All I Need Is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans: The Tired Supergirl's Search for Grace [Paperback]

Susanna Foth Aughtmon (Author), Mark Batterson (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2009

Women everywhere feel pressured to have perfect Christian lives, perfect family lives, and to look perfect in their jeans. Instead of feeling good about themselves, most of them just feel like tired supergirls, living in the gap between who they are and who they long to be.

Susanna Foth Aughtmon honestly confesses her battles with pride, worry, fatigue, beauty, jealousy, and chocolate. In every chapter she faces a nemesis--like Worry Man or Mrs. Prideful--who implies that she is not living up to her potential. She meets each enemy with the secret weapon of God's Truth. Readers will identify with her humorous examples from daily life and will gain insight from this tired supergirl on her journey of grace.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

You know the pressure. To have the perfect Christian life and the perfect family. To be the perfect friend. To look perfect in those jeans. To be a supergirl. Instead of feeling good about yourself, you're left stuck in the gap between who you are and who you long to be.

Susanna Foth Aughtmon knows what it's like to be a tired supergirl, fighting the enemies of pride, worry, jealousy, busyness, loneliness, and many more. With humor and courage, she lays bare those times in her own life when she found it a challenge to live the life God wants for her. But even tired supergirls have a secret weapon: God's Truth.

With God's help, all of us can win the day against the subtle voices of Miz Do Good, Worry Man, Little Miss No Fair, and every other nemesis we encounter.

"Always with humor and style, Susanna captures the beauty of following Jesus."--Sara Groves, singer/songwriter

"If you've ever needed to know that someone--anyone--has the same struggles as you, All I Need Is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans is for you."--Kirk Noonan, managing editor, Today's Pentecostal Evangel

"Aughtmon's honesty, trendy humor, and solid supporting Scripture offer encouragement to every supergirl."--Judi Braddy, speaker, author, It All Comes Out in the Wash

"With tender grace and unflinching honesty, Aughtmon nails all the realities of everyday not-so-supergirls."--Marilynn Griffith, author, Rhythms of Grace

"Aughtmon's voice is strong, true, refreshing, and hilarious."--Rene Gutteridge, author, Skid and My Life as a Doormat

About the Author

Susanna Foth Aughtmon is a pastor's wife and mother of three. She graduated from Bethany College with a BA in Social Science emphasizing psychology and early childhood education. After pursuing various careers, including her own interior decorating business, she decided to stay home as a full-time mom. She assists her husband, Scott, in various ministries at the church they planted in Palo Alto, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Revell (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800731727
• ISBN-13: 978-0800731724
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susanna is a pastor's wife and mother of three. She graduated from Bethany University with a BA in Social Science emphasizing psychology and early childhood education. After pursuing various careers, including her own organizing/interior decorating business, she decided to stay home as a full-time mom. She assists her husband, Scott, in various ministries at Pathway Church, their church plant, in Palo Alto, California. For fun, she likes to eat chocolate, read lots of fiction and drink coffee with her girlfriends.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Prepare to be Encouraged January 11, 2009

By Amie Santiago

Format:Paperback

I couldn't put this book down. The author writes about the reality of everyday struggles with refreshing honesty and humor. Anyone who reads this book will go away from it encouraged. This truly is a great book to start the new year and pick back up again when life pushes you down. Aughtmon definitely captures the voice and hearts of women. That is not to say her work only appeals to women. After finishing the book, I went to find it again, and it was on my husband's nightstand.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read for ANY day! December 28, 2008

By Beth Martin

Format:Paperback

I just started the book and I love the way the author is so real and vulnerable about who she is. I have already been encouraged by her words and at the same time, relieved that I am not alone! She presents issues of her own, that I identify with.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid memoir for the reader who wants Jesus to remain important when so many others forget Him April 10, 2009

By Midwest Book Review

Format:Paperback

Perfection is a goal that is always wanted yet is so far away and hard to obtain. "All I need is Jesus & A Good Pair of Jeans" is the memoir of a woman of the world making her way as a young Christian in a world that doesn't seem to want to facilitate her goals in any way. Telling her story by measuring her own shortcomings and trying to inspire other young women to overcome their own limits as people and as Christians, "All I Need is Jesus & A Good Pair of Jeans" is a solid memoir for the reader who wants Jesus to remain important when so many others forget Him.