We Can Be Brave

How We Learn to Be Brave in Life's Decisive Moments

By: Mariann Edgar Budde, Bryan Bliss

Narrated by: Mariann Edgar Budde, Bryan Bliss

As seen on CNN's Amanpour, CBS Mornings, and MSNBC's Morning Joe!

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is no stranger to bravery in the face of bullies. In this adaptation of her New York Times bestselling How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith, Bishop Budde and acclaimed novelist Bryan Bliss share lessons in how to learn to be brave in life’s hardest moments.

The decisive moments in life—even in the life of a young person—are those pivot points when we’re called on to push past our fears and act courageously in the face of injustice and bullying. In How We Learn to Be Brave, Bishop Mariann Budde shows readers examples of how to respond even in the toughest times. Bravery is not a singular occurrence; it’s a journey that we can choose to undertake every day and it begins when we're young.

Budde explores the range of decisive moments people of all ages encounter, from the most visible and dramatic (the decision to go), to the internal and personal (the decision to stay), to brave choices made with an eye toward the future (the decision to start), those born of suffering (the decision to accept that which we did not choose), and those that come as surprises (the decision to step up to the plate). Drawing on examples relevant to young readers ranging from Harry Potter to Martin Luther King Jr., she weaves together personal experiences with stories from scripture, history, and pop culture of how adults and kids throughout history have faced these moments and heeded the call to be brave in challenging times.

The most soiritual, convicting, confronting and sincere Christian book l ever read.

I have follow Mariann Edgar leadership for a long time. Always admiring her integrity and fearless approach to hard topics. However, this book it’s so incredibly spiritual, so profound and thought provoking, that l have listened to it twice and l will probably will do it again and again because it’s a master class on valor and bravery in front of injustice, cruelty and fear. Convicting because you also have to read between lines. It’s telling us that no matter what we have to stand up to evil because the next generations’ future depends on it. Everybody including not believers and teenagers should read this book. It’s a guiding message through times of confusion and war.