The Way Up is Down
Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself

The absolute beauty of this book is IVP published a book talking about humility from someone NOT a megachurch pastor and coming from the perspective of a person of color. Marlena brings all the grit and reality of her upbringing, her imperfections, and her anxieties to this work and shows that "havi......more

I admire the author's passion and consistent message, if you're going to be a Christ-follower, it's going to cost you something. In page after page of this book, she reminds us, through personal narrative, the stories of others and scripture passages, what we have to gain. This book is inspiring.......more

Marlena Graves is a deep thinker, human rights activist, and Christian author. Her words always either challenge or encourage me. This book did both. Graves resists the common American Christian narrative that promotes onward and upward and instead encourages readers to pour themselves out on behalf......more

The Way Up Is Down Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself by Marlena Graves InterVarsity Press InterVarsity Press IVP Christian Pub Date 14 Jul 2020 I am reviewing a copy of The Way Up is Down through InterVarsity Press and Netgalley: In The Way Up Is Down Marlena Graves describes the process of emptyin......more

Marlena Graves is a needed voice for the church right now. She writes with passion and conviction in such an inviting and gracious way that you can't help but say, "Amen, sister-lead on." This book is so timely-as people all around us clamor for our own rights and seek to serve themselves, Marlena r......more