Fellow Redeemed,

I have just completed reading this book. As Christians we not only talk about sin, guilt and shame, but we also talk about forgiveness. We have the forgiveness of all our failures because Jesus died for us. However, the scares and wounds made by the failures are still used by the enemy to keep us in the darkness, disconnected and isolated from our brothers and sisters, separated and lonely while our beings seek to be connected. Shame has a way of building barriers. Brene Brown in this books gives insight into how shame works and what we can do to challenge its choke hold on our culture and our lives and families.

Blessings & Peace as you grow in grace,

Pastor John

I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power by Brené Brown

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I wish I had read this book a long time ago. The information, ideas and conclusions in this book require more than just a single read through once. While I finished read the book today for the first time, this is a book which needs to be studied so that the concepts can be put into practice and shame resilience can become a honed skill in our lives. Though this book was written primarily with women in focus, both genders grow up in a culture of shame. I am glad that Brene included a brief assessment of shame and men in the last chapter. I would recommend this book to everyone. My guess is that they would discovery something incredible about their own lives as a result. The culture would then be changed. Thanks for your courage in learning about shame and its impact on people's lives so hope can be restored.



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