20 Things We'd Tell Our Twentysomething Selves

by Worrall, Kelli; Worrall, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780802413345
• ISBN10: 080241334X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-10-06
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

How to Make the Most of Your 20s

Despite what many think, your twenties aren’t that dead space between youth and real life. Life is now, and how you spend these years will shape your future for better or worse.

In 20 Things We’d Tell Our Twentysomething Selves, professors Peter and Kelli Worrall help you spend them well. They look back on the good, bad, and miserable to share the best of what they’ve learned, like why you should:

• Dig deeper than your doubt
• Foster good habits
• Take risks
• Adjust your expectations
• Press into pain
  and more

With warm, brilliant storytelling, the Worralls invite you into their life and home. They share about faith, marriage, drawn-out adoptions, dark nights of the soul, and the God who’s in it all. Wise, humble, caring, fun, they’re the kind of mentors everyone wants but few have. And now they're yours.

20 Things is more than good advice; it’s a book that can change your life. Let the trend of your twenties be sowing wisdom, and who knows what the rest of life will bring?

Includes action steps, discussion questions, and ideas for further reading at the end of each chapter.

Author Biography

KELLI WORRALL teaches writing and public speaking in the Communications Department of Moody Bible Institute. She authored the popular article "20 Things I Wish I Had Known in My Late 20s," published in Relevant Magazine. She and husband, Peter, speak together at marriage, college, and young adult retreats, and Kelli blogs at www.thisoldhouse.org. They are parents of Daryl and Amelia through adoption.

PETER WORRALL teaches Education majors at Moody Bible Institute and is a doctoral student in the Educational Studies program at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife, Kelli, write and teach together. Peter also does pulpit supply, teaches Sunday school, and leads a small group. Since his twenties Peter has taught elementary school, graduated with a Masters in Teaching, and is a grateful father of Daryl and Amelia.

Table of Contents

#1 Examine your foundations carefully

#2 Remain Teachable

#3 Dig deeper than your doubt

#4 Choose your community carefully

#5 Feed yourself

#6 Foster good habits

#7 Learn to rest

#8 Be patient

#9 Don't worry

#10 Adjust your expectations

#11 Take risks

#12 Evaluate your emotions

#13 Press into pain

#14 Take sin seriously

#15 Embrace grace

#16 Seek healing

#17 Live loved

#18 Cultivate an eternal perspective

#19 Make God's glory your goal

#20 Finally, prepare to be amazed