Happy Now

When was the last time you felt really, truly happy? If youve ever longed to leave your exhausting days and fretful nights behind, look no further. Courtney recounts a courageousand often hilarious!experiment in joy and delight as she awakens to the truth that God doesnt just want us to be holy, but happy, too!

A whimsical storyteller who combines witty humor and engaging research with unfettered honesty, in Happy Now Courtney Ellis is a wise guide on an uplifting journey from sad to spirited. Youll discover there is almost nothing that playfulness cannot make a little bit better, a little bit easier, and a lot more fun. Lift your mood, lighten your load, and renew your spirit with the power of playfulness.

Happy Now: Let the Power of Play Lift Your Load and Renew Your Spirit is a rollicking, investigative, and thoughtful invitation to open ourselves to the joy and freedom of play all over again. It is designed to invite readers to let go of their most serious selves, grant them permission to engage in curiosity and wonder of all kinds, and delight in the release of its transformative effects: creativity, innovation, delight, rest, andabove alla more trusting relationship with Jesus.

Through wry observations, firsthand experience, scriptural study, and broad research, Ellis addresses questions like: How does God invite us into play? What does it mean that we are created for curiosity? In what ways can wonder help us love our neighbors more fully?

The world can be a serious place. Because of Jesus, Christians dont need to be. Dive deeply into the waters of whimsy, embracing the joy God offers. Sometimes that looks like welcoming holy laughter. Other times its learning to see mistakes as learning and innovation rather than mess-making. Play brings about transformation and rest and praise. And isnt that just the reason God created us? Its time to get serious about playfulness!

Target audience: Young parents, millennial parents, millennials, female & male, ages 25-40