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Review: A Different Kind of Happiness: Discovering the Joy That Comes from Sacrificial Love by Dr. Larry Crabb

Review: A Different Kind of Happiness: Discovering the Joy That Comes from Sacrificial Love Dr. Larry Crabb Baker Books 2016 Who doesn’t want happiness, but what makes for our happiness?   Where do we find that happiness? Crabb tackles these questions head on in this book.   But, this is no afternoon read with a few pithy sayings to soothe your psyche.    The Dr. in the line with his name is that of clinical psychology which he practiced as a Christian counselor for a number of years.   He’s most likely to say he’s heard it all.   So this book goes a bit deeper than most.   A lot deeper than I had anticipated, in fact.    I found the book to be one that I had to put down and think about what I had read for a while before going on to the next chapter or even paragraph in some cases.   He has done much thinking about what he puts on the page.   Research too, but not just to have an impressive bibliography or set of ...