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Learning to be : finding your center after the bottom falls out / Juanita Campbell Rasmus ; foreword by Tina Knowles Lawson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2020]Description: 165 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1514003821
  • 9781514003824
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Foreword: Tina Knowles Lawson -- The stress of living in a do-do-do world -- Who am I? -- Interlude: An ode to the prodigal brother -- The hollow bunny rules -- Perfectionism and the good girl -- Interlude: A family's dilemma-reflections of Ryan and Rudy -- Could I just hit bottom already? -- Finding my being -- Interlude: Doing...doing...done! -- Getting free of my notions -- What's anger go to do with it? -- Interlude: Depression's warning signs -- Letting go of judgment -- Claiming a new identity -- Have-to versus want-to -- Interlude: Hiking a mountain -- Skydiving -- Silence: The place of being -- It's the thoughts that count -- Doing...doing...undone -- It's all grace.
Summary: "When everything in her life came to a stop, Pastor Juanita Rasmus found that she had to learn to be-with herself and with God-all over again. Offering both practical and spiritual insights, she shares a wise, frank, and witty account of her own story of exhaustion and depression, acting as a trustworthy companion through dark days"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 248.86 R225 Available 33111011229982
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Juanita called it "The Crash."

Her counselor labeled it "a major depressive episode." Others called it a nervous breakdown. On the spiritual front, it was a dark night of the soul.

This experience landed Juanita, a busy pastor, mother, and community leader, in bed. When everything in her life finally came to a stop, she found that she had to learn to be--with herself and with God--all over again.

If you are longing for a trustworthy companion through your dark days, this book is here for you. Each chapter includes life-giving spiritual practices to help you discover your own new ways of being.

Includes bibliographical references.

"When everything in her life came to a stop, Pastor Juanita Rasmus found that she had to learn to be-with herself and with God-all over again. Offering both practical and spiritual insights, she shares a wise, frank, and witty account of her own story of exhaustion and depression, acting as a trustworthy companion through dark days"-- Provided by publisher.

Foreword: Tina Knowles Lawson -- The stress of living in a do-do-do world -- Who am I? -- Interlude: An ode to the prodigal brother -- The hollow bunny rules -- Perfectionism and the good girl -- Interlude: A family's dilemma-reflections of Ryan and Rudy -- Could I just hit bottom already? -- Finding my being -- Interlude: Doing...doing...done! -- Getting free of my notions -- What's anger go to do with it? -- Interlude: Depression's warning signs -- Letting go of judgment -- Claiming a new identity -- Have-to versus want-to -- Interlude: Hiking a mountain -- Skydiving -- Silence: The place of being -- It's the thoughts that count -- Doing...doing...undone -- It's all grace.

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