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Uninvited by Lysa TerKeurst – Book Review

Uninvited – Book Review

Have you ever picked up a book and felt like the author was writing it just for you?

That’s how I felt as I began to read Uninvited – Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, And Lonely by Lysa TerKeurst – and based on the fact that this book just debuted and is already a #1 bestseller, I think a lot of other women feel the same way!

Uninvited is both a deeply personal yet universally relatable book about how the enemy of our souls wants us to believe that we are unworthy of love – particularly God’s love – and how he will do anything to make us feel abandoned, unaccepted and unacceptable to others, and rejected by those around us – but how these are lies that we need to heal from.

In Uninvited , Lysa helps us to identify the damaging beliefs we are currently embracing and the ineffective ways we are currently dealing with our pain and – in their place – offers us transformative truths and powerful promises from God’s Word. She includes useful self-assessment tools and takeaways at the end of the book.

There are some books that I like to read and finish as soon as possible and other books that I like to read a little bit at a time, sitting and savoring over, letting the wisdom of the author sink into my spirit. Uninvited is one of the latter kind of books. I think Lysa planned it that way as she pauses often on the pages, offering thoughts such as the following for us to ponder over:

The mind feasts on what it focuses on. What consumes my thinking will be the Making or the breaking of my identity.

Uninvited is a powerful book that resonates truth from cover to cover. I highly recommend it to you!

I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.

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About lysa terkeurst.

Lysa TerKeurst is a best-selling author, an in-demand speaker, and the President of Proverbs 31 Ministries. She resides in North Carolina with her husband and five blessings.

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I love book reviews! I love to read…especially during bouts of insomnia when I don’t fall asleep until 5am and have until 7am to get the kids up and ready for school and out the door. I will definitely be adding this one to my list! I read a lot of everything really…right now I am turning into the city version of a hardcore prepper thanks to all the books I have been reading about the upcoming apocalypse. I think this might be a welcome change of pace!

Sounds like a book I would love to read! Thanks for sharing. Will keep my eyes open for this one.

This sounds like a very good book. Does she address situations where you actually are being excluded and shunned, though? Often, our feelings of being ignored and unwanted come from internal lies, as you discussed in your review, but sometimes you really can face situations, even as an adult, where you’re feeling that way because someone or a group is actually pushing you away and treating you like you’re not good enough. I’m curious is this book covers that or not.

Yes, Alena, she discusses these things in her book and I tell you, it’s like she’s gotten into your head! There is a free Bible study of this book that just started over at Proverbs 31 ministries that I highly recommend you check out – over 72 thousand women are taking it (and the number just keeps growing!) When you sign up you get weekly videos and they will send you the first three chapters for free while you wait for your book to arrive so you will get to see what it’s all about. This book is SO rich – I encourage you to check it out!

We just did a Lysa Terkeust study in our small bible group last fall, she is such an encouraging author and person. I will have to check out this one, thanks for sharing! Visiting from a link up party. Best, Bibi

I bought this book a couple of weeks ago and have read about 1/4 of it. It is very good. Lysa is coming to Frisco, Texas next month and I am going to hear her speak. Looking forward to it. Thanks for the book review – I will keep on reading.

Lucky you! I am doing the Uninvited Bible Study online over at Proverbs 31 – it’s free and I HIGHLY recommend it to you! 🙂

Thanks for sharing this post at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com this week! Always a pleasure to have you. Tina

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this new book by Lysa! Visiting from @LMMLinkup 🙂

I hear great things on this one too! Thanks for the recommendation.

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Uninvited Book Review | Written By Lysa TerKeurst

The enemy wants us to feel discarded, left out, and lonely. When we allow him to speak, he/she lies through our refusal, he pickpockets our goal, cripples our courage, destroys our dreams. And blinds us to the beauty of Christ’s powerful love.

The Uninvited book review shows that it is an experienced based book written by a best-selling author, Lysa TerKeurst . She has described her deep feelings in the book about her personal life experiences. This book is a beautiful autobiography that conveys a more profound message of living life and turning towards God. Lysa shares the memories of her painful, pathetic childhood with the readers. She bitterly shares her rejections for countless times, as her father abandoned her several times.

Guidelines of Lysa

Lysa tries to guide readers to emancipate the wish to fall apart or control the actions of others by embracing the ways of God-worshiping to process their wounds. She tells the readers that they should be aware of what to pray for the coming ten days. Just to stabilize their soul and restore their confidence. And she also teaches to overcome two basic fears that strengthen our sense of insecurity by knowing the hidden truth of belonging. She further suggests that we should avoid turning petty affairs into huge issues.

Lysa TerKeurst describes, “There is something wonderfully sacred that happens when a girl chooses to understand that being set aside is actually God’s call for her to be set apart.”

Observations of Author

According to the uninvited book review, the author observes the deep meaning of rejection. And elaborates how God look at us when we feel dejected, lonely or humiliated. God has created a variety of people with different nature and mentality. Not all are equal. Everyone has a distinctive nature, and when someone sets aside from something, it means he/she is taking a courageous action to set apart from his/her own fellow-beings who are of the same mindset.

The author emphasizes the importance of turning towards the Almighty God. She advises the readers to worship God when they are in trouble. And they should stop blaming God for any misfortune or any sad incident that has happened to them. She has also recommended a list of 10 blissful prayers in the book to recover the soul and re-build confidence.

Prayers of Lysa

According to Uninvited book review, to restore your soul and regain confidence, Lysa has mapped out a list of ten helpful prayers. These are helpful to read when you or a friend is feeling hurt for whatever reason. “With you, Jesus, I’m forever safe. I’m forever accepted. I’m forever held. Completely loved and always invited in.” In life, there are going to be occasions where we are going to encounter rejection, and that rejection will hurt. Within the middle of these trials, it is easy to forget about God’s mercy. However, we must recognize that no matter what we are encountering in the flesh, God will always invite us in and welcome us with his pure love.

“The beliefs we hold should hold us up even when life feels like it’s falling apart.” Nothing is moving on in our lives that Jesus cannot manage. Getting up as an outcast was never easy. But when I found Jesus, he was able to outcaste my fears and my anxiety. The Uninvited book review shows that Lysa felt exactly like this when she was in a room full of people who were all talking, and she seemed alone.

She felt alone because she had minimum similarities with people. When she takes her agitation and turns to God for leadership, usually some factor of assurance available to wrapped in every rejection”. God protects our refusals because He knows that there is something greater for us later. For example, during a relationship break up, it might feel as if your world is torn apart. But you should know that God has your future planned out and it is worth the wait.

After reading the Uninvited book review, you just cannot put down this book, without reaching to the results. Lysa does an exceptional job of making her individual experiences relatable. From a tough childhood to hysterically ponderous moments, this novel will bring you on a roller coaster of sentiments.

Her knowledge throughout the book is authentic and memorable. It acts as a guide when you feel unsteady and disappointed due to what the world has to offer. Time to time, I pick this book up to join Lysa during her beautiful journey. She is honest, selfless and defenseless, which makes this #1 New York Times Best Seller, so relatable.

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About a year ago, I began reading Lysa Terkeurst’s book The Best Yes . I wasn’t too familiar with Lysa so I did some research and was disappointed to learn that her church permits her to have authority teaching over men, which I don’t believe to be in line with 1 Timothy 2:12 (please note, however, that women are called to teach women who are younger in the faith as commanded in Titus 2:3 ). My discouragement grew as I realized that her church also used her book rather than the Bible for teaching during regular church services.

With the release of Lysa’s latest book, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely , I was curious to see how she would encourage readers to handle rejection Biblically.

Uninvited begins with Lysa telling the story of how she personally experienced rejection from her father as a child and how it impacted her as she became an adult. Uninvited is largely autobiographical with a bit of Bible sprinkled in.

Uninvited does contain some truths presented in its pages including, “He (Jesus) was betrayed, mocked, abandoned, beaten, crucified, and buried. . . His crucifixion on the cross became the defeat of death. His broken body became the resurrection hope for the world,” (pg. 175).

However, the bulk of this book leaves much to be desired when it comes to understanding how to handle rejection the way Jesus did and would. The tone of the book is saturated with feel-good, self-help advice. Uninvited seems to encourage Christian women to pull themselves up by their bootstraps rather than fix their eyes on Jesus ( Hebrews 12:1-4 ) who Isaiah 53:3 tells us, “. . . was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces. . .”

An additional concern I have with Uninvited is that Lysa claims to receive direct revelation from God – “And that’s when a very clear sentence popped into my head. You aren’t set aside, Lysa. You are set apart. It wasn’t audible. And it wasn’t my own thought. I knew it was a thought assigned by God that I needed to ponder” (pg. 102). Although it is Biblically true that God’s people are set apart, in the sense that He has redeemed them for Himself, Lysa’s verbiage is troubling because it makes it seem as though God spoke to her outside of the Bible. Claiming to receive direct revelation from God is a problem that is all too common in Christian literature today, especially that which is aimed at women. Her statement made me think of multiple passages of Scripture that warn against adding to what God has said in His Word ( Deuteronomy 4:2 , Deuteronomy 12:32 , Proverbs 30:6 , Revelation 22:18 ). Although I don’t believe Lysa did that, I do believe it is very important to be careful with such wording.

Peter was a disciple of Christ and His close friend, the one upon whom He would build His church . Although Peter physically heard God , he still urged believers to consider Scripture more trustworthy than his experience. This same thinking should be applied anytime someone claims to receive any sort of revelation from God apart from Scripture.

These are some of the issues I had with Uninvited and therefore I do not recommend it.

I received Uninvited compliments of BookLook Bloggers in exchange for my honest review.

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21 comments.

Thank you so much for reviewing this book! Unfortunately, I didn’t think to look at reviews before buying it. Could you suggest a better book that is along the topic of rejection? I struggle greatly with past rejection and had high hopes for this book.

Hi Amanda, thank you for reading my review and for commenting! I don’t typically recommend resources I haven’t read but I believe Shame Interrupted: How God Lifts the Pain of Worthlessness and Rejection by Ed Welch would be a good choice. Ed is a certified Biblical counselor and you can read some of his blog posts on the topic of shame/rejection here . I also recommend this blog post from Desiring God and this post from Revive Our Hearts. I’m praying that your heart will be comforted by God and that these resources will be of true help to you!

Excellent review, Lauren (and thanks so much for the link up and quote :0) The point you brought out about using multiple translations and paraphrases is an important one. I’ve seen many teachers and preachers do this because they’ve chosen a certain word, phrase, or idea for their sermon or book and they “translation shop” until they find a Bible version that uses that same word, phrase, or idea rather than simply using the most reliable translation throughout their teaching. This is a form of eisegesis, an unbiblical way of teaching God’s word.

Michelle, I’ve enjoyed reading your blog and I’m humbled that you not only read my review but have been kind enough to leave a comment! It is so hard to find theologically solid books, especially for women. Like you, I believe it is so important to thoroughly examine what is out there and warn my sisters. I completely agree about your thoughts on eisegesis. As a woman, I am tired of being asked what God’s Word means to me – I long to know what it says about HIM! I desperately need to be pointed to the good news of Jesus and the cross because my own heart is quick to forget who Christ is and what He has done for me. Thank you for being faithful to keep the truth of Christ as the foundation for all you do!

Thank you for your review – I now have three of Lysa’s books and to be honest, have not been as attentive as I should to what she’s teaching. I appreciate your thoughts, and after reading your review and other articles warning about her teaching, I have to admit I have a dilemma. A dear friend who I’m working through “Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World” has given me this book and wants to study it next. I would rather do something more Scriptural (just in the first chapter of Uninvited I noticed a serious absence of Scripture), but I don’t want to hurt my friend’s feelings. She belongs to a Word of Faith church, also, and I haven’t yet found a good way or time to approach this error. Anyway, any suggestions? Thank you for your time!

Hi Linda, thank you for your comment and for reading my review, I’m glad it was helpful to you. Your situation with your friend is a tough spot to be in. I have been in similar situations with with Christian women I know and love and navigating through them wasn’t easy. As believers we are called to speak the truth in love as described in Ephesians 4:15-16 and it seems as though you have the perfect opportunity to live this out with your friend. I would pray and ask the Lord for wisdom before speaking with her. When you do speak with her I would encourage you to make your concerns known by humbly showing her how Scripture is at odds with the books she enjoys reading and teachers she enjoys listening to. These conversations are difficult and in my experience the key for me has been humility and having a heart of unity. I encourage you to be gracious as your friend simply may not know that the resources she relies on are not grounded in Biblical truth – for many years I was unable to discern truth and I am still in the process of learning how to do so. Ultimately the heart of relationships amongst believers is to sharpen one another ( Proverbs 27:17 ) into Christlikeness and if our words are harsh, they stir up anger ( Proverbs 15:1 ) rather than give grace to all who hear ( Ephesians 4:29 ). A gentle answer, indeed, turns away wrath and it seems the most appropriate approach considering we are called to live peaceably with all as far as it depends on us ( Romans 12:18 ). Know that regardless of your friends response, you are showing the ultimate form of love for her by telling her truths that are essential to the health of her soul. She may not appreciate what you have to say but ultimately we are called to obey God rather than man ( Acts 5:29 ) and we can take heart knowing that God is pleased by our obedience and our eternity has already been secured by Jesus. I’m praying that your conversation with your friend will be profitable and for her heart to be soft toward the truths of Scripture. I’m praying also that the Lord will keep you from fearing man as I often do and will give you the boldness to speak the truth in love. Thanks again for reading and commenting, I really appreciate it! In Christ, Lauren

Hi, Linda! If you’re still looking for a different book to study with your friend, you might want to give “Attitudes of a Transformed Heart” by Martha Peace a try. That book is chockful of Scripture, so it sounds more up the alley you’re wanting. 🙂 Praying that you’ll be able to have those hard conversations with your friend and that she’ll receive it well.

Sitting in a full room of women arrived for first day of Uninvited. I had never heard of Lysa.

THANK YOU for objective review. I’ll be grateful to be the voice of truth. Thanks for heads up.

I searched for reviews of Uninvited, which I’m still reading, and found your blog.

Would you explain 1 Timothy 2:12? For instance, a famous, beloved Christian woman who has spent most of her life in a wheelchair spoke at the weekend services at my church about the meaning of suffering from a biblical perspective. Men were present. Was that teaching permissible, impermissible, a gray area?

Thank you. : )

Hi Kirstin, Thank you so much for taking the time to read my review and leave a comment. In 1 Timothy 2:12, Paul is giving Timothy instruction on how the church should function when the members are gathered together for regular worship. Since a Sunday service is regular worship at most churches, it would seem that having a woman preach during that time violates the instruction set forth in Scripture.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that women can never speak/teach in the church but there are Biblically appropriate contexts for when and how this should occur. We see in Titus 2 that older women are called to instruct younger women. This is a discipleship relationship that can occur in many ways but I have typically seen it played out through Bible studies, small groups and naturally occurring friendships within the church. I have been blessed to have many women in my church, who are older in the faith, take me under their wing in a sense, and show me what it looks like to imitate them as they imitate Christ in the various roles that they occupy (i.e. Believer, wife, mom, friend, ministry leader, employee). This wasn’t necessarily a formal time of study but it has benefitted me greatly to learn from older, Godly women.

We also see in Scripture that women can hold the position of deacon, as Phoebe was a deaconess ( Romans 16:1 ). The English word for deacon comes from the Greek word diakonon which means servant. Thus the role of a deacon is a non-teaching role and Biblically, it is permissible for a woman to serve the church in ways that don’t require her to hold teaching authority over men.

It sounds like the woman you may be referring to is Joni Eareckson Tada, who I know has been interviewed during regular teaching times and has also shared on suffering Biblically at various conferences. I had the privilege of listening to the recording of her session from John MacArthur’s Strange Fire conference and was greatly encouraged by her love for Jesus. In these cases, she isn’t teaching over men, and as far as I know doesn’t have a regular teaching ministry where she is in authority over men so it seems to be a gray area that should always be approached with wisdom.

Paul’s warning applies to regular teaching ministry in the church and his caution is especially applicable today with the rise of female pastors. The way Lysa Terkeurst’s church functions in allowing her to have regular teaching authority over men is unbiblical not only in violation of 1 Timothy 2:12 but also in that their authority during regular service times is her book and not Scripture.

Thanks again for your comment, it challenged me to dig a bit deeper to see what the Bible has to say about this issue. Feel free to reach out should you have further questions. I am not an expert by any means, but I do enjoy studying the Bible and hope that through this blog I can encourage women to do the same.

In Christ, Lauren

I appreciate your eloquent response. I was writing about Joni, and if it seemed that I was questioning her actions, I didn’t want to use her name and have this pop up in Internet searches. (Not that I understand how that works . . .)

I share your pet peeve about using multiple translations. The Purpose Driven Life always comes to mind as the worst example.

What a tremendous relief it was to find this post. After years of leading worship at “Women’s Retreats” which seem to be more of a cheerleader session for self worth, I was beyond discouraged to find out that this years retreat for our church was based on this book. After prayer, study, a little “why me” self pity, and bringing it up to the pastor and his wife, the retreat planning is on hold until the pastor can review this book for himself. I would love to ask for prayers for wisdom for our pastor (and myself) as he discerns the truth about this book and hopefully points the planning team in a solid scriptural direction. I would love to live nearby and go out to coffee and talk theology and not be discouraged and feeling like a fanatic for wanting scriptural truth. Period end of story truth. It is so easy to feel isolated when it seems the truth is being so pushed in the rear as desire for acceptance, being “better”, cleaner, more presentable, and feeling happy with oneself take precedence. I am glad to read that other women are also striving for this truth. Sola scriptura, sister 🙂

Melody, thank you for reading my review and taking the time to leave a comment! I am so encouraged by what you wrote and it is sweet to see the Lord using this little blog in ways bigger than I could have imagined. I will absolutely be praying for your pastor to have wisdom as he leads and for him to rightly handle the word of truth ( 2 Timothy 2:15 ). I will be praying for you too as you have the opportunity to speak the truth in love ( Ephesians 4:15 ), which is often easier said than done. I recently attended a Biblical counseling seminar hosted by my church in which the speaker was Dr. John Street t and he emphasized the importance of pastors reading books for Christian women because the number of unreliable options is rapidly increasing. Also, this past week, one of the ladies discipling me told me that it’s not always about what the authors say, but rather what they are not saying – I found this to be true with Uninvited, especially with the lack of Scripture and total lack of the Gospel. I think the biggest thing I’ve learned by reading books that aren’t very solid is that women desperately need to know God’s Word. It is my hope that this blog can be used to encourage women to grow in their knowledge of the Bible and to study it for themselves. Too often, I find that we are quick to rely on resources with “Christian” labels to help us grow Spiritually and forsake prioritizing the sufficiency of Scripture above all else. Thanks again for reading and commenting and please know that I am praying for you and your pastor as you navigate what would best help the women in your church grow in their love of our dear Savior.

Well, they decided to go with the book and the theme is “Live Loved”. I am so discouraged by this as after finishing the whole book I feel like she just butchered the scripture. How she wrote about Pharoah (who was actually advised by Joseph as a way of God showing His power to Eygypt) hoarding food out of fear and how ungodly his fear was, how she conjectured that David’s reaction to Nabal was because of his deeply rooted feeling of rejection seeded by Father, etc. was just hard to even read. If someone is so poor at understanding scripture ( especially scripture like she chose that needs nothing read into it), how can she be trusted for the rest of the advice in the book? I don’t know what to do with this now. I am on staff at the church. I am leading worship at the retreat. Yet I feel that Lysa Terkeurst is a woman that teaches some dangerous non biblical practices (like contemplative prayer) and I do not agree with a lot of her scripture interpretation. I have been assured that the retreat uses the book only sparingly, yet to me even this is too much. When asked what my problem is with the book and retreat theme, i have been met with a lot of response of “You are taking this too far or too seriously or reading into it too much”. I have yet to bring my concerns strait to the women and I am unsure of what to do. I feel like the whole theme of “live loved” goes well with the theme throughout the book of ONLY internal development and feeling better about yourself as a christian, and of not calling sin what it is. I noticed sin (other than in only ONE place) is referred to in petty manners that demean its seriousness. This reviewer from the Gospel Coalition exactly quantified what I thought of Uninvited, though the review is from Unglued. Apparently her writing and thoughts are the same book to book, which is to be expected.

” So when Lysa gets angry at an airline employee, responds harshly to a friend, or is impatient with her children, she is primarily distressed over damaged relationships or her own feelings of failure and regret rather than her sin against a holy God. Thus, Unglued is more self-referential than God-centered, making its counsel inevitably flawed.

The book’s deficient view of sin flows from an inadequate understanding of God’s character. “Unglued” is the first of many euphemisms for what the Bible calls sin. While biblical language is employed at times, its definitions are inadequate, and the repeated use of cute and sometimes clever descriptions of our negative emotions enhance their vividness but obscure their seriousness. Judgmental and self-pitying thoughts are relabeled “negative inside chatter,” while the jealous woman is recast as “the empty woman” (131, 141). Lysa’s categories of “exploders” and “stuffers” help me think about how I tend to react, but not about the seriousness of the anger, bitterness, or pride that fuels these reactions. And again, the accent is often on how these emotions are difficult for the one who is emotional—not first and foremost on their sin against God and others. ”

Advice here would be welcomed from anyone who studies scripture.

I would like to add the the women planning the retreat are wonderful women who I know only want to minister the hearts of the women going to the retreat, I just think they are a little off the mark here.

Melody, I’m so sorry to hear that! I totally agree with you about her misunderstanding and misuse of Scripture. When I read the book, I made notes for my review and I did have one about Pharaoh but decided to only post 3 of my top concerns because my review was growing lengthy. I am sad that you’ve been told you are taking Scripture too seriously, I personally don’t think it’s possible to take it too seriously. I will continue to pray for you sister, this is a weighty issue. I know you work for the church but will pray for the Lord to give you wisdom as to whether you should continue to do so or find a church that encourages teaching and learning the Word in an accurate manner. If you do find yourself wanting to check out other churches in your area, I have two church search websites listed on my Resources page and it looks like there are some solid Bible teaching churches in your area. I will be praying for the Lord to use you in the time you are with your church to point women to who God is according to Scripture. I also totally agree with you about the whole, “Live Loved” garbage. It would be helpful if “Live Loved” referred to women living as loved children of God focusing on what He has done for us through Christ, rather than encouraging women to feel good about themselves on the basis of their own merit. I asked my husband about your situation and he said you should just move to Southern California so we can be friends 🙂 Praying that you will trust our faithful God who gives wisdom to all generously and without reproach ( James 1:5 ). I apologize for my delayed response, it has been a busy week! In Christ, Lauren

I agree with Melody about Lysa TerKeurst’s handling of Scripture, especially concerning Jesse and David.

I just read Wait and See, which was written by another Proverbs 31 speaker, Wendy Pope. Wait and See has the same problems that Lauren identified in Uninvited (except for use of The Voice). It’s probably best to avoid books by the Proverbs 31 team.

I agree with you Kirstin! In my review, I linked to an article by Michelle Lesley called Leaving Lysa in which Michelle addresses further concerns with Lysa and begins with noting that Lysa is the president of Proverbs 31 Ministries. This probably has to do with the lack of solid resources produced by Proverbs 31 Ministries. A solid ministry I recommend for women is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth. I really enjoy listening to the MP3s of the radio show which cover a variety of topics that apply to women. I’ve also been reading Nancy’s latest book Adorned which discusses how women can adorn the Gospel through Godly behavior – it’s SO good!

I’m so glad to know that I’m not the only one having issues with this book. This is the first book I’ve read by Lysa and I started off loving it! Until…. she started pulling out “scripture” that was not there. At all. When she tells the story of David and Abigail she says that Nabal’s rejection of him “opened up an old wound”. That’s a fine theory but there is zero evidence in the Bible that David felt “the red hot sting of rejection” when Jesse didn’t consider him when Samuel came to choose a king. In that culture it would have been unheard of that the youngest would be chosen above the older brothers. It wasn’t a personal matter, it was the way of the culture. And even IF David did feel hurt by it, we never read about it in scripture so why spend two chapters building a case around it?! I can’t get myself to read the book further or to be open to her message. I want truth not fluff. I’m hoping this is just an error on her part and that she has the best intentions… I think we need to always use discernment and not simply accept everything as truth simply because it comes from someone with a big name.

Hi Helen, Thanks for reading my review and taking the time to leave a comment! I totally agree with you! While reading the book I made notes for my review and had one about Pharaoh but left it out because my review was growing lengthy. In her case for these individual’s responses to their circumstances, she is adding to Scripture which is a violation of Scripture. By creating her own theories as to what these people were experiencing, she also completely left out their responsibility for their own sin and the hope that sinners have in Jesus. I’m with you on wanting truth instead of fluff and I find it disheartening that a majority of “Christian” literature aimed at women is the latter. It’s time for women to know God’s Word and take it seriously and books like Uninvited are not helpful in that endeavor. Thanks again for taking the time to comment, it’s encouraging to know that there are other women who share my passion for truth! 🙂

Our Women’s Ministry just began this study. Before the study began, we were to read three chapters in the book. I immediately had concerns as ther was lots of ‘you are loved’, but very little scripture. Our first meeting time was the video, then group discussion as outlined in the ‘workbook’. I was very disappointed in both the video and the workbook. The video had things Lysa ‘believed’ happened at the Sermon on the Mount. She said Jesus ‘cued’ the birds to fly over at that moment. This was repeated twice, as if it were a fact. This is definitely not in the Bible! The workbook is a lot of self awareness and self improvement with a little (tiny) bit of scriptural reference. I sadly read Day One of the homework, and let our group leader know I was taking a break this session. I go to a very large church, and sadly, often women’s studies tend to be all about the newest video and workbook. After a year of Beth Moore, Patricia Schier, and now this- I am going likely not go back to our Women’s group study. I enjoy the women, but want Biblical teaching for Bible Study. Not self-improvement based on ‘you are loved’. Truth, please!!!

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Uninvited’s Pros and Cons: A Book Review

I was definitely intrigued when I heard about Lysa TerKeurst’s latest book Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely. As someone who’s experienced rejection more times than I can count, I felt drawn to this book like a bee to honey. After reading through the book, I have to say that as a whole, there are a great many blessings that can be gained from reading it.

I related to most of the stories shared here. There’s an overall sense of reassurance throughout the book that would definitely comfort the reader like chocolate after a breakup. The fist chapter invites the reader to be honest with themselves, which is always a great first step when dealing with rejection. I loved the chapters that ended with prayers. The prayers are sincere petition prayers that anyone can relate to and pray when they are dealing with the burdens of rejection and heartbreak.

Lysa also delves into what makes rejection hurt so much: So many people have trust issues, emotional insecurity, and rejection shakes us out of the safety net that we make for ourselves. The overall theme of this book is to root our trust in God and find that emotional security with him. I really need to introduce her to Saint Faustina because Faustina is one of the best examples of trusting in Jesus in spite of everything else.

The best thing about this book is that it teaches the reader that we can all learn from rejection. Each experience we have from rejection can teach us something for the future for whenever we deal with rejection again or point us towards something that leads us to acceptance. The book embraces the virtue of humility really well. Not only does this book help give the reader assurance when it comes to dealing with rejection, but it also provides an opportunity for the reader to improve on themselves with sections on self-assessment.

One major con was something I found in the 2nd chapter. There’s a section that quotes a few verses and brings attention to the promises within those verses, tying them around a common theme:

When we abide, delight, and dwell in Him, he then places within us desires that line up with His best desire for us.

Yes, that I can agree with. When we spend time with God, our hearts are made more like His. However, I did not agree with the sentence that followed afterwards:

Therefore, He can give us whatever we ask, because we will only want what’s consistent with His best.

Um. No. That’s not how it works. God can’t just give us whatever we ask because we think it will be consistent with His best. His best is not always what we want. With every Our Father, we pray “ Thy will be done.”

I also didn’t relate to the story about the lady in the gym that Lysa was convinced hated her. Granted, I’m usually someone who always thinks the best of most people. I loved the testimonies shared in the book, but I seriously wanted this book to go deeper than just the everyday rejections we deal with.

It’s so sad that Protestants often forego to look into the lives of the saints because I can list five saints right off the bat who suffered through rejection and still found their true purpose in Christ:

Saint Gemma Galgani: rejected from the Passionists because of her spinal health issues, yet received stigmata and fought many battles against Satan.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino: seen as stupid and dumb because he was in constant awe at anything relating to Jesus and the church. Later was given the gift of flight and is the patron saint of test-takers.
Saint Thomas Aquinas: Chose a religious order that wasn’t trendy and his family didn’t support him going into religious life. He’s now regarded as a Doctor of the Church and his writings are worth their weight in gold.
Saint Faustina: Social outcast, even amongst her fellow sisters, and yet her devotion to Divine Mercy is now one of the most popular and wonderful devotions in the Catholic Church.
St. Jane Frances de Chantal: Had to deal with a marriage that she didn’t exactly want and made the most of it. Later went on to be the foundress of the Visitation Sisters

Of course, we can’t forget saints who also tended to the outcasts of society such as Saint Francis, St. Damian of Molokai and St. Marianne Cope, St. Mother Teresa, etc. I understand that the target audience for this book is the everywoman who feels like she’s never doing enough or never feels like she is enough, but I would’ve loved to have seen some things about actual social outcasts: people who deal with all sorts of identity issues.

Overall, I recommend this book to women who are seeking emotional reassurance in their lives. Again, this book doesn’t go deep, but it provides a sense of comfort to those who are seeking it.

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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, And Lonely, by Lysa TerKeurst

[Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for an honest review.]

I am of deeply mixed opinions when it comes to this book. On the one hand, there is a lot, perhaps too much, that I can identify with in this author. She writes from a painfully honest sense of vulnerability, including a lot of awkward and embarrassing and uncomfortable experiences from her life, including parental abandonment, the breakup of friendships, romantic troubles, the fear of rejection, insecurity, problems in communication, and the like. She makes some comic hay out of her difficulties, and includes a great deal of helpful scriptures and stories that help frame her struggles, like the stories of Hannah and Abigail (which takes up at least two chapters of this book). On the other hand, the author strays from encouraging if awkward personal stories to painfully trite, even offensive, advice. The author would have been better served to stick with the stories, and try not to give rehashed and warmed over motivational advice, although the author meant this as a motivational book, so her use of tedious cliché is perhaps to be expected for the genre. This book appears to be written for overly emotional women with daddy issues [1], and it will likely encourage its target audience.

The contents of this book are organized somewhat haphazardly, and it appears, at least when one gets to the end, that the real core of the book is in the “bonus chapter” that some people are likely not to read at all. The chapters have all kinds of cutesy titles, dealing with questions of honesty, questions we must consider, dealing with our paranoid fears that others hate us, feeling alone in a crowded room, dealing with trust issues and the breakup of friendships into years of cold silence, the disruption of normal life, corrective experiences, dealing with the hurt of rejection, working to feel unthreatened by the success of others, things we must remember when we are rejected, our enemy’s plan against us, miracles in the mess, moving through the in-between periods of life, wanting to run away, and dealing with the fact that what we think will fix us does not actually do so. After this, the author transitions into her real point, talking about what it is like to live with her and encouraging the reader to take an assessment in how it is like for others to live with them, and a chart of corrective experiences. Intermixed with a lot of personal stories, perhaps a bit too personal, is terrible advice that sounds like the rehashing of clichés from people like Stephen Covey and Jim Rohn. Thankfully, the stories are sufficiently engaging that one can almost forgive the author’s total lack of creativity in framing this advice for the reader.

The reader of this book is faced with the serious question of how this book is to be judged. Does the open and painful vulnerability on the part of the writer make one more compassionate and empathetic for her struggles and those like her, including a large portion of her reading audience, even when she spouts offensive self-help tripe to the reader as words of divine wisdom? Perhaps these clichés are what she uses to encourage herself, and she feels that others would be similarly helped by the advice, which is a woefully misguided interpretation. At the core, this book feels like a terrible self help book that masquerades as both a personal memoir of considerable honesty and an attempt to wrestle with and claim the biblical promises of comfort and help for believers, and the recognition that unpleasant rejection and difficult personal experiences can be the sign of a harsh but ultimately beneficial grace. This is a worthwhile insight, it should be noted, but it is unclear what sort of book the author is trying to write. If the structure of the book and its ultimate aims were more clear, and there were fewer clichés, this book would have a lot more to offer. Sadly, as it is, this book must be praised for its effort even if its execution falls short. Hopefully the author does not take a review like this one as a personal rejection, and rather sees it as an opportunity to improve, and to encourage herself with stale bromides she will hopefully not repeat in future efforts.

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Uninvited: A Book Review

Looking into lysa terkeurst’s latest bestseller.

Rejection is normal, and it is human to feel bad about not being accepted by some people. The truth is, you can never please everyone, and that is why trying too hard will only become counterproductive. What you can do instead is try your best to be good and kindhearted—especially to yourself.

As a book summary, rejection can be very disheartening and may affect a person in the worst possible way. However, “our minds and hearts are like dry sponges. What we focus on is what will soak in and saturate us.” In other words, negative thinking eventually reflects in our actions and are concretize as bad habits. The multiple use of metaphor in the book may sound amusing, but it is actually striking in its relatability with people and situations. The book is a light read, yet filled with deep intent to release repressed emotions of burdened souls.

TerKeurst selection of words creates a narrative for every chapter, even though the book is nonfiction. The tone is calm but not passive. Its aim to encourage people has been achieved with minimal use of forceful words. If the Harry Potter series or Wings of Fire books are the best-selling fantasy fictions today, Lysa TerKeurst’s motivational series surely keeps up with popularity, but on the religion and spirituality genre.

The book also discusses that in every conflict, we look at it as who’s right and who’s wrong. What we fail to see is that everyone has their reasons for doing what they do, and we don’t bother to empathize when our minds become clouded by pride and righteousness. As quoted from the book, “the less we feel the need to address pride in our lives, the more it has already blinded us.”

The book tries to refrain from quoting long verses in the Bible, unlike other inspirational books, where almost half of the content are just quotes. There is a part of the book where the passages are compiled to show context. Nonetheless, TerKeurst’s words and delivery are what makes her books bestsellers. She gives different, on-point examples to every situation tackled.

The book also has segments where you can assess yourself and introspect on the things that are not usually thought about. Without introspection, actions evolve into habits, becoming toxic fragments of relationships. Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely is a book highly recommended to those who seek the calm through an emotional storm. Lysa TerKeurst and her ever-encouraging and soothing words of wisdom truly deserve its many praises.

If you read the book, you will understand that being alone doesn’t mean becoming lonely or left out. Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely is a written form of validation to people who have lost their confidence in themselves. At the end of the day, it’s only you who can love yourself fully and in all honesty.

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Book Review: Uninvited by Sophie Jordan

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Blurb: “The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she’s destined to become a murderer.”

What if they developed a test where they could test everyone’s DNA for a gene associated with violence? What if they decided that everyone was required to take the test? What if they tested you and you tested positive?

Davy is a musical prodigy at a private school. She has a family that loves her. She has a boyfriend that loves her. And next year, she is probably going to Juliard.

Except Davy has just tested positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTC). So now she has been “uninvited” from her school. Her friends have basically dropped her. And her family doesn’t know what to think of her. But she has never hurt anyone.

She soon finds herself forced to attend school in “the cage” with 5 other HTC carriers, some of whom are obviously very violent. But some of them are not.

As events on the outside world escalate, the rights of those who carry the HTC gene are diminishing. Davy is given one last option: to be entered into a special “rehabilitation” program. My Thoughts:

This is one of those books that can be read on several levels. It is a fun, entertaining read. But if you want to peel back the layers, there is a lot of thoughtful discussion to be had here. Some of the topics subtly snuck in the midst of this story include: nature vs. nurture, civil rights, abuse of authority, the concept of innocent until proven guilty and there is even some interesting discussion to be had regarding our current prison system and how small crime offenders are often forced to become more hardened criminals when placed in extreme survival situations.

It is interesting to be a part of Davy’s journal. The life she thought she had spirals out of control rather quickly once she is identified as a carrier. She is surprised by her friend’s reactions to the news. And her boyfriend’s reaction was surprising even to me. We get a peak inside Davy’s head as we see her question who she is when faced with a variety of stressful situations that incite interesting responses.

In the cage, Davy meets a group of fellow carriers like herself. Sean, who bears the mark of someone who has in fact committed a violent act (here a tattoo H which will bring to mind the scarlet A). Gil, who seems to mild mannered and out of place. There is an interesting dynamic between Davy and Sean that builds but does not overwhelm the story.

Towards the end of the story there is a jaw dropping moment that puts Davy to the test. Literally, I had to pick my jaw up off of the floor.

Since 9/11 we have been asking ourselves and our policy makers how to balance our country’s principles of civil rights with the idea of national security, Jordan puts that same question to the test in a really unique speculative scenario that entertains while making us think. Jordan also plays around with the notion of the good girls falling in love with the bad boys by introducing a bad boy who may in fact turn out not to be such a bad boy after all. And one of the most effective parts of this book is how it is totally a contemporary setting with just this one little speculative twist: there’s no space ships or apocalypse, just teenagers like the ones living today who have the misfortune of carrying a specific genetic marker.

A good read-alike would be BLACKOUT by Robison Wells and REBOOT by Amy Tintera which have some of the same themes.

Highly recommended. Harper Teen, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-06-223365-3

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Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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Uninvited by Sophie Jordan

The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan's chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she's destined to become a murderer. When Davy Hamilton's tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene-she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Juilliard. Davy doesn't feel any different, but genes don't lie. One day she will kill someone. Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he's not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly. The first in a two-book series, Uninvited tackles intriguing questions about free will, identity, and human nature. Steeped in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's trademark mix of gripping action and breathless romance, this suspenseful tale is perfect for fans of James Patterson, Michelle Hodkin, and Lisa McMann.

Uninvited was AMAAAZING!! The best part about this book was that it was full of emotion and feels, from beginning to end. It totally owned me.

People are tested for HTS and those that are found to have the gene are basically shunned. The government pretends they still have rights by allowing them to go to school and live in the same neighborhoods as people who don’t have the gene—but in reality, they are far from treated equally. Sure they can attend school, but they can’t interact with non-HTS students. They are locked up in a CAGE all day and given assignments by teachers they never meet. Complete isolation.

And as the book goes on, Sophie Jordan really shows us how people with HTS are set up to fail. They’re pushed, bullied, discriminated against, until they build up enough hatred and resentment to want to go out there and destroy, a desire they never had to begin with. It was a sad, and yet fascinating idea, and you can draw many parallels to real life (like racism—the physical separation and “us vs. them” mentality). It broke my heart to watch Davy’s life be ripped away and to see her friends turn on her so easily. SO MANY FEELS!!

One great thing about Uninvited is that it really makes you think, and I love that in a book! Are people just born to be murderers? Or are they made into murderers? That was constantly going through my mind as I read the book.

In a few ways, Uninvited reminded me of The Program by Suzanne Young . They’re both interesting stories with tons of emotion, and a cool plot, even if not a super fast-paced one. Like The Program , the story in Uninvited is fairly simple, but it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Despite its simplicity, it kept me interested and engaged. It was a super quick read!

On top of that, we have a delicious, slow-moving romance. I loved how I was 100% on Davy’s page in terms of love interests. At the beginning, I loved Davy’s boyfriend. LOVED HIM! He was so sweet and I wanted to hug them both. Then when he kind of turned on her, I hated him, just like Davy did. I wanted to bitch slap him so hard. Then over the rest of the story, I slowly started falling for Sean, just like Davy. We were completely synced, and I loved it! I hate it when a character falls for a guy a lot faster/slower than I do, because it just messes with my connection to the book (this so was not the case in Uninvited! ).

I think my one complaint is that we don’t get a lot of history behind HTS. We don’t really learn where it came from, when it was discovered, or what it even really is. I would have liked a bit more information to better establish a background/history. Plus, I was just curious! But this wasn’t a big enough issue to really turn me off the book or get frustrated.

Overall, I highly recommend Uninvited! It was a fabulous read, and just what I needed to yank me out of a sea of mediocre books. It’s fun, interesting, original, swoony, and will have your brain in overdrive trying to figure out if nature or nurture wins out.

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About Sophie Jordan

Sophie Jordan grew up in the Texas hill country where she wove fantasies of dragons, warriors, and princesses. A former high school English teacher, she’s also the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Avon historical romances. She now lives in Houston with her family. When she’s not writing, she spends her time overloading on caffeine (lattes and Diet cherry Coke preferred), talking plotlines with anyone who will listen (including her kids), and cramming her DVR with true-crime and reality-TV shows. Sophie also writes paranormal romances under the name Sharie Kohler. Website Twitter Facebook Goodreads

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So happy to see you finally find an amazing read. It feels like forever since you read something you actually enjoyed. And this is one of my most anticipated reads so woohoo. The concept is so damn interesting and I love how this book made you think.

This book sounds like an amazing book to read, going to order it right away!

Thanks for reviewing!

I wasn’t sure about reading this one, but consider me convinced. This sounds awesome. Thanks for the review!

I am glad you liked this one but I didn’t enjoy it as much as you did, though I am curious enough to find out what happened. I am like you in the fact that I don’t think there was enough background info.

Yeah! I’m so glad you liked this! I’m a huge fan of medical thrillers (especially if they involve genetics), so this sounds right up my alley! And to see you enjoyed it so much makes me that more excited to get a copy ASAP! I’m so glad that the character development and the romance worked for you! And I agree…it does kind of sound like The Program ; which I loved ! Thanks for sharing Ashley, and, as always, fantastic review! xD

YAY! We were so on the same page on this one 🙂

“They’re pushed, bullied, discriminated against, until they build up enough hatred and resentment to want to go out there and destroy, a desire they never had to begin with. It was a sad, and yet fascinating idea”

YES. That was a driving point of this book for me, and something that really made me think! I did love the romance between Sean and Davy, it was one of the few that worked for me because it took forever to develop (which is weird because I’ve seen two people today complain about it being too fast…), but I didn’t care about the dude in the beginning. I have trouble connecting to relationships that are already established 🙁 But I wanted to slap him, too! I hated Davy’s old friends for the way they acted.

I’m so glad you liked this one! I agree, it was so thought-provoking and I really loved the concept of it. The romance was so adorable too because it didn’t move too fast and they were so protective for each other and were actually perfect matches for each other. Fantastic review, Ashley! <33

I have heard a couple of times being compared to The Program. Which I loved! can’t wait to read this one. Love a good book full of every emotion from start to finish and a book that makes me think. great review.

this book sounds fantastic! I’m dying to read it as the reviews have been very favorable 🙂 Thanks for sharing and congrats to Sophie on the new release!

I can totally see how it was like The Program, now that you mention it. I adored The Program as you know and Uninvited was also a really enjoyable read. My one complaint was the same as yours. I wanted more history of the HTS gene. Having that information would have totally put it into the 5 star category for me.

The slow moving romance was one of my favorite bits. I love romances that start off slowly and heat up as the book goes along.

Awesome review Ashley.

I’m so excited for Uninvited! I can’t wait to read it.

YES YES YES on everything you said!!! Loved this book so freaking much. I felt so bad and was constantly on edge, wanting to protect Davy! Gosh… So happy you loved it as much as I did ))

This is such a cool concept and the cover is very clever too. I’d love to read it. Please enter my name for the chance to win a copy of Uninvited.

I LOVED Uninvited! It definitely made me think, and I can’t wait to see what the rest of the world thinks! 🙂

I LOVED the Program so this is definitely a book I need to check out.

Such a great concept. I am really looking forward to this book. I just know its going to be a favorite of mine. The cover is really beautiful too. Thank you Sophie for writing it.

Hi Sophie! -waves- I LOVE the cover of Uninvited; that DNA hair concept is so unique and creative! :D<3

This sounds so scary and yet it looks like it could be our future. I’d like to read it and see how Sophie works it out. Thank you so much.

Oh! I remember reading a manga similar to this involving Blade Children! Blade Children are all predicted to becoming murderers when they grow up, which is similar to Uninvited I believe. I’m sure I’ll love this series just as much as your other one. 🙂

I can’t wait to read this.. the trailer for it was insane!

Thanks for the giveaway. This seems like such an amazing book.

Thank you for the amazing giveaway. I’ve heard a lot of wonderful things about this book. I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy. I have my fingers crossed.

I loved Sophie Jordans Firelight series and I was hoping that Uninvited would be just as good! It’s so good to know that it is! The way you described it with all the feels and the slow romance I know I’ll love it just as much or even more than the Firelight books!

I’ve already added Uninvited to my to-read list, but I probably won’t get to it anytime soon. I just finished Allegiant, and it seriously sucked the life out of me . I need to take a break from sci-fi/dystopian and binge on contemporaries for a little while. Does anyone else ever get that feeling where they just need to stop reading a certain genre for a while?

I know what you mean. That happens to me too!

I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews for this one. Some people were saying that they liked it a lot, some were “eh” with it. I’m so glad you liked it! <33 Great review, Ashley.

I’ve got to admit, as soon as I read the first blurb on this book, I knew I had to read it so straight on my wishlist it went.

What a brilliant mind you have, to come up with such a unique and interesting concept. It is rare today to read something completely different from anything you have read before. I haven’t read Uninvited yet, but I can tell you I have never read anything like it. And I am super excited to read it already! Thank you so much for the giveaway, Nose Graze!

This book looks very inviting 😉 lols but really it does seem interesting. Love the cover!

I love that the whole nature vs. nurture debate comes up strongly with this novel, as well it should. 😀 I’ve been waiting for this book for a while, and I’m extremely excited about the release! Especially with some footage I’ve seen regarding physical differences in the brains of killers versus non-killers, which makes this scenario at least somewhat plausible.

I cannot wait to read this one! Plus, I love that Ashley confirms that it’s going to make me think because I LOVE that in a book! That’s always my favorite when you put down a book and a week later you are still thinking about it! Cannot wait!!!

This is one of my must read books. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!

Great post. Have a great week! =)

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I wish I had this book in my hands. 🙁

This book sounds so good! I don’t read a lot of dystopia, I’m more into contemporary, but I really really want to read this one. 😀

I’ve heard so much about Uninvited and can’t wait to read it!

Wonderful review Ashley and I agree this was fantastic. I was so impressed when I discovered she also wrote Foreplay and NA contemp and is successful as a historical romance novelist as well. Not everyone can cross genres so smoothly and so well. I am anxious to see how this ends.

I have heard such awesome things about this book! I can’t wait to read it!!!

This sounds amazing! I’ve heard nothing but great things about it so far. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.

I’ve been thinking of adding Uninvited to my to-read list and your review really helped me to decide that I need to read this book!

This book looks so good that I have put it already on my to read list. I love the storyline and thank you for your review.

I LOVED this book- But got it through edelwiess so don’t have a pretty physical to put on my shelf and re read! * Crosses fingers *

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A central conviction held by artificial intelligence boosters, but largely ignored in public discussions of the technology, is that the ultimate fulfillment of the A.I. revolution will require the deployment of microscopic robots into our veins.

In the short term, A.I. may help us print clothing on demand, help prevent cancer and liberate half of the work force. But to achieve its greatest aims — immortality, superhuman intelligence, the elimination of all our social ills — we must infuse our blood with millions of self-replicating diamondoid robots.

The cover of “The Singularity Is Nearer,” by Ray Kurzweil, is black and features radiating, neon-looking beams of yellow, pink and blue. The text is white.

Why don’t we hear more about the blood robots? Their arrival is only a few years away — at least according to Ray Kurzweil, a godfather of A.I., our foremost technological prophet and a “principal researcher and A.I. visionary” at Google.

“The Singularity Is Nearer” follows Kurzweil’s 2005 “The Singularity Is Near,” and several other heraldic works of tech futurism that have become sacred texts to the current generation of A.I. utopians. In his latest, Kurzweil boasts of his greatest hits: his prediction, in the late 1980s, that a global information network would be universally accessible by the late 1990s, and that mobile devices linked to this network would appear by the turn of the century; his 2018 prediction that, within two years, a neural net would be able to analyze radiology images as well as human doctors, a feat accomplished by Stanford researchers two weeks later; and his 1999 prediction that an A.I. capable of convincingly impersonating a human being would appear by 2029 — which now may seem conservative.

In “The Singularity Is Nearer,” Kurzweil promises that, by 2029, A.I. will be “better than all humans” in “every skill possessed by any human.” During the 2030s, solar power, enhanced by A.I.-driven advances in 3-D printing, will come to dominate the global energy supply, most consumer goods will be free, and the “dramatic reduction of physical scarcity” will “finally allow us to easily provide for the needs of everyone.” Sounds rad!

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Do you ever feel left out, lonely, less than loved? Most of us have. Many of us do now... Sometimes you simply need to be reminded how loved you really are—that every day, with every breath, you are loved with such precision that every hair, every molecule of you is known, counted, invited, and welcomed.

This six-session video study guide (video streaming included) is that reminder. Best-selling author and speaker Lysa TerKeurst will walk you through the Holy Land in order to come closer to Jesus' words that will help you enter a place of healing and new perspective. You and your group are invited to:

Explore the roots of rejection and learn practical ways to process your pain in a safe space.
Dwell on the majestic declarations of God's love in the Bible.
Discover a deep assurance of your adoption into Christ's family that leads to new life.

Be a part of this biblical learning process of "living loved." Uninvited will remind you and your group that you are destined for a love that can never be diminished, tarnished, shaken, or taken—a love that does not reject or uninvite.

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The study guide itself—with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader's guide.
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Living Loved (25:30)
Empty or Full? (15:30)
The Yoke of God is Freedom (16:00)
Set Apart (12:30)
Remembering God’s Presence (24:00)
Lessons from the Olive (21:00)

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Ideal for personal or group study, explore Lysa's resources for women of all stages of faith.	Though we may feel alone, Jesus assures us we are not. Even when we can’t see Him, He is here. Even when we aren’t hearing Him, He isn’t silent. How can we know? Because Jesus is never absent in any of Scripture & he’s not absent in our lives either.	In 40 days you will see major themes, how they are all connected, what that means for us, and understand the story of the Bible from start to finish.	Building upon and further unpacking the scriptural concepts in book, this six-session Bible study with Lysa helps you see boundaries aren’t just a good idea, they’re a God idea	Discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and how to find the peace that comes from embracing it in this six-session video Bible study.	Lysa TerKeurst offers a safe place to share your disappointments, fresh biblical insight to get you through painful situations, and life-giving perspectives for living between Eden and eternity.	Explore the roots of rejection and learn practical ways to process your pain in a safe space in this six-session video Bible study.

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Things to do, tv and streaming | ‘fancy dance’ review: a small film that packs a big punch, thanks to oscar-nominee lily gladstone.

From left: Isabel Deroy-Olson and Lily Gladstone star in “Fancy Dance.” (Apple TV+)

Anchoring the independent movie “Fancy Dance” (streaming on Apple TV+), Lily Gladstone plays Jax, a member of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation in Oklahoma. Her voice is low. She’s partial to baggy sleeveless T-shirts and jeans. Her personality is matter-of-fact and she doesn’t smile much, but she has a droll sense of humor. She is forthright and earnest and suffers no fools. And she’s not above larcenies, petty or otherwise, to put money in her pocket.

Jax is also looking after her 13-year-old niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson). The girl’s mom is Jax’s sister, Tawi, and she hasn’t been home for a couple of weeks. Jax is doing her best to shield Roki from the gravity of the situation: Tawi is missing and nobody seems concerned. The unspoken assumption is too awful — but also too hauntingly commonplace — for anyone to bother verbalizing: Tawi may be dead.

There’s a powwow coming up and Roki is sure her mother will be back in time for them to dance together. Jax doesn’t want to dampen that hope, but things get considerably more complicated when someone from child protective services shows up — “No, there ain’t no father, just the three of us here,” she tells the woman — and then Jax’s estranged white father (Shea Whigham) arrives, uninvited, with the woman he married several years back after Jax’s mother died. His abandonment is still raw and front of mind. “I had to move on with my life,” he says. “I tried to take you and your sister with me, but you chose to stay here.” Jax is unimpressed with this excuse: “Why would we leave our home?”

The sentiment behind those words is dismissed when he and his wife unilaterally decide Roki would be better off with them instead. Jax has a criminal record and that’s all the excuse the state needs to rubber-stamp this forced removal. Roki doesn’t even know these people, but she’s bundled off with them — and off the reservation — all the same.

Since no one else has bothered, Jax starts making inquiries about her sister, and just the act of asking becomes a dangerous proposition. With the exception of a woman Jax is casually seeing who works at a local strip club called Tail Feathers, people either tense up or mock Jax when she shows them a flyer with Tawi’s photo on it. I love the way Gladstone plays these moments; she is stubborn and stands her ground, but flickers of wariness and alarm play across her face. She’s willing to take risks because she’s desperate for answers. That doesn’t mean she’s fearless.

Deroy-Olson is equally terrific. In the early going, we see her wearing a candy necklace, which underscores just how young she is despite some of the streetwise shoplifting tactics she’s picked up from Jax. She trusts her aunt implicitly and their bond is given a wonderful poetic description when Roki asks Jax about the Cayuga word for “aunt.” Director and co-writer Erica Tremblay told IndieWire about the origins of that scene: “I was studying Cayuga eight hours a day, and then writing at night. We were learning familial words. So I learned that the word for mother is knó:ha and the word for auntie is knohá:ah , which means ‘little mother.’ I was just so inspired to make Jax a little mother.”

The reality of their situation is grim. There may not be a lot of tenderness around them, but Jax and Roki’s relationship is filled with it, which is how Tremblay (with co-writer Miciana Alise) has made a movie that feels so alive but also human-scaled. Jax isn’t the type to sit back and wait, so she eventually collects Roki in the middle of the night in order to take her to the powwow. Technically this means they’re on the run and her father reports her. When their road trip makes the news, Jax can’t help but note the irony: The FBI is out looking for them, but not her missing sister. There’s a particularly deft scene where they’re stopped in a parking lot by Homeland Security and the officer asks them to prove their U.S. citizenship. I won’t divulge how it plays out but there’s so much going on in this moment and it’s a very effective way to make several points at once about the biases and bigotries and twisted priorities of law enforcement.

The film is also more confirmation that Gladstone is a bonafide movie star. Oscar-nominated for her role in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” she makes nuanced choices and is the kind of actor who holds the screen with a wonderful charisma. “They are both sisters mourning their missing sister,” she told IndieWire when asked about her role in both films. “Same land, a hundred years later. They are very different women in very different points in history, but it’s a continuation of the same old story.”

Gladstone, Deroy-Olson and Temblay have found a way to breathe real life into that story.

“Fancy Dance” — 3 stars (out of 4)

Where to watch: Apple TV+

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It's compelling from the first page to the last. With her trademark vulnerability, Lysa lays out a heart-felt means to managing the fears, rejections, insecurities and unsteadiness we all experience. Trust us when we tell you that you've never read a book like this before. Don't miss out. We simply can't recommend Uninvited enough."
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Uninvited is a book that requires some reflection and self-analysis as well as some time to process the readings. Even after spending a week with this book, I still don't feel like I've fully utilized all of the wonderful ideas and thoughts included in this book so I'm glad I purchased it so I can read it several more times. ... Book reviews ...
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Editorial Reviews ★ 05/09/2016 TerKeurst (Unglued), president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, addresses the darkly emotional issues of rejection and loneliness. Blending personal stories, a wry sense of humor, and biblical teachings, TerKeurst writes as though she's chatting with a close friend.
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Uninvited is one of the latter kind of books. I think Lysa planned it that way as she pauses often on the pages, offering thoughts such as the following for us to ponder over: The mind feasts on what it focuses on. What consumes my thinking will be the. Making or the breaking of my identity. Uninvited is a powerful book that resonates truth ...
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The tone of the book is saturated with feel-good, self-help advice. Uninvited seems to encourage Christian women to pull themselves up by their bootstraps rather than fix their eyes on Jesus ( Hebrews 12:1-4) who Isaiah 53:3 tells us, ". . . was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men ...
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