The Bones of Tomorrow: What Time Teaches On Meaning, Belonging, and the Gift of Years

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Renae C Linde

The Bones of Tomorrow

What Time Teaches On Meaning, Belonging, and the Gift of Years

Renae C Linde

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English

Crf Luttrell
07 October 2025

Christian life & practice; Personal Christian testimony & inspirational works; Age groups: adults; Child & developmental psychology; Psychology of ageing

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When faith, psychology, and story reveal the hidden pattern of growth.

The Bones of Tomorrow argues that life does not unfold in a straight line but in three movements: Becoming, Belonging, and Blessing. This is not a metaphor but a deeply human pattern, tested against the pressures of childhood, the demands of adulthood, and the realities of aging.

In Becoming, Renae C. Linde examines how identity is formed within family systems, faith, culture, and the context of survival. In Belonging, she considers how that identity plays out in work, relationships, midlife transitions, and the unraveling of former selves. In Blessing, she asks what remains to be offered once performance is stripped away and legacy is no longer about spectacle but presence.

Blending personal narrative, Scripture, and developmental psychology, Linde writes with clarity and honesty about what it costs to shed a false self and live from soul instead of performance. Each section holds up a different season of life and asks what it reveals: childhood, adulthood, aging; faith, failure, forgiveness; what gets built, what has to break, and what might still be offered before the end.

The book is neither sentimental nor formulaic. It does not promise quick transformation or tidy answers. Instead, it offers a way to see one's life differently: not as wasted or fragmented, but as patterned with grace. For readers navigating faith after fear-based theology, transitions in midlife or later life, or the long work of forgiveness and healing, The Bones of Tomorrow offers language for the questions and presence for the asking.

Positioned at the intersection of Christian theology, psychology of adulthood and aging, and lived experience, The Bones of Tomorrow will appeal to readers of Richard Rohr, Kate Bowler, Shauna Niequist, and Rachel Held Evans. It is written for those who are done chasing, not done becoming, and who want to live with clarity and courage in the time that remains.

By: Renae C Linde
Imprint: Crf Luttrell
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9798993083001
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 07 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active