Rock-Bottom Blessings -- Karen Beattie

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Rock-Bottom Blessings

Discovering God's Abundance When All Seems Lost

by Karen Beattie

The Patheos Book Club features "Rock-Bottom Blessings: Discovering God's Abundance When All Seems Lost" by Karen Beattie, a spirtual memoir about navigating life's losses only to find the grace that was there all along. | read more»

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In Rock-Bottom Blessings , Karen Beattie makes the case that true abundance is found in the transformation that happens when we experience God's presence during periods of grief, loss, and disappointment. | read more »

Resurrection Happens: A Q&A with Karen Beattie

"I've started seeing abundance in the minutia of life, like sitting with my daughter on the deck eating popsicles in the summer, or seeing the full moon shining across Lake Michigan. My view of abundance has both expanded, and become more focused." | read more »

Praise for Rock-Bottom Blessings

"Whatever your own journey, Karen's beautiful storytelling and wise insights will open your eyes to whatever it is God might be up to in your story." Read what Margot Starbuck and others have to say about Beattie's new book. | read more »

Rock-Bottom Blessings: Read an Excerpt

Could I ever feel the fullness of God's love when I felt this huge hole and emptiness inside of me? In my quest to find abundance, I could not reconcile these two things. | read more »

Karen Beattie's Website

For more about Beattie, and to read her blog, visit her website here. | read more »

Oh, Love That Will Not Let Me Go: On My Conversion to Catholicism

It seems ironic that a free spirit like me -- who doesn't like hierarchy, routine, and structure -- ended up in the Catholic tradition. | read more »

Karen Beattie on Finding God in Everyday Life

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