Elisa Morgan - The Beauty of Broken: My Story and Likely Yours Too

Praise for The Beauty of Broken

Not exactly a memoir, definitely not a self-help book, more like a journal of a modern pilgrims labyrinthine progress, The Beauty of Broken defies categories and breaks new ground as a raw account of a family that has been through everythingand in the process learned just how amazing grace is.

PHILIP YANCEY
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, WHATS SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE?

Elisa Morgan has taken a brave, bold leap of faith and opened up her heart, holding back nothing as she shares her familys journey. At turns painful, joyful, and always powerful, Elisas story offers hope to all of us who know how broken we are and wonder where we fit in Gods plan. Heres the encouragement youve been looking for!

LIZ CURTIS HIGGS
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, BAD GIRLS OF THE B IBLE

I know firsthand the wounds of a broken family. In fact, if we are honest, all of us come from families that are broken in some way. Im grateful for this book that takes us on a path to see that there is nothing in our past or present so broken that God cant redeem it. God turns the broken into the beautiful.

RICH STEARNS
PRESIDENT, WORLD VISION US
AUTHOR, UNFINISHED: BELIEVING IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

The Beauty of Broken is a page-turner that sings hope in the minor key. Elisa Morgan has poured her heart onto these pages, sharing her tragic and triumphant journey with breathtaking honesty. For anyone facing the unique heartbreak of having to surrender what feels like a part of yourself, this book is a must read.

CAROL KENT
SPEAKER AND AUTHOR, WHEN I LAY MY ISAAC DOWN

Elisa Morgan has written a soul-stirring, heart-rending, and hope-producing account of her interior world. She, in the tradition of Brennan Manning, draws the curtain of her life and invites us to see her broken heart pieces slowly being reshaped, mended, and made beautiful. She, by example, encourages us to recognize the need to discard the compulsive desire to present a perfect image to the public while languishing in the messiness of the private. Elisas refreshing candor and genuine reflection of Gods perpetual provision for his children is a sweet touch of Jesus for every reader who chooses it.

MARILYN MEBERG
AUTHOR, CONSTANTLY CRAVING
SPEAKER WITH WOMEN OF FAITH

There are an infinite number of ways we experience brokenness, and just as many responses to it. In The Beauty of Broken, Elisa has chosen to tackle her personal brokenness head-on, with an honest vulnerability that both comforts and inspires. She is a wonderful example of allowing God to use the hard stuff and pain in our lives to shape us for his glory and service.

DR. WESS STAFFORD
PRESIDENT AND CEO, COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL

The church today is desperately thirsty for the message Elisa Morgan shares so powerfully. And with such long-standing credibility as a champion of healthy families, shes exactly the person we trust to share it with us. Her transparency and truth telling are both disarming and life giving. With piercing grace and playful eloquence, Morgan exposes the destructive myth of the perfect family. The lying hiss silenced, Morgan creates space for readers to hear the gracious voice of God in the midst of our brokenness.

MARGOT STARBUCK
AUTHOR, THE GIRL IN THE ORANGE DRESS

With courage and candor, Elisa Morgan opens the closets of her life, laying bare the messiness of parenting, marriage, and relationships with aging parents and relatives. Honest in her struggles, Morgan takes you deep into her experiences as she learns to relinquish fixing the embarrassing flaws of loved ones, to love her children when they choose mysterious paths that clash with her Christian values, and to trust God to reform not only herself but her loved ones through their brokenness. I recommend this enthralling book to anyone who is broken, and thats all of us.

DR. SUE EDWARDS
PROFESSOR AT DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AUTHOR, DISCOVERTOGETHERSERIES.COM

Elisa Morgan is a storyteller in the true sense of the word. She has a way of taking big ideas, breaking them down, and turning them into helpful, tangible tools. As she weaves her personal stories, life lessons, and teachings together youll be astonished at how quickly shes shared true wisdom with you that can really impact your life.

SANDI PATTY
GRAMMY AND DOVE AWARD-WINNING SINGER

With passion and piercing honesty, Elisa Morgan builds the case that being broken in a family isnt badits our unlikely way back to God if we surrender our shattered hearts and embrace his divine journey. A strong and brave book. A stirring and inspiring family story.

PATRICIA RAYBON
AUTHOR, I TOLD THE MOUNTAIN TO MOVE AND MY FIRST WHITE FRIEND

Its time we stopped confusing what it means to walk with Jesus with the American Dream and got over the illusion that being a Christian guarantees us a perfect family. We are all broken. Elisa Morgan has courageously done us all a favor by telling her own story to make that very point. This is realism, but not at the expense of hope. Again and again, her story reminds us that God is at work with deep purpose in the places where we feel the greatest loss.

CAROLYN CUSTIS JAMES
AUTHOR, HALF THE CHURCH: RECAPTURING GODS GLOBAL VISION FOR WOMEN

Before Jesus died for us he suffered with us. His soul was steeped in brokenness long before the spear pierced his ribs and the nails penetrated his hands. And he was beautiful. Elisa Morgan tells the story of how this beauty found its way through the cracks and crevices of her brokenness. She transparently shares her pain, loss, confusion, and yes, hope, so that those of us who find ourselves following in her footsteps might find stepping stones of faith to walk on toward the beauty.

JIM HENDERSON
AUTHOR, JIM & CASPER GO TO CHURCH
CEO, JIM HENDERSON PRESENTS

I love how redemptive God isI never get over his willingness and ability to take hurt and pain and brokenness into beauty and grace. He has done that with Elisa Morgan. She tells her story with that same beauty and grace, with tender vulnerability and brutal honesty. You will be blessed.

JUDY DOUGLASS
AUTHOR, SPEAKER, ENCOURAGER
DIRECTOR OF WOMENS RESOURCES, CRU

A brave and beautiful story that takes on the status quo expectations of those in the public eye. Elisas honesty will draw you in, challenge you, move you, convict you, and ultimately leave you feeling known and loved.

SHAYNE MOORE
AUTHOR, GLOBAL SOCCER MOM AND REFUSE TO DO NOTHING

Elisa Morgan will no doubt help mend many broken lives by sharing her secret journey. I laughed out loud and cried as well while reading The Beauty of Broken. I pray that through Elisas wisdom and example, women far and wide will ignore the tug to put up false fronts to please the world around them. I also pray that God continues to loosen the bricks in my wall so that someday they are simply gone and I can be free to just be who God made me to be.

LORI RHODES
NATIONAL FOUNDER, CHICKTIME

Lets face itevery family is a little dysfunctional. But rather than trying to fix or forget our past, Elisa Morgan invites us to dive in and discover just what God can teach us in and through the broken places of our lives. With bold candor and tender vulnerability, Elisa leads us to embrace the joy and pain of life in family and reveals her own deep and hard-won faith. You will not be able to put this one down, and youll want to pass it along to every woman you know who wants to understand herself and her family.

NICOLE UNICE
MINISTRY LEADER, NATIONAL SPEAKER, COUNSELOR