Ashlee Eiland - Human(kind): How Reclaiming Human Worth and Embracing Radical Kindness Will Bring Us Back Together

Ashlee is an elegant and intelligent writer, an eloquent and passionate communicator, and a brave and kind voice in our community. Ashlee teaches by example how to live with courage and compassion, and I believe her perspective and voice will be deeply meaningful to so many people.

S HAUNA N IEQUIST , New York Times best-selling author of Present Over Perfect and Bread & Wine

Human(Kind) will change the way you engage with every single person from this point forward. Ashlee Eiland brilliantly uses stories and unpacks Scripture to guide you toward rediscovering the good and upholding the dignity of all. This book is a must-read!

S TEVE C ARTER , pastor and author of This Invitational Life

If we aspire to be kindto recognize the inherent value in every humanhow may our aspirations culminate in our attitudes, actions, and interactions in everyday life? Ashlee so beautifully offers us delicacies that feed this very desire, crafted from her experiences of everyday life that were anything but. This book is a feast she invites us to share, seasoned generously with thoughts to stimulate our understanding of one another, images to awaken our hearts, and wisdom to nourish our souls.

C AREY AND T ONI N IEUWHOF , Connexus Church

Bren Brown said, Courage gives us a voice and compassion gives us an ear. And in Human(Kind), Ashlee teaches us the importance of both. Through her deeply personal stories and thoughtful reflections on the world she currently exists in and the brighter, more just future she is actively cocreating, Ashlee shows us the often messy but worthy way of redemption and reconciliation. I am so grateful for Ashlee as a teacher, sister, and leader.

L IZ F ORKIN B OHANNON , founder of Sseko Designs and author of Beginners Pluck

In her tenderly written book, Ashlee draws on a range of personal experiences to explore how life fashions identity. She reflects on big themes, from the love of family to the brutality of racism and the search for belonging, and calls us to greater awareness of the stories and systems still shaping our lives and communities. Through her deeply personal words, Ashlee leads us toward a grace-filled vision of humanity in which we see the imago Dei in ourselves and one another and live it in the everyday. Human(Kind) indeed.

J O S AXTON , leadership coach and author of The Dream of You

Through her beautiful gift of storytelling, Ashlee Eiland compels you to slow down, to breathe and take time, to enter into story after story, to probe into your own story, and, most important, to reflect on what it means to both believe and follow Christ.

R EV. E UGENE C HO , founder of One Days Wages and author of Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk

Human(Kind) is proof that God wants to use every part of our wild and precious lives to transform us and influence others. With a knack for storytelling and a passion for kindness, Ashlee authentically and vulnerably invites us to explore the good, the difficult, and the seemingly mundane moments of our lives for Gods purposes and the good of humankind.

M EGAN F ATE M ARSHMAN , author of SelfLess and coauthor of 7 Family Ministry Essentials

In an era of increasing isolation, Ashlee offers a beautiful gift: the opportunity to see the world through her eyes. With vivid storytelling, uncommon wisdom, and breathtaking empathy, she helps us notice daily invitations into a kinder and braver way of being human. Powerful and deeply needed.

A ARON N IEQUIST, author of The Eternal Current

Ashlee Eiland is an incredible teacher and writer. With a distinct voice filled with depth and grace, she inspires and challenges people of all races and backgrounds to take one more step toward humankindness.

A USTIN C HANNING B ROWN, speaker and best-selling author of Im Still Here

In her revealing and enthralling debut,[Ashlee Eiland] expounds on themes such as sacrifice, honor, respect, acceptance, gratitude, rejection, commitment, and loss.Readers looking to cultivate more empathytoward others and toward themselveswill enjoy Eilands wise testament.

Publishers Weekly starred review

We are together in this. Our human compassion binds us the one to the othernot in pity or patronisingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

Nelson Mandela, December 6, 2000

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 Good Hygiene
(Curiosity)

2 Cherie
(Sacrifice)

3 Alaska
(Honor)

4 Mexia
(Safety)

5 The South Side
(Humility)

6 Camping While Black
(Adventure)

7 Nicknames
(Respect)

8 Blue Shadow
(Choice)

9 Jack and Jill
(Belonging)

10 Choreography
(Expectation)

11 The Senior Lounge
(Acceptance)