In this episode, James Bryan Smith has a Things Above Conversation with longtime friend and author Richella Parham. She is the author of Mythical Me: Finding Freedom from Constant Comparison, published by InterVarsity Press (October 2019) and of the Renovaré resource A Spiritual Formation Primer. Her online home is Imparting Grace; her physical home is Durham, North Carolina, where she lives with Jack, her husband of 34 years. Richella serves on the Ministry Team and Board of Trustees for Renovaré, a spiritual formation ministry founded by Richard J. Foster.

James and Richella discuss her latest book Mythical Me: Finding Freedom from Constant Comparison. In Mythical Me, Richella offers practical, next-step wisdom, all rooted in rich theological insight and offered with companionable, encouraging candor. If you’re finally ready to embark upon the slow, difficult, beautiful journey toward becoming yourself, you won’t find a better guide than Richella.

Interested in watching the aTalk Richella gave at The Apprentice Gathering 2019? Visit our YouTube page here to watch her aTalk.

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3. Conversation with Josh Larsen
4. Conversation with Jen Pollock Michel
5. Conversation with A.J. Swoboda