Tracing the Thread: Examining the Story of Self for Lasting Change
by Christy Rood
foreword by Hannah Anderson
Are you incapacitated by self-doubt? Haunted by the years-old critique of your parents, teachers, coaches, or peers? Working hard to prove you are something or not something else? Are you exhausted by the effort to keep up appearances? Discouraged from multiple unsuccessful attempts to change?
The reason many of us do not fully experience lasting change is that we have failed to identify the source of the problem. All of us carry around identity lies sewn into the letters, words, paragraphs, and pages of our stories. If we do not trace the threads of those stories to uncover the lies, and then replace them with the truth about who we really are, we will remain stuck in unhelpful patterns of thought or behavior.
This book will help you name the barriers that are keeping you from self-acceptance, self-forgetfulness, and freedom. It will guide you back into three aspects of your story—the love you responded to, the tribes you belonged to, and the voices you listened to—to unearth the source of identity lies. It will then provide you ample evidence of God’s love, his tribes, and his voice which can help re-form your beliefs and align them with Divine truth that has the power to set you free.
Endorsements
“After reading Christy’s book I wonder how different church would feel if people believed their true identity? How inviting would church become for broken people who need a safe place to share and discover who they truly are in Jesus’s eyes?”
John Barnett, Senior Pastor, Community Bible Church, Easley, SC
“At once sobering and freeing, read this book when you’re ready to change.”
Beth Bruno, Author of A Voice Becoming and host of the Fierce and Lovely podcast
“There is a lot of wisdom in this book.”
Matt Capps, Senior Pastor, Fairview Baptist Church, Apex, NC
About the Author
Christy Rood spent fifteen years in Seattle ministering alongside her husband at a church plant there. She’s a recent transplant to the Raleigh, NC suburbs and is still adjusting to seeing the sun more than a quarter of the year. When she is not writing, she is busy with two full-time jobs: one teaching public elementary school music, and one trying to keep up with schedules and laundry for her four kids. You can connect with her at her website, www.christyjrood.com and on Twitter @christyrood.
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