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Even more applicable now than when it was published 2 years ago. I'm not Christian, nor very religious, but Budde writes with so much openness and inclusion, I felt welcomed into the book. She also uses examples from various cultural touchstones and from a diverse group of people, as well as from the bible. Very worth a read, though I disliked her tendency to paraphrase in quotation marks.

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We do not choose where we are in the human story, only how we live in the time we are given.

An excellent read in many ways, but it's driving me crazy that she misquotes from “Lord of the Rings.“ If you're going to paraphrase, don't use quotation marks!

I got my first flu shot in years as well as a Covid shot and to reward myself I stopped and picked up this book at the bookstore. Bishop Budde and Nadia Bolz-Weber are my favorite ministers to listen to when I‘m feeling a bit wobbly.

Got mine! Had to go to Penguin Random House but they're out there.

(2023) Author Budde recently became Internet famous for preaching mercy in the presence of Maga Jesus. Back in 2020, she responded to one of his stunts in which he brandished an inverted Bible for a photo-op outside a church in her diocese. This book is in part a response to conversations around the 2020 event: an extended meditation on bravery, what it is, opportunities to exercise it, and how exercising bravery can become a habit. I liked it

So grateful that horrible and heartbreaking January is over! 😫 A bright spot in mine, though, was listening to this, which is every bit as wise and inspiring as you would imagine. I really liked the structure and how it blended memoir, reflection, and stories of other brave folks. The audio was beautifully narrated by the author. Reading this soothed me and made me more hopeful.

January has been going on forever. Ready to start a new month and a new read.