Good Enough

40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection

By: Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie

Narrated by: Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie

Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's Summary

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A compassionate, intelligent, and wry series of Christian daily reflections on learning to live with imperfection in a culture of self-help that promotes endless progress, from the author of Everything Happens for a Reason and the executive producer of the Everything Happens podcast

“Brilliant, hilarious, absurd, honest, hopeful, true-hearted, and good to the core.”—Sarah Bessey, editor of A Rhythm of Prayer and author of Jesus Feminist

In Kate Bowler’s bestselling memoir Everything Happens for a Reason, listeners witnessed the ways she, as a divinity-school professor and young mother, reckoned with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis; in her follow-up memoir, No Cure for Being Human, she unflinchingly and winsomely unpacked the ways that life becomes both hard and beautiful when we abandon certainty and the illusion of control in our lives. Now, in their first-ever devotional book, Kate Bowler and co-author Jessica Richie offer 40ish short spiritual reflections on how we can make sense of life not as a pursuit of endless progress but as a chronic condition. This book is a companion for when you want to stop feeling guilty that you’re not living your best life now.

Written gently and with humor, Good Enough is permission for all those who need to hear that there are some things you can fix—and some things you can’t. And it’s okay that life isn’t always better. In these gorgeously written reflections, Bowler and Richie offer fresh imagination for how truth, beauty, and meaning can be discovered amid the chaos of life. Their words celebrate kindness, honesty, and interdependence in a culture that rewards ruthless individualism and blind optimism. Ultimately, in these chapters we can rest in the encouragement to strive for what is possible today—while recognizing that though we are finite, the life in front of us can be beautiful.

©2022 Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie (P)2022 Random House Audio

Critic Reviews

“With humor and wit, Good Enough guides us into a spirituality that is at once rich and humble, challenging us to search for beauty and meaning in deep waters, yet never asking more of us than a tender and compassionate God would. This devotional is medicine for all those thirsting for mercy in the mundane.”—Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies

“This book understands me, especially the parts I keep hidden for fear people will think less of me if they know how sad I can get. Kate and Jessica bless those who mourn. They also connect the dots between feelings and actions, giving readers concrete things to do that lead to small springs of healing bubbling up all over the place.”—Barbara Brown Taylor, author of An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark 

“Winsome, wise, and true, Good Enough is a devotional for those of us who can’t stand devotionals. Kate and Jessica are gentle, funny companions for the journey. Overflowing with grace, humor, and clear-eyed counsel, their warm and tender writing pushes back against my cynicism and fear. Their generous blessings soften my curmudgeonly heart. And, ultimately, they convince me that I don’t need to be perfect, that I can be good enough—and there’s tremendous hope in that.”—Jeff Chu, author of Does Jesus Really Love Me? and co-curator of Evolving Faith  

Good for the Soul!

I appreciate this book very much because the authors offer us spiritual food for thought, a prayer and a next faithful step. Hearing this book in the author’s voices, allows us to hear their sense of humor and passion. I look forward to re-reading this book during Lent.

Excellent!

Jess and Kate take turns reading and it makes for a fun listening experience. I hope they do more!

Love her!!!

Love this author - she speaks the truth and it’s so powerful!!! A treasure of information- thank you Kate!!!

Perfectly Imperfect

Real, authentic reflections of the journey of life and how God is with us through it all. This book is #MoreThanGoodEnough

Good Enough is GREAT!!

This text meets you right where you are, and walks you directly to where you need to be…at The feet of Jesus…just as you are.

Beautiful and inviting!

felt every word .
felt comforted by each chapter and the invitations to reflect.
thanks for the space to be in the midst of this painful place/season and feel seen and known in it.

A book worth sharing

This book made me laugh and cry. I absolutely loved it! I sent copies to my sister in law and a friend from church. I am ordering another copy for my sister. I am going to listen to the audible version again and again. Thank you!

Liz & I were sustained by this haunted refrain

Good enough is enough.... we will with God's help and\or the help of the gods.

Wonderful

This book will bless you right where you are, in the middle of whatever you are currently walking through. Please don’t miss it. Please open your heart to each Good Enough devotion.

That’s Me

Oh my, what a 40 day journey with Kate and Jessica! I laughed and cried. I felt the good, the bad and the ugly together while I also read along as they spoke the words.
Good Enough will be my daily devotional. Thank you for inviting me into the Good Enough community.