The New Loneliness: Read an Excerpt + Enter to Win

 

Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for The New Loneliness by Cindi McMenamin hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

About the Book

Title: The New Loneliness 

Author: Cindi McMenamin 

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers 

Release Date: January 7, 2025 

Genre: Christian Personal Growth 

You Can Overcome Your Feelings of Aloneness 

In our age of increased social isolation and growing reliance on technology, genuine connection can feel more difficult than ever. But what if community and closeness are nearer than you thought? 

The New Loneliness is about experiencing the authentic relationships God created you for by identifying and overcoming today’s biggest relational obstacles. Cindi McMenamin explores how our current cultural environment and dependence on electronic devices have hindered our ability to connect, and she offers uplifting guidance, biblical insights, and encouraging action steps to help you

• release feelings of inadequacy and shame by realigning with how the Lord sees you and understanding His purpose for you
• take confident steps toward nourishing healthy, in-person relationships by learning to slow down and operate from a secure attachment to God
• thrive within new friendships and community with practical guidance for making life more meaningful and preferring faces over screens

God did not create us to live in isolation. Journey with the Lord from aloneness to abundance, and flourish as you deepen your relationships with God and others.

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Book Excerpt

If you and I continue to fear backlash, prioritize productivity over people, prefer screens to faces, become online spectators rather than real-life participants, or fear a deeper emotional level with someone else, we will pay an even costlier price in the form of increased lone- liness. And if we prefer to soak up information and answers from Google rather than God’s Word, resulting in no longer challenging our minds to really think through an issue (and pray through it as well), we will live like our devices — cold, quick, devoid of feeling and emotion, and constantly in need of recharging.

HOW IT’S IMPACTING US

Multiple studies have confirmed that, regardless of our age, prolonged screen time, extensive social media use, and lack of interpersonal contact with other humans are greatly impacting our anxiety and depression levels as well as our ability to know how to develop and navigate deeper connections with other humans.* Add to this the fact that we live in a world in which people are becoming increasingly self-centered and narcissistic, partly due to social media (which gives everyone a chance to be “on stage”), and partly because of how society has shaped us to be self-focused rather than people-focused. Although today’s preteens and teenagers are at the greatest mental health risk from prolonged screen time, every one of us who owns a smartphone or scrolling device is subject to being lured into a preference of virtual over reality, online observation rather than personal participation, texting rather than talking, and making a transaction or decision online rather than with the help of another human. We can claim the advantages of high tech, but the bottom line is we’ve found one more way to move further from personal interaction. We’ve added another layer to our loneliness problem. We’ve found one more way to increase our anxiety and depression levels.

Excerpted from: The New Loneliness. Copyright © 2024 Cindi McMenamin. Published by Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon 97408. www.harvesthousepublishers.com

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About the Author

Cindi McMenamin is an award-winning writer and national speaker who has ministered to women for nearly 40 years. She is the author of 17 books, including When Women Walk Alone (more than 160,000 copies sold) and When a Woman Overcomes Life’s Hurts. As a Bible teacher, her passion is to help women strengthen their walk with God and their relationships.

Connect with Cindi by visiting StrengthForTheSoul.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.

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Tour Giveaway

(1) winner will receive a copy of The New Loneliness, Beholding and Becoming by Ruth Chou Simons, Well Lived by Sally Clarkson, and a $50 Amazon gift card!

Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway began at midnight January 8, 2025 and lasts through 11:59 PM EST on January 15, 2025. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

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