Contents
Contents
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction: Asking the Right Questions
Part 1: WHO AM I?
The Big Question of IDENTITY
1. Who People Expect You to Be vs. Who God Expects You to Be
2. How Does God View You?
3. What to Do When Being Labeled Holds You Back
4. What It Means to Be Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
5. God’s Intentional Design for Your Ethnicity
6. How Who You Are Is Shaped by Where You Live
7. When You Feel Like a Misfit
8. When You Struggle with Perfectionism
9. When You Feel Underestimated
10. Why Can’t You Be Like Them?
11. You Are More Than Your Failure
12. You Are More Than Your Success
13. You Are More Than Your Stuff
14. You Are a Child of God
15. Unplugging to Notice God
17. Your Voice Matters
18. What’s More Important Than What You See in the Mirror?
19. You Are Enough Because of Jesus
20. Union with Christ
Part 2: WHERE DO I FIT?
The Big Question of BELONGING
21. Belonging to a Safe Space
22. What Do Real Friendships Look Like?
23. What Does It Mean for God to Be Your Friend?
24. When You Feel Like an Outsider
25. The Power of “With”
26. Who God Is Reveals What Belonging Looks Like
27. Welcoming Like Jesus
28. When Family Gets Complicated
29. How to Be a Peacemaker
30. Why Authenticity Matters
31. How Can Empathy Fuel Belonging?
32. People-Pleasing ≠ Belonging
33. When You Are Dating
34. How to Get the Mentoring You Need
35. Being a True Neighbor
36. Finding Unity While Keeping Diversity
37. Belonging in a Digital World
38. Lamenting Our Losses Together
39. Celebrating with Others
40. Connecting with God’s Presence Anytime
Part 3: WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN I MAKE?
The Big Question of PURPOSE
41. First Things First
42. Asking the Right Questions to Find Your Purpose
43. No Purpose Is Better Than Another
44. What If God Wants You to Make a Different Choice?
45. God’s Purpose for You Is Up to God
46. Putting Faith into Action
47. Know God’s Story so You Can Go in God’s Story
48. What Is Discipleship?
49. Our Steady Companion in an Unsteady World
50. On Purpose and for a Purpose
51. Our Stories—and Purposes—Are Interconnected
52. We’re Better Together
53. Making a Difference by Helping Others
54. Navigating America’s Complicated Racial Past and Present
55. Building Cultural Bridges
56. How What’s Tough Can Transform You
57. Knowing When to Say Yes and When to Say No
58. How to Bring Good News with Our Feet
59. Finding Contentment
60. The World Needs You to Come Alive
Conclusion: Your Next Faithful Step
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Authors
Back Cover