All My Friends Have Issues
Building Remarkable Relationships with Imperfect People (Like Me)
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Why is it so challenging to create and keep meaningful friendships?
Amanda Anderson provides the wise and witty answers, giving practical advice and sharing personal stories to guide us toward the kinds of friendships we long for. Blending faith-based insights and psychological truths, All My Friends Have Issues is a liberating guide to finding and becoming an authentic and encouraging friend.
“Anderson becomes the friend we’ve always needed and, in the process, helps us become a better friend.”
—Elisa Morgan, president emerita of MOPS International, speaker, and author of The Beauty of Broken
“Be ready to laugh and then to learn as Amanda shares her weaknesses and foibles in her relationships with herself and her friends.”
—David Stoop, PhD, clinical psychologist and author of You Are What You Think
“A captivating and often hilarious book.”
—Milan and Kay Yerkovich, authors of How We Love and How We Love Our Kids
“Fun and informative. . . . A book I highly recommend!”
—Debbie Alsdorf, speaker and author of It’s Momplicated and The Faith Dare
“Warm, funny, authentic, and relatable.”
—Vivian Mabuni, speaker and author of Open Hands, Willing Heart
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Anderson, founder of Heart in Training ministry, provides Christian women a guide for forming and maintaining biblically healthy friendships in her impassioned debut. For Anderson, there are three foundational tenets to meaningful connection: authenticity, encouragement, and accountability. In defining authenticity, Anderson compares it to intimacy where intimacy is just the process of getting closer, authenticity requires effort to strip away "artifice." She believes that perfectionism is often the largest hurdle in relationships, and urges readers to be willing to share insecurities with friends. But she also cautions readers to be choosy when finding new friendships, and to use the principles of Scripture as a guide. To this end, she urges Christian readers to practice accountability by speaking to close friends about sinful behavior be it a friend's behavior or one's own. For strengthening bonds, she recommends prayer and includes ideas for prayers designed for both individuals or groups. In the final section, she lists questions meant to spark conversations about authenticity, as well as a list of warning signs that may indicate a spiritually unhealthy friendship. Rooted in Scripture and approachable in tone, this will be a useful resource for Christian Bible study groups.
