{"product_id":"the-bones-of-tomorrow-renae-c-linde-9798993083001","title":"The Bones of Tomorrow: What Time Teaches On Meaning, Belonging, and the Gift of Years","description":"When faith, psychology, and story reveal the hidden pattern of growth.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bones of Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBecoming\u003c\/em\u003e, Renae C. Linde examines how identity is formed within family systems, faith, culture, and the context of survival. In \u003cem\u003eBelonging\u003c\/em\u003e, she considers how that identity plays out in work, relationships, midlife transitions, and the unraveling of former selves. In \u003cem\u003eBlessing\u003c\/em\u003e, she asks what remains to be offered once performance is stripped away and legacy is no longer about spectacle but presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Bones of Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e offers language for the questions and presence for the asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePositioned at the intersection of Christian theology, psychology of adulthood and aging, and lived experience, \u003cem\u003eThe Bones of Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Renae C. Linde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993083001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crf Luttrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Renae C. Linde","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520136163583,"sku":"9798993083001","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e96a949-c7db-41da-b5c7-fb0b4ddb68e5.jpg?v=1778740963","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bones-of-tomorrow-renae-c-linde-9798993083001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}