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A Beautiful Disaster

Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness

by Marlena Graves

“God’s ulti­mate desire,” accord­ing to Graves, ​“is to use our pain and suf­fer­ing, our angst and des­per­a­tion, what the ancients and I call desert expe­ri­ences, to form us into Christ’s image, to steel our rela­tion­ship with him.” A mov­ing account of grow­ing up poor in a house that grap­pled with men­tal illness. 

2014

Recommendations

To move through brokenness, we need to be both gently reflective and boldly courageous. Marlena Graves combines this unusual blend of necessary pursuits so that we don't simply 'get through it,' but move into a transformed life of flourishing daily in the kingdom of God.
Jan Johnson, author of Invitation to the Jesus Life

About the Author

Marlena Graves

Mar­lena Graves is a writer and adjunct pro­fes­sor. She has also worked at Farm Labor Orga­niz­ing Com­mit­tee (FLOC). Mar­lena holds an MDiv from North­east­ern Sem­i­nary in Rochester, New York, and is a grad­u­ate of the Ren­o­varé Insti­tute. She has been a bylined writer for Chris­tian­i­ty Today, (in)courage, wom​en​lead​ers​.com, and Our Dai­ly Bread, and she is also the author of A Beau­ti­ful Dis­as­ter and The Way Up Is Down. She lives with her hus­band and three daugh­ters in Tole­do, Ohio.