Made for Individuals: Why We Drift into Loneliness and Battle for a Lifetime of Friendship
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Uncover the artwork of fostering life-giving, life-long friendships and the person habits that make them attainable.
Loneliness is lethal. We all know this psychologically and spiritually. Sin desires us to be alone, and it typically looks like at this time’s world is tailored to maintain us that method.
In Made for Individuals—by bestselling creator of The Habits of the Family—Justin Whitmel Earley explains why God made us to expertise deep friendship and the way we are able to domesticate them regardless of a tradition of busyness, disconnection, and concern of vulnerability.
Via private tales, analysis, and biblical knowledge, Justin paints of an image of God’s design for “covenant friendships.” This e book will train you:
How loneliness factors to our God-given wants.Why vulnerability is the start of actual friendship. deepen the friendships we have already got.Key habits that create a way of life of friendship.
Isolation would be the norm of contemporary life, nevertheless it doesn’t need to be the story of yours, and it isn’t what you have been made for. Actually, you have been made to be amongst individuals who know you absolutely and love you anyway.
Depart behind loneliness and construct the lifetime of deep connection you lengthy for.
From the Writer
I consider the drift of American life is to grow to be busier, wealthier individuals who used to have pals.
This e book is an exhortation to swim in opposition to that present and combat for a lifetime of friendship. As a result of actual friendship is the place you come to know Jesus as He really is: a relational redeemer who has known as you good friend.
In His immeasurable grace, for the twenty years or in order that I have been strolling with Jesus, God has given me large pals to stroll alongside. On this e book, I outline a good friend as somebody who is aware of you absolutely and loves you anyway. In different phrases, somebody who’s like Jesus to you: stuffed with each vulnerability and dedication. This e book is a monument to these sorts friendships and an exhortation to kindle the attractive fireplace of friendship in a cultural winter of loneliness.
—Justin Whitmel Earley, creator, Made for Individuals
Writer : Zondervan (August 15, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 0310363004
ISBN-13 : 978-0310363002
Merchandise Weight : 2.31 kilos
Dimensions : 5.47 x 0.61 x 8.41 inches
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Dillan M. –
Wonderful.
Really struck a nerve in me that needed to be addressed. So relatable. So inspiring. Just what we all need to be reminded: that we are truly made for people!
Morgan Holland –
This book is amazing!
This book is such an amazing book on friendship, and truly how to have godly and deep relationships with people. I purchased this book to participate in a book club. I highly recommend!
Katlyn Balbiani –
Everyone should read this!
I love Justin’s practical writing. It’s convicting but also just makes you want to make life changes! Gospel centered. Relatable. Know your head along the whole time type of reading. Everyone needs to read!
Bobby sue jabat –
good book
Everyone should read it.
Gary Gilley –
For the discerning reader, there are valuable insights
Made for People, Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendshipby Justin Whitmel Earley (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2023), 239 pp., paper $14.49There are few Christian-based books on friendship. Therefore, upon reading that Made for People was on Christianity Todayâs 2024 list of best books, I thought I would give it a try. For the most part, I am glad I did. Earley strongly emphasizes the importance of what he calls covenant friendships in a modern world in which most people are busier, wealthier, and lonelier than ever (p. 160). A covenant friend necessitates a serious commitment to flawed people who know you fully but love you anyway (p. 25). Such friendships will involve vulnerability, honesty (pp. 30, 43), and serious commitment. His covenant friends, who call themselves the cast (p. 129), have chosen to live in the same city (p. 88), purchase campground together (p. 153), organize regular dinners, porch time, campfires, vacations, etc. (see list of suggestions on pp. 166-169), in order to spend substantial time developing those friendships.The author says that everyone needs two or three covenant friends (p. 90), but such will involve scheduling (pp. 155-169), serious time commitment, and plenty of forgiveness (all of chapter five is devoted to forgiveness). Earley documents that loneliness is dangerous to our health (p. 10) and suggests it is the churchâs call to reclaim the word friendship (p. 27). To do so, we must recognize the limitation of technological communication (pp. 173-179) and view all nonphysical interaction as kind of a snack, not the main course for relationships (p 179). We also must learn the art of asking questions and listening for answers (p. 72), and to this end the author provides an excellent list of questions to use (p. 201). Evangelistically most Americans come to faith in the context of friendship (p. 136), making friendship with unbelievers that much more important.For those who balk at the time commitment needed for friendship, the author attempts to defuse this excuse by showing that most people over calculate how they are using their time (many claim they are working up to 25 hours a week more than they are) and how much time is wasted on non-productive activities such as social media, magazine reading, and no doubt television (p. 162). In other words, time is available if one is committed to developing friendships. One of the benefits of spending time with friends is the creation of memories. True, we will forget many of our experiences together, but nevertheless our memories shape our lives (p. 190).There is much of value in Made for People, but caution and discernment is needed. Earley makes several over-the-top, unsustainable statements. For example, the Trinity is a covenant friendship (p. 6); we are Christ to our friends (p. 203); friendship is an act of worship (p. 213); friendship will save the world (p. 232); and that we have the power to create realities by speaking words (p. 60). Secular psychology is also endorsed (p. 203), and there are hints of the spiritual formation movement, especially frequent references to David Benner (pp. 27, 109, 124, 130), Ron Sider (p. 144) and Madeleine LâEngle (p. 232), He often mentions spending time drinking alcohol with his friends (pp. 65, 74, 77). More concerning is his misunderstanding that forgiveness is as much for us as others (p. 106), and that we need to forgive ourselves (pp. 115, 120). There is very little biblical content in the book, so it falls under the category of practical ideas. Still there is much here to consider; and for the discerning reader, there are valuable insights.Reviewed by Gary E. Gilley, Southern View Chapel
Jason A. Zentz –
Scripture-saturated, inspiring, practical guide to cultivating close friendships
I devoured this book in 2 daysâthat also included work, sleep, and our 15th anniversary! This summer I’ve worked hard to push loneliness aside and take the initiative to pursue meaningful friendship, so this book felt especially timely and validating.”Made for People” champions the centrality of friendship to the Christian life, drawing from a wide range of biblical passages, classic texts, and current research. Earley provides practical suggestions and ideas but also is refreshingly frank about the awkwardness of cultivating vulnerable, committed platonic relationships in our society. I had been inspired (if a bit daunted) by Earley’s stories of friendship in his prior work, and after reading this I feel even more empowered to take steps to pursue this in my own life. Earley skillfully balances telling personal anecdotes with developing a theology of friendship, and I especially appreciated his pushback (pp. 71-73) against some of the limits C.S. Lewis places on friendship in “The Four Loves”âI recall debating this point with friends in college, and if we’d had this book on hand perhaps we could have avoided some of the confusion and shame we felt about the ways we acknowledged our friendship and enjoyed time in face-to-face conversation. That’s not to say that this book blurs the boundary between friendship and romance-Earley clearly distinguishes close (“covenant”) friendship from both marriage and acquaintanceship/companionship in very helpful ways (e.g., in the table on p. 89).I know this is a book I’ll recommend and talk through with friends and family, and I’m sure I’ll return to it as a reference.
Jayne Vroon –
Great read!!
I would highly recommend this book to anyone! Itâs a great book club read, as are all of Justinâs other books. Such timely information with practical ways to help build and grow friendships. I love Justinâs intentionality in all theses things!
JD Hornbacher –
This book frustrated me⦠and thatâs a good thing.I want to have friendships like Justin describes. I believe in the truths of this book. There is so much hope in these words and hard truths that we must embrace culturally. Read this book. Let it stir your spirit. Be a better friend and reflection of Jesus.