Belonging and Becoming: Creating a Thriving Family Culture
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780830844890 |
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Publisher: | InterVarsity Press |
Publication date: | 09/27/2016 |
Pages: | 240 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Mark and Lisa Scandrette are cofounders of ReIMAGINE: A Center for Integral Christian Practice. They live in the Mission District of San Francisco and have three young adult children. Mark is the author of Practicing the Way of Jesus, and together they coauthored Free: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most. Photo credit: Noah Scandrette
Table of Contents
1. A Thriving Family Lives from a Vision 2. A Thriving Family Carries Out Its Purpose 3. A Thriving Family Finds Its Rhythm 4. A Thriving Family Discovers a Common Story 5. A Thriving Family Fosters Connection 6. A Thriving Family Nurtures Growth 7. A Thriving Family Celebrates Abundance 8. A Thriving Family Supports Productivity Conclusion Acknowledgments Group Learning Guide Shared Learning Contract Group Prayer for Family Thriving NotesWhat People are Saying About This
"For the past two decades, Mark and Lisa Scandrette have been at the leading edge of creative faith practices and community engagement, all while nurturing a family life that models the way of Jesus. At last they have put these passions together in a book that's sure to be a go-to resource for families of all kinds seeking to grow one another up into wise, engaged, and faith-filled disciples. By sharing their best family practices and providing tools to help readers create their own, the Scandrettes have created a resource that's sure to evoke deep refection and thoughtful practices for a family life of faith."
"Mark and Lisa's vision for family life is both challenging and inspiring, and Aaron and I are so thankful to have learned from their example over the years of our friendship. This book is a gift: intelligent and brave, prophetic and grounded. I recommend it for any parent who wants to be wiser, more soulful, and more imaginative in their parenting—which is all of us, right?"
"So unique is their life, if only one percent of our citizenry would live with the imagination and intentionality that Mark and Lisa Scandrette do, the world would be a demonstrably better place. With Belonging and Becoming, the Scandrettes build on the bedrock of their twenty-five year marriage and their winsome, faithful work of caring for people and place. We cannot endorse this couple too highly. They represent a way of being and doing that exceeds admirable, landing at 'Wow!'"
"Mark and Lisa Scandrette understand that thriving families are born of gracious intentionality. I know as you read these pages you'll find both intention and grace: practical wisdom and insights along with the encouragement to live with forgiveness, empathy, compassion, and a will to keep trying."
"So happy this book was written, so mad it wasn't written thirty years ago! I know that Mark and Lisa did not just write this book, but they have also lived it. And in the living of it, they make room for various expressions of the values-based, thoughtful approach to parenting that we all aspire to. Our world, our neighborhoods, and our souls will be the richer for the reading and practice of these pages."
"Mark and Lisa Scandrette offer tangible hope for families by both their example and their wise instruction in Belonging and Becoming. They articulate ways families can live toward God's justice and goodness in the world as well as support one another in mutual thriving. They embrace the internal and external call of each family to love one another and be a blessing to the entire neighborhood. As a parent and practitioner, I appreciate the rich vocabulary they've given us with this book!"