Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!

Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens

By: Kate Bowler

Narrated by: Kate Bowler

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the good—from the four-time New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I’ve Loved)

Kate Bowler believes that the cultural pressure to be cheerful and optimistic at all times has taken a toll on our faith. But what if we could find better language than forced positivity to express our hopes and our anxieties?

Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day! is packed with bite-size reflections and action-oriented steps to help you get through the day, be it good, bad, or totally mediocre. This is a devotional for the rest of us—which is to say, the people who don’t have magical lives that always work out for the best. As she composed these meditations during a season of chronic pain, Bowler understands how every day can be an obstacle course. She encourages us to develop our capacity to feel the breadth of our experiences. The better we are at identifying our highs and lows, the more resilient we become.

Like modern-day psalms, Bowler’s spiritual reflections look for the ways we can expand our capacity for courage, love, and honesty—while discovering divine moments with God. With bonus sections to use during the seasons of Advent and Lent, this is an easy book to read along with other people too.

If you want to build your daily habit of spiritual attentiveness, this book is here to say: May all your days be lovely. But for those that aren’t, have a beautiful, terrible day!

Another terribly beautiful book

Centered, Christ honoring and fun, wait is that even possible? Yes, it is! As a hospital chaplain, we often see much more of humanity than we would like to see. So, it is especially nice to see something so uplifting every morning.

You deserve this book

Even if you don’t think this book is for you..this book is for you.

Authenticity and humor

I appreciated Kate’s ability to be thoughtful, funny, and very relatable in her devotionals, theologically profound in her prayers, and effective in her application questions. I’d like to have her as a friend!

I admire her tenacity in holding on to Jesus and letting Him hold on to her during such horrible chronic pain. And I pray for its cessation.