | 33111010775480 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Longing for permission to be real about your own needs and struggles? Permission granted.
As good Christian moms, we're not supposed to ask for much. Jesus meets all our needs and we're the light of the world to everybody else, right? Wrong.
Shari Zook appeared to be an overachieving supermom who deftly supported her pastor-husband and their congregation, looked after their children, and cared for foster children through the ups and downs of placements. But inside, her world was growing increasingly desperate as she struggled with the grief of miscarriage, parenting a difficult child, and spiraling depression.
In her darkest hour, Zook let go of her need to appear super-human and reached out to receive God's unfolding grace. With humor and artistry, Peanut Butter and Dragon Wings gives us permission to step out from behind the appearance of rose-filtered perfection and embrace the authenticity of honest need and human limitations. In the book's twelve chapters you'll find twelve practical ways to reach for a faith that includes doubt, and holiness that includes failure.
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As good Christian moms, we're not supposed to ask for much. Jesus meets all our needs, and we're the light of the world to everybody else, right? Wrong. Shari Zook appeared to be an overachieving supermom who deftly supported her paster husband and their congregation, looked after their children, and cared for foster children through the ups and downs of placements. But inside, her world was growing increasingly desperate as she struggled with the grief of miscarriage, parenting a difficult child, and spiraling depression. In her darkest hour, Zook let go of her need to appear superhuman and reached out to receive God unfolding grace. In this book, Zook portrays with humor and artistry the need to sometimes step out from behind the appearance of rose-filtered perfection and embrace the authenticity of honest need and human limitations. You'll find twelve practical ways to reach for a faith that includes doubt, and holiness that includes failure.
Longing for permission to be real about your own needs and struggles? Permission granted. As good Christian moms, we're not supposed to ask for much. Jesus meets all our needs and we're the light of the world to everybody else, right? Wrong. Shari Zook appeared to be an overachieving supermom who deftly supported her pastor-husband and their congregation, looked after their children, and cared for foster children through the ups and downs of placements. But inside, her world was growing increasingly desperate as she struggled with the grief of miscarriage and parenting a difficult child.
Two other hands: The power of facing the darkness together -- Cracked eggs on white carpet: The freedom of admitting need -- A whiplash across the room: The help of medication -- Encounter: The beauty of a long-term mentor -- Tyranny of the urgent: The power of procrastination -- Sorority: The saving grace of girlfriends (especially when the men in your life are being outrageous) -- Strangers, like me: The necessity of speaking out -- Poppy seed prayers: The ability to grieve out loud -- Negatory: The cost of owning no -- Peanut butter and dragon wings: The gift of physicality -- Victory of another kind: The release of refusing to fight -- In His silence: The miracle of being prayed for.