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Alia Joy is an author who believes the darkness is illuminated when we grasp each other's hand and walk into the night together. Her first book, Glorious Weakness, Discovering God In All We Lack, (Baker Publishing 2019) is a deeply personal exploration of what it means to be "poor in spirit." Alia Joy challenges our cultural proclivity to "pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps." while helping readers reclaim the ways God is good, even when life is anything but.

She writes poignantly about her life with bipolar disorder as well as grief, faith, marriage, poverty, race, embodiment, and keeping fluent in the language of hope.

Sushi is her love language and she balances her cynical idealism with humor and awkward pauses. She lives in Central ...more

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	Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack by Alia Joy (Goodreads Author), Seth Haines (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.48 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me the Dream Again: Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging by Tasha Jun (Goodreads Author), Alia Joy (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.35 avg rating — 374 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gift of Friendship: Stories That Celebrate the Beauty of Shared Moments (2016-02-16) by Dawn Camp (Goodreads Author), Crystal Stine (Goodreads Author), Mary Carver 4.22 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace

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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

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“Glory is revealed most clearly in desperation, dependance, and discomfort.”
― Alia Joy, Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack

tags: dependance, desperation, desperation-quotes, discomfort, glory, glory-of-god, revelation

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“To believe that the experiences we have are valid, that the feelings and expressions of them are true and real and worthy of being listened to, is one of the greatest mercies we offer each other.”
― Alia Joy, Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack

tags: eachother, experiences, expressions, feelings, listened-to, mercy

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“Jesus displaced himself that we might know him. This is incarnational ministry, and it's the life we're called to.”
― Alia Joy, Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack

tags: god, incarnation, incarnational, incarnational-ministry, jesus, life, ministry

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“There is a helplessness in poverty that precedes the move of God in our lives because we understand an aspect of grace that so many miss: we do nothing to earn it. When we understand this, all becomes grace.”
― Alia Joy, Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack

tags: god, grace, helplessness, poverty

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“Jesus displaced himself that we might know him. This is incarnational ministry, and it's the life we're called to.”
― Alia Joy, Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack

tags: god, incarnation, incarnational, incarnational-ministry, jesus, life, ministry

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“Glory is revealed most clearly in desperation, dependance, and discomfort.”
― Alia Joy, Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack

tags: dependance, desperation, desperation-quotes, discomfort, glory, glory-of-god, revelation

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