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J-Curve: Dying and Rising with Jesus in Everyday Life is unavailable, but you can change that!

Do we have the wrong map for the Christian life?  Life's inconveniences, disappointments, and trials can leave us confused, cynical, and eventually bitter. But the apostle Paul traces out the path of dying and rising with Jesus—what Paul Miller calls the "J-Curve"—as the normal Christian life.  The J-Curve maps the ups and downs of daily life onto the story of Jesus. It grounds our journeys...

best and the worst in me) or “Have you thought of putting Kim in a home?” (no, she’s God’s gift to us; plus she’s one of my best friends). Both the manager and the therapist have pieces of wisdom, but they miss love. Because they play it safe, they miss life in all its richness. They miss that not only was God resurrecting my soul and saving me from pride during my trip with Kim, but also that my mini-death gave Jill a mini-resurrection. That’s how love works. When I felt ashamed and frustrated with