You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It

If "Who am I?" is the question you're asking, Rachel Jankovic doesn't want you to "find yourself" or "follow your heart."

Those lies are nothing to the confidence, freedom, and clarity of purpose that come with knowing what is actually essential about you. And the answer to that question is at once less and more than what you are hoping for.

Christians love the idea that self-expression is the essence of a beautiful person, but that's a lie, too. With trademark humor and no nonsense practicality, Rachel Jankovic explains the fake story of the Self, starting with the inventions of a supremely ugly man named Sartre (rhymes with "blart"). And we--men and women, young and old--have bought his lie of the Best Self, with terrible results.

Thankfully, that's not the end of our story, You Who: Why You Matter and How to Deal with It takes the identity question into the nitty gritty details of everyday life. Here's the first clue: Stop looking inside, and start planting flags of everyday faithfulness. In Christianity, the self is always a tool and never a destination.

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You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It

If "Who am I?" is the question you're asking, Rachel Jankovic doesn't want you to "find yourself" or "follow your heart."

Those lies are nothing to the confidence, freedom, and clarity of purpose that come with knowing what is actually essential about you. And the answer to that question is at once less and more than what you are hoping for.

Christians love the idea that self-expression is the essence of a beautiful person, but that's a lie, too. With trademark humor and no nonsense practicality, Rachel Jankovic explains the fake story of the Self, starting with the inventions of a supremely ugly man named Sartre (rhymes with "blart"). And we--men and women, young and old--have bought his lie of the Best Self, with terrible results.

Thankfully, that's not the end of our story, You Who: Why You Matter and How to Deal with It takes the identity question into the nitty gritty details of everyday life. Here's the first clue: Stop looking inside, and start planting flags of everyday faithfulness. In Christianity, the self is always a tool and never a destination.

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You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It

You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It

by Rachel Jankovic
You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It

You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal with It

by Rachel Jankovic

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Overview

If "Who am I?" is the question you're asking, Rachel Jankovic doesn't want you to "find yourself" or "follow your heart."

Those lies are nothing to the confidence, freedom, and clarity of purpose that come with knowing what is actually essential about you. And the answer to that question is at once less and more than what you are hoping for.

Christians love the idea that self-expression is the essence of a beautiful person, but that's a lie, too. With trademark humor and no nonsense practicality, Rachel Jankovic explains the fake story of the Self, starting with the inventions of a supremely ugly man named Sartre (rhymes with "blart"). And we--men and women, young and old--have bought his lie of the Best Self, with terrible results.

Thankfully, that's not the end of our story, You Who: Why You Matter and How to Deal with It takes the identity question into the nitty gritty details of everyday life. Here's the first clue: Stop looking inside, and start planting flags of everyday faithfulness. In Christianity, the self is always a tool and never a destination.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781947644885
Publisher: Canon Press
Publication date: 01/15/2019
Pages: 246
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Rachel Jankovic is a wife and mother of seven children. She is heavily involved with the Christ Church Ladies Bible Reading Challenge, and she is author of Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches and Fit to Burst, two books on Christian motherhood.

Table of Contents

1 Trouble, Truth, and Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Foolishness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3 A Philosophy Starter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4 Sorting out Sartre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

5 The Pinnacle That Isn’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

6 The Narrative of You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

7 A Chapter of Hate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

8 Halfsies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

9 The Worshiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

10 Planting Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

11 A New Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

12 Hanging On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

13 Glory Givers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

14 Asking for Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

15 Lost Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

16 Unconcerned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

17 Be Made New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

18 Misunderstood Princess . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

19 Your Family Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

20 Like So Many Monkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

21 Body Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

22 Turn to Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

23 Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

24 Beige and Boring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

25 Death of Self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

26 Native of Another Country . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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