A flush of heat floods your face and neck. You want to hide, escape, or melt down into the floor—you feel ashamed. Shame is worse than embarrassment. It affects your identity, making you want to hide parts or even all of yourself. But the way to combat shame isn’t to “fix” yourself or cover your misdeeds—it is to be truly known and loved. 

That is the message of Esther Liu’s book Shame: Being Known and Loved. Her 31-day devotional explains how Jesus gently asks us to bring our shame into the light. He too suffered shame and shows us how we can be covered in his grace and love. 

SOLA social media editor Aaron Lee interviewed Esther Liu, the author of Shame. In their conversation, they discuss her life story and how she came about writing the book. They also discuss the effects of honor-shame culture, the need to succeed to avoid shame, how she wrote to her “younger self," and combating shame while writing the book

Video and transcript:

https://sola.network/article/writing-about-shame-interview/

Shownotes:

Aaron's book review: https://sola.network/article/shame-book-review/

P&R book page: https://www.prpbooks.com/book/shame_31dd

Esther on CCEF: https://www.ccef.org/people/esther-liu/

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