Unexpected Gifts: Discovering the Way of Community

Unexpected Gifts: Discovering the Way of Community

In this heartfelt and thoughtful book, Christopher Heuertz writes of the dangers of isolation, the challenges we face when we join together and the struggles and joys that emerge from genuine community bonding.

â€œIronically, as much as we yearn for deep friendships and meaningful communities, many of us seem to be unable to find our way into them. Even if we know weâ€™re made for community, finding one and staying there seems almost impossible. Though we hate to admit it, if we stay long enough in any relationship or set of friendships, we will experience failure, doubt, burnout, loneliness, transitions, a loss of self, betrayal, frustration, a sense of entitlement, grief, and weariness. Yet itâ€™s these painful community experiences, these tensions we struggle to navigate, that hold surprising gifts.â€ â€”FROM THE PREFACE

IN A STRIKINGLY confessional tone and vividly illustrated through story, Unexpected Gifts names eleven inevitable challenges that all friendships, relationships, and communities experience if they stay together long enough. Rather than allowing these challenges to become excuses to leave, Chris Heuertz suggests that things like betrayal, transitions, failure, loss of identity, entitlement, and doubt may actually be invitations to stay. And if we stay, these challenges can become unexpected gifts.

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Betrayal, failure, loss of identity, doubt. If your relationships have suffered from any of these pitfalls, this book will show you that staying together can create something moreâ€”even something beautiful.

IN THIS HEARTFELT and thoughtful book, Christopher Heuertz writes of the dangers of isolation, the challenges we face when we join together, and the struggles and joys that emerge from genuine community bonding.

Whether readers are forming a new community, searching for deeper community, or participating in a longtime community, they will find inspiration, caution, guidance, and encouragement as they discover the beauty of pressing in to the ambiguities of growing relationships in this tender and honest testimony about how we are woven together by grace.
Country USA
Brand Howard Books
Manufacturer Howard Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-01-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451652260

Country	USA
Brand	Howard Books
Manufacturer	Howard Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2013-01-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451652260

Unexpected Gifts: Discovering the Way of Community

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