From the Book - Paperback
"I will never do this again" : the J-curve and how it helps
I take your place : the substitutionary nature of love
Marketing the self : what we do instead of the J-curve
Liberating the self : the foundation of the J-curve
In Harvard : union with Christ comes alive
In sports or in Christ? : how location changes everything
It's all about who you know : knowing Jesus in the J-curve
Missing justification by faith : the J-curve without justification
Missing the J-curve : justification by faith without the J-curve
Dying to self : understanding different J-curves
A cascade of love : weaving J-curves together
Life at the bottom of the J-curve : making sense of persistent evil
Living in the borderland/How to thrive in a broken world
Love loses control : discovering the shape of love
The art of disappearing for love/How the incarnation defines love
Recovering a vision of "the good"/The wonder of the J-curve
Celebrating Christ-bearers/Rediscovering hidden saints
The hinge of the J-curve/Understanding the will
The four steps of love/Reenacting Jesus's descent
The J-curve calms a quarrel : creating a path to reconciliation
Discovering the power of resurrection : what makes the "J" go up
Re-personalizing the resurrection : discovering the forgotten half of the J-curve
Looking through a resurrection lens : the J-curve transforms our vision of life
The secret of an irritation-free life : the J-curve cures grumbling
Resurrection realism : the J-curve protects us from cynicism
Delaying resurrection for love : saying no to good desire
Becoming human again/The emotional life of the J-curve
The art of J-curve living : dying and rising in 24 hours
Seeing the big picture/Multi-year dying and rising
The power of weakness : how the J-curve defeats tribalism
The spirit at the center/Learning wisdom down low
Love treads softly : entering the complexity of love
Leadership goes low/Re-enacting Jesus in community
Keeping Jesus pure/The J-curve divides the community
Jesus/The ultimate party crasher
The beauty of a Jesus-community/Including the distant outsider.