Love Is Patient, but I’m Not: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist

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Love Is Patient, but I’m Not: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist

Christopher West

You’ve heard Christopher West talk about love before . . . but not like this. n this revealing book, renowned speaker and author Christopher West discusses the topic of love and relationships, but he does it through the lens of his own powerful and personal experience. If you’ve ever wondered what to do with that deep cry of your heart to love and be loved, read on. Love Is Patient, but I’m Not offers West’s reflections on Pope Francis book The Joy of Love. It focuses on the heart of the pope’s meditations on the famous love is patient and kind passage from 1 Corinthians 13. It’s short chapters will take you line by line through the passage, and will also let you in on some intimate aspects of West’s faith journey—his wound of perfectionism, his consequent challenges as a husband and father, and the ups and downs he experiences as he struggles to work it all out. As it turns out, we aren’t the only ones who find it hard to live out the love St. Paul describes for us.

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