bertramj907's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

havegoodkarma's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Loved reading this book. It was a great reminder of the growth I have done as well as growth that is still needed. I love learning and growing into the person God created me to be. There is always potential for improvement 🤍

slowbollard's review against another edition

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I made it about 30% through this book when my library loan period ended and I said 'oh darn'. If you take out all of the Bible quotes this book would probably be a third shorter. That's fine if that's what you're into, but I needed help with setting boundaries, and I still didn't feel like that was coming up any time soon a third of the way in. The examples of 'patients' were hokey at best, condescending at worst. And then the parts where they tell you you're raising your kid wrong but don't tell you what to do differently. 'Don't withhold affection from your child as in when you send them to another room when they're making bad decisions'... Okay, sure I can see how that might damage them, but what do I do instead, oh wise Author? 'Huh? What? Beats the hell out of me!' Then they tell you not to tell your kids how their actions make you feel because they're not responsible for your emotions. Okay, makes sense I suppose, but what do I do instead? *shrug* The real kicker is they scold you for the above, but they're totally cool with you beating your kids for discipline, because you know THE BIBLE backs that. I opted not to waste any more time on this when I could be reading something helpful.

belwood303's review against another edition

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2.0

Should have been titled "Biblical Boundaries" because it was equal parts Bible study and how to set boundaries. Some really good examples and practical advice on defining, understanding, and setting boundaries. Unfortunately there were a handful of times that reinforced strict gender roles (including dismissing same-sex relationships).

anya_dun's review against another edition

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3.0

Good points, but problematic a bit for me

wintermote's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Excellent information on forgiveness and how forgiveness and reconciliation are two different things.  Largely this book is so grounded in advice and the reality of the upper middle class/lower upper class and the “ideal” of Christian family—husband, wife, kids, that a lot of it/examples don’t easily transfer. 

rascalsmom1031's review against another edition

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3.0

1st part was hard to get through. But I found the second half super helpful and enlightening. Don’t agree with all of Clouds uses of biblically passages. I think so of these are definitely pulled out of context but overall good.

dakotahgummauthor's review against another edition

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4.0

Some things that I will definitely put into practice in my life, and I will have to get my own copy (I borrowed it), but some of the Scripture references were cherry-picked to fit the concept of the book, where they should have been left in their original context as pointing to Christ crucified for us.

_daireads's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

antidietleah's review against another edition

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DNF at 5%. Heavily religious. Was reading this to see if it would be good yo recommend to clients but nope. Can't get past this.