Unlikely Rebel: A Church Girl's Journey out of Shoulds and Shame
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0825442281 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She holds a master’s degree in spiritual formation, and works as a ministry consultant with Missio. To learn more, visit her website at kelligotthardt. Kelli Gotthardt is a pastor’s wife, international speaker, and, leadership consultant in Santa Cruz, California
Real transformation.Approach many women in the church and if they’re being honest, they’ll tell you they • try hard to keep it all together; • are frustrated that being good doesn't deliver the perfect life; • feel trapped in expectations; • make decisions based on "shoulds"; • feel selfish when they say no; and • are uncertain of their place in God's kingdom.Between the desire to please God, the need to feel valued, and the compulsion to make everyone around them happy, women often find themselves denying their desires. No formulas, no pat answers. Many Christians condemned her, responding with fear or anger to her greater intimacy with God's calling when it didn’t match
Amazon Customer said Masterful telling of a real journey. Kelli does a masterful job of telling her story - God's story of redeeming a life of one trying to get it right yet missing the mark. I enjoyed the way she wove her journey back and forth throughout her life to show a more full picture of God's work. It challenges me to let God do His work in me and to be authentic and transparent even in the ugliest moments. I highly recommend this if your on a journey to discover who you really are in Christ and if you're trying to get out of the treadmill of a performances based faith.. "Being Christ like not Christian" according to Amethyst Thompson. Kellie shows that being a good girl IS just going through the motions or being a religious. God wants US to be Christ like is living a life of love trust and understanding OF others and ourselves. "Thought provoking" according to N. Wilkerson. "Unlikely Rebel" by author Kelli Gotthardt is a 160 page paperback book published by Kregel Publishing. Author Kelli is a pastor's wife struggling with those pressures. This is the story of the 80/20 scenario, where often 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people in an organization until finally those in the 20% are so overextended they become exhausted and depressed. It is Kelli's story of wanting to be the quintessential pastor's wife and dedicate herself to her church, ministry, and God. She questions all of the volunteering and wo
About the Author Kelli Gotthardt is a pastor’s wife, international speaker, and, leadership consultant in Santa Cruz, California. To learn more, visit her website at kelligotthardt. She holds a master’s degree in spiritual formation, and works as a ministry consultant with Missio.