Women long for deep and lasting friendships but often find them challenging to make. The private angst they feel regarding friendship often translates into their own insecurity and isolation. Christine Hoover offers women a fresh, biblical vision for friendship that allows for the messiness of our lives and the realities of our schedules. She shows women - what's holding them back from developing satisfying friendships - how to make and deepen friendships - how to overcome insecurity, self-imposed isolation, and past hurts - how to embrace the people God has already placed in their lives as potential friends - and how to revel in the beauty and joy of everyday friendship With stories of real friendships and guidance drawn from Scripture, Hoover encourages women to intentionally and purposefully invest in one of the most rewarding relationships God has given us.

Messy Beautiful Friendship: Finding and Nurturing Deep and Lasting Relationships

Religion & Spirituality

Christine Hoover

Christian Books & Bibles

Baker Books

Our hearts are made for unswaying allegiance to a king and a kingdom, a concept that Jesus talked about more than any other. Yet every day, the false kings of anxiety, approval, comfort, image, escape, power, accumulations, self-sufficiency, supremacy, and shame plot to reign over our hearts instead. Their lies about the true king are so subtle and insidious that we rarely recognize them, and we go on living with divided loyalties that stall our spiritual growth, infect our relationships, and hinder our witness. If you want to find freedom from the forces vying for your heart, let Christine Hoover equip you for the fight. In this approachable yet provocative book, she helps you root out your own misplaced allegiances so that you can live wholly as a subject of the king who made and redeemed you.

With All Your Heart

From the Back Cover\n"The role of pastor's wife can seem lonely and enigmatic. We are not all alike, but we are all hoping to fulfill a similar calling. Christine writes as one who has been there and is still there. From my tendency toward the savior complex to the complexity of parenting pastor's kids, I found kinship, courage, and wisdom in her words. I encourage every pastor's wife to read this book."--Lauren Chandler, pastor's wife, author, and worship leader\n***\nIf you are a pastor's wife, you are a faithful servant and leader in your own right. You have great influence on your church, community, family, and husband, and you find joy in seeing God move in the lives of others. Yet you also face unique challenges that too often go unnoticed and unaddressed. At times, you may feel you can't talk about your struggles even with those who are closest to you, which can leave you feeling alone, depleted, and misunderstood.\nDon't settle for this way of living. It's not God's desire for you.\nChristine Hoover knows firsthand the unique struggles and opportunities afforded a pastor's wife--she's been filling that role for more than twenty years. Coming alongside you as an understanding friend, she offers encouragement and guidance, showing how you can make meaningful personal relationships with God, your husband, your children, your church community, and other women--relationships that will sustain you and help you thrive.\nEvery pastor's wife is a faithful servant and leader in her own right. She has great influence on her church, her community, her family, and her husband, and she finds joy in seeing God move in the lives of others. Yet she also faces unique challenges that too often go unnoticed and unaddressed. At times, a pastor's wife may feel she can't talk about her struggles even with those who are closest to her, which can leave her feeling alone, depleted, and misunderstood. She may settle for this way of living, but that's not God's desire for her.\nChristine Hoover knows firsthand the unique struggles and opportunities afforded a pastor's wife--she's been filling that role for more than 20 years. Coming alongside as an understanding friend, she offers encouragement and guidance to the struggling pastor's wife, showing her how to make meaningful personal relationships with God, her husband, her children, her church community, and other women--relationships that will sustain her and help her thrive.

How to Thrive as a Pastor’s Wife

Searching for Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful in Time

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Books by Christine Hoover

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Messy Beautiful Friendship: Finding and Nurturing Deep and Lasting Relationships

With All Your Heart

How to Thrive as a Pastor’s Wife

Searching for Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful in Time