
The Me I Was Made to Be
Helping Christian Parents Navigate the Identity Conversation
- 216 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Me I Was Made to Be
Helping Christian Parents Navigate the Identity Conversation
About this book
Your kids are talking about identity. Are you part of the conversation?
Today’s kids and youth are talking about identity—and often very differently from the adults around them. How can we walk well with them through their questions about who they are and how they fit into the family of God? We must begin by telling a better gospel story, with an invitational posture that actually expects us to love God and love others.
In this engaging and disarming book that speaks to readers across the theological spectrum, author and children’s ministry expert Christie Penner Worden invites grownups along to imagine a more Jesus-centered narrative for the sake of kids who are no longer buying what the church is selling, who do not feel safe, and who have not been welcomed into the conversation that adults are having without them. The Me I Was Made to Be is the beginning of a conversation that offers a compelling story on identity rooted in a deeper understanding of the gospel—one that includes all image-bearers and extends Jesus’ welcome to all our kids.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: How Do You Share Mango?
- Chapter 2: What Do You Love (Like I Love Mango)?
- Chapter 3: Before We Get Into It
- Chapter 4: Redefining Need
- Chapter 5: Sharpening Your Knife (to Get Into It)
- Chapter 6: Now What? (I Thought Mangoes Were Sweet)
- Chapter 7: Is There Hope in the Tension?
- Chapter 8: Where Do You Feel the Tension?
- Chapter 9: Can We Resolve the Tension?
- Chapter 10: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Chapter 11: Do Mangoes Grow in Samaria?
- Chapter 12: What Are You Afraid Of? (The Big, Hairy Pit)
- Chapter 13: Is There Enough Mango for Everyone?
- Chapter 14: Today’s Mangoes and Today’s Parents (Real Talk for the Church)
- Chapter 15: How Do You Get Into This Thing?
- Chapter 16: Theological Guideposts (A Recipe for a Better Conversation)
- Chapter 17: What If It Isn’t Sweet? (Oh, but What If It Is?)
- Chapter 18: What If We Get It Wrong (and Lose Our Way)?
- Chapter 19: Every Bible Story Is an Identity Story
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- The Author