Shalom Book Club #7: Love Warrior

  On the podcast today is the seventh edition of the “Shalom Book Club” where once a month, my friend Cara Meredith joins me to talk about a book.  Like I said in the first episode of this series this is partly to solve a very real problem I have- I simply can’t work in a book club in my week here in L.A.. This month we read the “Love Warrior" By Glennon Doyle Melton.   Stats: 259 pages, 15 chapters + epilogue, prologue   Author: Glennon is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Carry On, Warrior, and Love Warrior. She is also the founder of Momastery, an online community reaching millions of people each week, and creator and president of Together Rising—a non-profit organization that has raised over four million dollars for families around the world through its Love Flash Mobs, which have revolutionized online giving. Glennon is a sought-after public speaker and her work has been featured on the TODAY Show, The Talk, OWN, and NPR and in The New York Times, Ladies’ Home Journal, Glamour, Family Circle, Parents Magazine, Newsweek, Woman’s Day, and in other television and print outlets. Glennon lives in Florida with her family. Context: LOVE WARRIOR is about infidelity, betrayal and redemption. It’s about how our ideals of femininity and masculinity can make it impossible for a woman and a man to actually know each other. It’s about how to use crisis as a springboard to a truer identity and a better life. It’s about parenting our kids through pain. It’s about friendships that hurt and friendships that heal. It’s about faith that shackles women and faith that liberates women. It’s about how to finally find peace in your own damn skin. It's about shameless sex, God, food, drugs, porn and tenderness—and how the dirt and the divine are so often inseparable.   What We Talk About: Pain Body Image Vulnerability and leadership Appropriate vulnerability Other Books or Media discussed in the episode: Carry On Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy Beautiful Life By Glennon Momastery:  Glennon's amazing website Promised Links: All things Cara: Cara's Site: www.carameredith.com Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Connect with Osheta: Shalom Sista Hangout Facebook Sign up for the Newsletter   Warrioring On and Choosing Subversive Joy in my body, my friendships, and family, Osheta