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[ht: Mike Wildey, Walnut Grove Chapel...]Life's Too Short to Live in Fast Forward
DALLAS, Aug. 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today's frenzied families find themselves fragmented in this high-speed, fast-paced, goal-oriented society. Even while racing to second jobs, appointments, lessons, practices, games, and clubs, we crave an antidote. How do we counteract the effects of our overcommitted culture? Replenish our depleted selves? Restore our rushed relationships?
For those readers whose every hour is rush hour, author Ann Kroeker explores the jarring effects of our over-busy culture and offers refreshing alternatives. Bypassing the fast lane, Kroeker's new book, Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families (David C Cook, August 2009), urges families to discover how simplifying and slowing down can help restore strained relationships... and souls.
"We're raising our kids in a high-speed, high-pressured, 24/7 world," says Kroeker. "Pushing children to get ahead, we cram everything possible into our days to maximize their chance at success. We're overloaded, overextended, overcommitted, and over-caffeinated. And we're paying a price: Our relationships are anemic; our health, in jeopardy. Half-awake and half-hearted, we can't sustain this pace."
In Not So Fast, Kroeker relates...
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