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Face Difficult Conversations with God on Your Side: Practical Application of Biblical Principles to Manage Conflict, Set Boundaries, and Ask for What You Want
Rebecca Finley. Rebecca Finley, $14.97 trade paper (182p) ISBN 978-1-67478-238-6
Blogger Finley provides direct, substantive advice on how women can address challenging topics in her forceful debut. Her method for preparing for difficult conversations (particularly with children, co-workers, and spouses) includes praying for God’s will to be done, and assessing the right time, goals, and desired resolutions of speaking with someone about a touchy topic. Finley provides sample scripts, as well as instructions for how to start the conversation and make suggestions that someone change their behavior. Finley recommends a neutral tone and soft approach since “women are penalized (by both men and other women) when they are perceived as using a more aggressive approach,” but without being “too chatty, too personal, or too friendly.” Her suggestions are backed up with biblical references and quotes, but repeated insistence that women be multiple things at once, such as “decisive and pleasant” (while warning against an aggressive approach) comes across as unattainable. While much of the direction is helpful, some of her advice—changing bad habits by snapping a rubber band against one’s wrist and bribing oneself—feels misconceived. Despite this, Finley’s Bible-based strategies make for a useful template Christian women can use in many conversations. (Self-published)

Reviewed by Publishers Weekly on 05/08/2020

Release date 02/01/2020

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