{"product_id":"the-heart-of-perfection-how-the-saints-taught-me-to-trade-my-dream-of-perfect-for-gods-paperback","title":"The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColleen Carroll Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Catholic Press Association Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a book hailed as \"liberating\" (Gary Chapman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author), an award-winning author and mother of four weaves her own stories and struggles with those of seven ex-perfectionist saints (and one heretic) who show us how to pursue a new kind of perfection: freedom in Christ. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpiritual perfectionism--an obsession with flawlessness rooted in the belief that we can earn God's love--is dangerous because so many of us mistake it for virtue. Its toxic cycle of pride, sin, shame, blame, and despair distorts our vision, dulls our faith, and leads us to view others through the same hypercritical lens we think God is using to view us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a lifelong overachiever who drafted her first r sum  in sixth grade and spell-checked her high school boyfriend's love letters, Colleen Carroll Campbell knows something about the perfectionist trap. But it was only after she became a mother that she started to see how insidiously perfectionism had infected her spiritual life, how lethal it could be to her happiness and her family, and how disproportionately it afflicts the people working hardest to serve God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the ruins of her own mistakes, Colleen dug into Scripture and the lives of the canonized saints for answers. She discovered to her surprise that many holy men and women were, in fact, recovering perfectionists. And their grace-fueled victory oer this malady--not perfectionist striving--was the key to their heroic virtue and contagious joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Perfection, \u003c\/i\u003e Colleen weaves the stories and wisdom of seven ex-perfectionist saints (and one heretic) with Scripture and beautifully crafted tales of her own trial-and-error experiments in applying that wisdom to her life. Gorgeously written and deeply insightful, Colleen Carroll Campbell's \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Perfection\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"must-read\" (Jeannie Gaffigan, executive producer of \u003ci\u003eThe Jim Gaffigan Show\u003c\/i\u003e) that \"gives us permission to...walk in the freedom of God's unconditional love\" (Jennifer Fulwiler, author of \u003ci\u003eOne Beautiful Dream\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a free \u003ci\u003eHeart of Perfection \u003c\/i\u003ereading guide for book clubs\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e visit Colleen-Campbell.com.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eColleen Carroll Campbell is an award-winning author, print and broadcast journalist, and former presidential speechwriter. Her books include her critically acclaimed journalistic study, \u003ci\u003eThe New Faithful, \u003c\/i\u003eand spiritual memoir, \u003ci\u003eMy Sisters the Saints, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won two national awards and has been published in five languages\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eColleen has written for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The Washington Post, Christianity Today, America, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has appeared on CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, ABC News, PBS, NPR, and EWTN, where she hosted her own television and radio shows for eight years. A former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and editorial writer and op-ed columnist for the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, \u003c\/i\u003eColleen is the recipient of two honorary doctorates and numerous other awards for her work. She speaks to audiences across North America and Europe and lives on the central coast of California with her husband and their four children, whom she homeschools. Visit her online at Colleen-Campbell.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760013836576,"sku":"9781982106171","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/38558af9c9cda7eae62f73ef96364cd5.webp?v=1780168951","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-heart-of-perfection-how-the-saints-taught-me-to-trade-my-dream-of-perfect-for-gods-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}