Forty Days on Being an Eight

Name: Forty Days on Being an Eight
Brand: Christianaudio
Availability: InStock
Author: Sandra Maria Van Opstal
ISBN: 9781545918548

Author: Sandra Maria Van Opstal

Narrator: Raquel Beattie

Unabridged: 3 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Christian Audio

Published: 03/15/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Personal Growth

Synopsis

What is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?

"Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her fiery explosions were undermining her leadership. A wise spiritual director helped her discover how the Enneagram could reveal more about both her gifts and her weaknesses. Sandra offers insight from her ethnic journey alongside Enneagram wisdom. Each of these forty readings concludes with an opportunity for further engagement such as a journaling prompt, reflection questions, a prayer, or a spiritual practice.

Any of us can find aspects of ourselves in any of the numbers. The Enneagram is a profound tool for empathy, so whether or not you are an Eight, you will grow from learning about Eights and enhance your relationships across the Enneagram spectrum.

About Sandra Maria Van Opstal

Sandra Maria Van Opstal is a second-generation Latina preacher and activist reimagining the intersection of faith and justice. She is the executive director of Chasing Justice. She is a contributor to the New York Times bestselling book A Rhythm of Prayer and she's also the author of The Next Worship.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail

I really enjoyed this book, it had a decent impact on guiding me through some personal growth through this season. I think the impact it has on the reader is highly dependent on chance and just whether the anecdotes are what the reader needs when they happen to pick it up. I wouldn’t call it a must-......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan

As an Enneagram 8, I was really excited about this book as a devotional to walk through days of living more deeply into my Enneagram nature and faith, and even bought it in hardback. While there were some handful of really helpful days, I found the large majority of reflections to be overly based in......more

Goodreads review by Shari

I’m much more likely (as in 100% more likely) to commit to a deadly devotional practice if I have some sort of guidebook to follow. I’ve been studying the enneagram for the past 7-8 years and was beyond excited when this series of Enneagram Daily Devotionals was released. One down, seven more to go!......more

Goodreads review by Ryan

I was grateful to use this book as a companion to my devotional journey through Lent, and it helped deepen my experience of the holy season by inviting deeper introspection. Within enneagram literature, this book occupies a unique place- not particularly interested in reflecting on the theory or for......more