The Me I Was Made to Be

“This book offers a refreshingly honest and thorough exploration into a generational crisis infused with divine opportunity. Christie Penner Worden helps us rediscover Jesus in the midst of chaotic times, turning up the volume on the good news. Read this book and learn to love a generation into their truest identity in Christ. This will help us all become who we were meant to be together!”
  ~—DANIELLE STRICKLAND, author, advocate, and communicator

“A Jesus-centered, love-filled, intergenerationally informed engagement with this crucial current question: How shall Christian parents engage their children’s wrestling with issues of identity? Highly recommended.”
  ~—DAVID P. GUSHEE, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University and author of After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity

“Christie Penner Worden invites us to think first about how we want to discuss identity before jumping into the who, what, why, and when. She boldly, yet gently, reminds us that at the core of all our theological distinctives lies the centrality of Jesus and his love for all his children. A must-read for parents, grandparents, and ministry leaders who are looking to navigate conversations around identity while truly loving the kids and youth in their care.”
  ~—NATALIE FRISK, director of curriculum for RaiseUp Faith and author of Raising Disciples: How to Make Faith Matter for Our Kids

“In The Me I Was Made to Be, Christie Penner Worden invites us into kids’ wonderings about identity and points out ways that adults miss the mark in accompanying them. In helping readers grapple with unraveling the complexity of identity, Penner Worden helps readers reconfigure their understanding of Jesus for everybody, child and adult alike."
  ~—CHRISTINE J. HONG, associate professor of educational ministry and director of the Doctor of Educational Ministry program at Columbia Theological Seminary

“Christie Penner Worden has written a book that every parent, teacher, leader, and pastor should read. It’s colorful, charming, and filled with the deep wisdom we need for this moment. The Me I Was Mede to Be will help you navigate difficult conversations with grace, it will empower you to share the love of Jesus with kids, it will give tools to be a non-anxious, Jesus-like presence in people’s lives, and maybe most surprising of all, it will remind you of God’s deep abiding love for you.”
  ~—JONNY MORRISON, church planter, pastor, and author of Prodigal Gospel: Getting Lost and Found Again in the Good News