074 - Living in the Tension of Perfection and Good Enough

This week on the podcast, Ashleigh and Alex talk about the difficulty of balancing effort, perfection, and grace in all areas of life. They share pieces of their personal stories and Scripture to demonstrate how God’s grace impacts how we see ourselves and how we should live.

Resources to Dig Deeper:

What is So Amazing about Grace by Philip Yancey https://amzn.to/3v0AjSu

The Grace Awakening by Charles Swindoll https://amzn.to/3v0AjSu

In Galatians, Paul outlines the freedom we find in Christ https://bit.ly/3x5x5i4

For more on the Enneagram, The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Chron is a great place to start. https://bit.ly/3x7pZJF

Brene Brown has an amazing talk on shame https://bit.ly/34VfBsq

Sacred Ordinary Days is a company that sells a planner with a helpful weekly practice of Self Examination (which Ashleigh loves, if that’s a selling point for you)  https://bit.ly/3x3hoHZ

I Corinthians 6 https://bit.ly/3psXALN

Mrs. Frizzle from The Magic Schoolbus encourages us to “take chances, make mistakes and get messy” https://bit.ly/34ZFx6i

The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He explores the problem of cheap grace. https://amzn.to/3pwglh6