bastilleem's review
3.0
i did not realize that most of the book would take place while seeking treatment, i wish we got more of her life ~after.~
ginnygriggs_'s review
4.0
Re-read this in preparation for writing a sermon. This is a tough one because it mirrors a lot of my own story. Worth the read, however. God is bigger and grace is more encompassing than we can imagine - this I believe.
delaneybull's review
3.0
This was unexpected--a little more "My Great Escape from an All-Consuming Anxiety Disorder." Nevertheless, still an interesting view on self-imposed evangelical hell versus the more popular storyline of a crazy Christian cult.
jamicuns01's review
3.0
Popsugar 2018 #16 - mental health. Personally I think this book would have made a great long form article. It took 80% of the book to finally read about the paradigm shift in her thinking. I was starting to get very frustrated with her inner dialogue, but maybe that was the point. We, the reader, needed to get frustrated with her to understand just how debilitating her way of interpreting Christianity had become for her. And it was debilitating. I have suffered,to a degree, with spiritual perfectionism and so I could relate to her struggles. I use to be so afraid that I wasn't doing all I could in order to receive God's grace. I could always be doing more, right? Brene Brown and her work became my Dr. Benton. Her work gave me the courage to sin bravely (boldly), trusting in the power of Love.
pixelswirl's review against another edition
5.0
Listen if you want to know about my religious trauma just read the first chapter or two.
andeez's review
5.0
Maggie Rowe was going to hell.
At least that’s what she told herself. From a young age, Maggie couldn’t tell if she loved God enough to save her soul.
Publisher’s Weekly endorsed, “Rowe’s fantastic book is a born-again version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” You need no more explanation from me.
Listen to Maggie comically share about her time in a Christian rehab center; a place where some of the therapists were determined to change the person you were born to be. Then pick up her book and read in detail what caused Maggie to Sin Bravely.
At least that’s what she told herself. From a young age, Maggie couldn’t tell if she loved God enough to save her soul.
Publisher’s Weekly endorsed, “Rowe’s fantastic book is a born-again version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” You need no more explanation from me.
Listen to Maggie comically share about her time in a Christian rehab center; a place where some of the therapists were determined to change the person you were born to be. Then pick up her book and read in detail what caused Maggie to Sin Bravely.
asgunnell's review
5.0
Highly recommend for those who have escaped the world of evangelical entrapment.
alinaborger's review
A scrupulously reverent young girl grows up to become so anxious about hell and the evangelical God that she needs rehab, medication, and a new kind of faith.
In rehab, she meets a really, REALLY shitty counselor (but also--thankfully--meets a fabulous doctor), makes some friends, and discovers grace while eating McDonald's chicken nuggets & stripping at an amateur night.
On a personal note, I'll say that this book so accurately and painfully presents an inside view of evangelicalism that I broke out in hives.
In rehab, she meets a really, REALLY shitty counselor (but also--thankfully--meets a fabulous doctor), makes some friends, and discovers grace while eating McDonald's chicken nuggets & stripping at an amateur night.
On a personal note, I'll say that this book so accurately and painfully presents an inside view of evangelicalism that I broke out in hives.
ginnygriggs's review
4.0
Re-read this in preparation for writing a sermon. This is a tough one because it mirrors a lot of my own story. Worth the read, however. God is bigger and grace is more encompassing than we can imagine - this I believe.