I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

Notes From Your BooksellerHow do you hold onto and grow your faith through life's difficulties? Shauna Niequist can speak to us from experience, with a relatable voice that feels like a trusted friend. When everything we've been clinging to falls apart, how do we know what to keep and what to let go of? I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet, now a New York Times bestseller, is a clear-eyed look at where we go from here—and how we can transform our lives along the way. Just after her fortieth birthday, author Shauna Niequist found herself in a season of chaos, change, and loss unlike anything she'd ever faced. She discovered that many of the beliefs and practices that she usually turned to were no longer serving her. After trying—and failing—to pull herself back up using the same old strategies and systems, she realized she required new ones: courage, curiosity, and compassion. She discovered the way through was more about questions than answers, more about forgiveness than force, more about tenderness than trying hard. In I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet, Niequist chronicles her journey—from her life-changing move from the Midwest to Manhattan to the power of unlearning what is no longer helpful and accepting the unknowns that come with midlife, heartbreak, and chronic pain. With her characteristic candor and grace, Niequist writes about her experience learning how to: Discover new ways of living when the old ways stop working Embrace the challenges and delights of releasing our expectations for how we thought our lives would look Trust God's goodness in a deeper, more profound way Follow Niequist as she endeavors to understand grief, to reshape her faith, and to practice courage when it feels impossible. Praise for I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: "Gentle. Loving. This tender book asks us to listen to our pain, lean into our discomfort, and trust that we can be lifted back on our feet by God and each other." —Kate C. Bowler, New York Times bestselling author of No Cure for Being Human "This book is a masterpiece. It is a journey and an invitation and a joy and a heartbreak and all the things you need to read to be reminded that hope can still be found." —Annie F. Downs, New York Times bestselling author of That Sounds Fun Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780310355564 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: Zondervan Publication Date: 04-12-2022 Pages: 240 Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)About the Author Shauna Niequist is the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Tangerines, Bittersweet, Bread & Wine, Savor, and Present Over Perfect. She is married to Aaron, and they live in New York City with their sons, Henry and Mac.Table of Contents Table of Contents Catching the Light: An Introduction 1 Part 1 Gravity of Love 1 I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet 7 2 Shoulders Down, Heart Open 12 3 Finding a New Way 15 4 On Crying in Church 18 5 She 22 6 Corpse Reviver 25 7 Kicking 29 8 Hello to Here 32 9 Living Lightly 35 10 Gravity of Love 40 Part 2 Unbelonging 11 Buzz the Beach 45 12 The Best Mistake 48 13 Waiting for Daylight 55 14 Healing in the Trying 60 15 Unbelonging 63 16 Learning to Let Go 66 17 Enchantment 69 18 Our First New York-iversary 73 19 Parenting Ourselves 77 20 The Speed of the Soul 83 Part 3 Cold Moon 21 A Midlife Move 91 22 Put Yourself in the Path 94 23 The New York Way 98 24 Grief Is a Kitten 101 25 On Prayer 106 26 Delete/Unfollow/Unsubscribe 111 27 On Having a Body 117 28 North Fork 122 29 Pink Folder 124 30 Cold Moon 130 Part 4 Bloom 31 Magic Desk 135 32 Energy in the Air 139 33 On Resurrection 142 34 On Painting Badly 145 35 A Movable Feast 147 36 Living Lightly Redux 153 37 Rooftop 155 38 Never Too Late 159 39 Bloom 162 40 How to Stay 165 Part 5 Still Yes 41 Recovering 175 42 Abundance 178 43 Keep Going 182 44 Greenport 188 45 One More Song 192 46 Try Softer 195 47 Twenty 200 48 Welcome Home 205 49 Next Self 211 50 Still Yes 216 Acknowledgments 219 Show More