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After assuming the rapid pace and stress of city living in the States, Jodi Grubbs realized God was bidding her to return to the “island time” of her childhood home. Evoking the gentle rhythms of Bonaire in the Caribbean, Jodi invites you to a life anchored by the forced pauses of spiritual practices and an openhandedness before God. Live Slowly releases on April 30th, 2024.
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If you need a slow-living guide – a guide out of the crush of noise and the exhausting speed of life – Jodi Grubbs is a gentle sage who has faced suffering and heartbreak. She shows us the road less traveled – into a far more meaningful life.
In a culture that overvalues hustle and undervalues wholeness, finding spaces that honor our God-given humanity can be a challenge. Yet in Live Slowly, Jodi Grubbs compassionately invites us to a way of being that roots us as God’s beloved.
With vivid imagery, Jodi Grubbs transports us to island living and beckons us to create our own ‘Island in the City.’ Live Slowly grants us permission to shift towards a life that is slower, more meaningful, and filled with fellowship with God & others.
Jodi Grubbs brings a unique perspective on the challenge of hurry that we face. Growing up in a less hurried culture and living as an adult in our more hurried one has borne the fruit of practical insight and wise guidance. Read this if you’re seeking to follow the less hurried way of Jesus.
Jodi Grubbs is a woman after my own heart, offering a gentle but steady drumbeat for anyone desperate for a saner, slower, less hustle-y way of living. She’s put all of her best advice and shimmering stories into one book – a roadmap to help you find your rhythm.
Live Slowly is a refreshingly practical and unassuming guide to the contemplative life. Jodi Grubbs walks the reader by the hand to the cozy armchair, the wide-open field, the place of stillness where God can be heard over the cacophony of our modern world. Every line brims with care and intention.
I didn’t think I needed permission to live slowly. But in reading these beautiful, inviting, life-giving words by Jodi Grubbs, I felt a weight I didn’t know I was bearing slowly lift. Read this book and you will feel it too.
“Some books come to us exactly when we need them. Jodi Grubbs is an experienced guide to the sacred geography of slow living. This book is a lifesaver. I recommend it for all who have felt their exhausted heads slipping beneath the waves of hurry, hustle, and stress.”
“Live Slowly is a beautifully written and much-needed book. Through soft & honest words, Jodi Grubbs invites us to slow down, exhale, and remember the unending love and kindness of God. Page after page, you’ll feel the weight lifted off your shoulders as your eyes are refocused on the One who invites us to walk with him.”
The deeper I got into this book, the more my shoulders dropped and the deeper I exhaled. Jodi Grubbs has written one long permission slip that you were not made for hurry and production, chased by impossible expectations. She teaches that the more you learn to keep in step with the pace God has given you, the more you’re able to love expansively. Jodi practices what she preaches.
In Proverbs, we’re told that ‘the purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.’ In Live Slowly, Jodi Grubbs takes us on a deep dive into the depth of our hearts. This guide will breathe life into your exhausted soul, as it did mine. You will receive truth, compassion, hope, and the tools you need to find your soul rest in Jesus.
The beach has long been a place of rest & refreshment. Jodi’s island theme is the perfect setting for intentional soul care amid pressing cultural dynamics. I trust Jodi because she has lived a with-God life smack in the middle of unimaginable loss. She is uniquely capable of journeying with us as we learn to slow to the pace of an ocean wave.
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