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Works by Jerusalem Jackson Greer

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Greenbrier, Arkansas, USA

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In some ways this was the book I was expecting, and in some ways it was something different. But I wasn’t disappointed. Published in 2017 (pre-pandemic), it was an honest account of author Greer’s spiritual growth during a specific period of her life. She offers an accurate summary of the book: “At Home in this Life is the story of how everything I thought would make me happy came undone, and then how I found a way to make myself at home in this beautiful, messy, amazing, tender, completely unbalanced life, by imperfectly practicing one spiritual discipline at a time – smack in the middle of raising kids, mending the sweaters, and burning the bread.”

I didn’t know Jerusalem Greer at all before reading this book – I didn’t follow her on social media, listen to her podcasts, or read her first book. So I especially appreciated her candidness in admitting to readers of this book how she curates the images and stories she presents on social media. This book is the opposite of “curating” as Greer shares her failures and how they contributed to her learning and growth.

I especially liked her explanation of Jeremiah 29, and how she applied it to her life. The book could be used as a study about what happens when God calls you to stay where you are rather than to go forth. At the same time, this is a memoir of how - as a family - they attempt to live a slower, more spiritually aware version of modern life. Sometimes it works, sometimes it takes longer. Because life happens.

Greer reads a lot, and I was glad she shared the names of the books and authors so I now have more inspirational books to investigate.
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