CHANNEL YOUR BRAVE WEEK
WITH COURTNEY C. STEVENS!
I am so
excited for Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens Contemporary Young
Adult Novel Faking Normal to finally be available on February 25th! Last
Christmas Courtney sent me a Faking Normal bracelet with the motto
"Channel Your Brave" on it. I loved the idea. It is a challenge each and
every one of us face on a daily basis. So Courtney and I decided to
share some of the things that help us channel OUR brave, A couple
friends will be stopping by with their input throughout the week as
well. And we would definitely like to hear from you each day!
Meet Courtney C. Stevens!
Courtney C. Stevens grew up in Kentucky and lives in Nashville, Tennessee. She
is an adjunct professor and a former youth minister. Her other skills
include playing hide-and-seek, climbing trees, and being an Olympic
torch bearer.
Ten Books That Help Courtney
Channel Her Brave
Two thousand years later the call to follow
Christ has been repackaged to be smooth and trouble-free, filled with
opportunity and promise but lacking risk, passion, and sacrifice. Is
this really what Jesus died for? If He chose the way of the cross, where
would He hesitate leading us? Is it possible that to follow Jesus is to
choose the barbarian way?
Jesus never made a pristine call to
a proper or safe religion. Jesus beckons His followers to a path that
is far from the easy road. It is a path filled with adventure,
uncertainty, and unlimited possibilities―the only path that can fulfill
the deepest longings and desires of your heart.
This is the
barbarian way: to give your heart to the only One who can make you fully
alive. To love Him with simplicity and intensity. To unleash the
untamed faith within. To be consumed by the presence of a passionate and
compassionate God. To go where He sends you, no matter the cost.
Every day we experience
the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it
means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new
relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult
family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into
vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts.
In Daring Greatly,
Dr. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability.
Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not
weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and
meaningful connection. The book that Dr. Brown’s many fans have been
waiting for, Daring Greatly will spark a new spirit of truth—and trust—in our organizations, families, schools, and communities.
One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled
from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent
away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing
journey has begun. Lina doesn't know if she'll ever see her father or
her friends again. But she refuses to give up hope. Lina hopes for her
family. For her country. For her future. For love - first love, with the
boy she barely knows but knows she does not want to lose . . . Will
hope keep Lina alive? Set in 1941, Between Shades of Gray is an
extraordinary and haunting story based on first-hand family accounts and
memories from survivors.
The Book of Psalms, commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is the
first book of the "Writings", the third section of the Hebrew bible.
Ed Kennedy is an
underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing
cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly
devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of
peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank
robbery.
That's when the first ace arrives in the mail.
That's when Ed becomes the messenger.
Chosen
to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when
necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?
Psychiatrist Viktor
Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions
of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival.
Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including
Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based
on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his
practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose
how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed
purpose.
In this seventh and
final book, Harry discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he
inexorably makes his way to that final meeting with Voldemort. In this
thrilling climax to the phenomenally bestselling series, J.K. Rowling
will reveal all to her eagerly waiting readers.
Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings.
The
armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever
wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the
Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their
heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.
Impossible to describe in a
few words, JRR Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been
labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns
comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through
countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is
totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology
in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal.
Lucy and Edmund, with their dreadful cousin Eustace, get magically pulled into a painting of a ship at sea. That ship is the Dawn Treader,
and on board is Caspian, King of Narnia. He and his companions,
including Reepicheep, the valiant warrior mouse, are searching for seven
lost lords of Narnia, and their voyage will take them to the edge of
the world. Their adventures include being captured by slave traders, a
much-too-close encounter with a dragon, and visits to many enchanted
islands, including the place where dreams come true
MOSQUITOLAND BY DAVID ARNOLD
Brutally honest and
habitually snarky, Mim Malone lives in a medicated milieu with her dad
and new stepmom. But when Mim learns that her mother is sick, she must
confront her own demons on a thousand-mile odyssey that will redefine
her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane.
FAKING NORMAL
Courtney's Book, Faking Normal, which this whole celebration is about
goes on sale February 25th. Do yourself a favor and check it out!
Alexi Littrell hasn't
told anyone what happened to her over the summer. Ashamed and
embarrassed, she hides in her closet and compulsively scratches the back
of her neck, trying to make the outside hurt more than the inside does.
When
Bodee Lennox, the quiet and awkward boy next door, comes to live with
the Littrells, Alexi discovers an unlikely friend in "the Kool-Aid Kid,"
who has secrets of his own. As they lean on each other for support,
Alexi gives him the strength to deal with his past, and Bodee helps her
find the courage to finally face the truth.
A searing, poignant book, Faking Normal is the extraordinary debut novel from an exciting new author-Courtney C. Stevens
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