{"product_id":"9781982106171_the-heart-of-perfection","title":"The Heart of Perfection","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Catholic Press Association Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a book hailed as \"liberating\" (Gary Chapman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author), an award-winning author and mother of four weaves her own stories and struggles with those of seven ex-perfectionist saints (and one heretic) who show us how to pursue a new kind of perfection: freedom in Christ. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpiritual perfectionism--an obsession with flawlessness rooted in the belief that we can earn God's love--is dangerous because so many of us mistake it for virtue. Its toxic cycle of pride, sin, shame, blame, and despair distorts our vision, dulls our faith, and leads us to view others through the same hypercritical lens we think God is using to view us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a lifelong overachiever who drafted her first résumé in sixth grade and spell-checked her high school boyfriend's love letters, Colleen Carroll Campbell knows something about the perfectionist trap. But it was only after she became a mother that she started to see how insidiously perfectionism had infected her spiritual life, how lethal it could be to her happiness and her family, and how disproportionately it afflicts the people working hardest to serve God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the ruins of her own mistakes, Colleen dug into Scripture and the lives of the canonized saints for answers. She discovered to her surprise that many holy men and women were, in fact, recovering perfectionists. And their grace-fueled victory oer this malady--not perfectionist striving--was the key to their heroic virtue and contagious joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Perfection, \u003c\/i\u003e Colleen weaves the stories and wisdom of seven ex-perfectionist saints (and one heretic) with Scripture and beautifully crafted tales of her own trial-and-error experiments in applying that wisdom to her life. Gorgeously written and deeply insightful, Colleen Carroll Campbell's \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Perfection\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"must-read\" (Jeannie Gaffigan, executive producer of \u003ci\u003eThe Jim Gaffigan Show\u003c\/i\u003e) that \"gives us permission to...walk in the freedom of God's unconditional love\" (Jennifer Fulwiler, author of \u003ci\u003eOne Beautiful Dream\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a free \u003ci\u003eHeart of Perfection \u003c\/i\u003ereading guide for book clubs\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e visit Colleen-Campbell.com.","brand":"Colleen Carroll Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40701794287665,"sku":"9781982106171","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9781982106171.jpg?v=1757718923","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9781982106171_the-heart-of-perfection","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}