Literary Executive Review:Keri Baskin, “Complete.: Living an Abundant Life from the Completion of Christ”
by ReadersMagnet | October 27, 2025 | Literary Executive Review | 0 Comments
We’ve got ourselves another devotional, but this time it’s by an author who wants to help those seeking a stronger sense of self-worth, identity, and purpose.
Her name is Keri Baskin, and the title of her book is Complete.: Living an Abundant Life from the Completion of Christ.
What is interesting is that I noticed something right away: The title actually has a period at the end.
My reader’s gut tells me that there is some intention behind it. Reading the back, I am getting the sense that this is a book that is really about the word ‘completion’ in a very deep sense.
Now, from what I’ve been told, Keri Baskin is an author who has made a career that integrates a deep spirituality with her work as a fitness trainer. Besides this devotional, she is also the author of a separate, three-part series that looks like it shares more about her life.
But as for this book, I’m looking forward to discovering just how exactly it can help its target readers achieve this sense of spiritual wholeness that she is teaching.
12 Weeks of Learning What You Were Made For
Like many devotionals, reading this book is supposed to be done over a set period of time. In this case, you are looking at 12 weeks’ worth of spiritual teaching. That’s actually quite a lot compared to some other devotionals I’ve seen!
Still, I greatly appreciate that Keri gives her readers a quick introduction to the book’s main ideas while telling them that they will only get a better appreciation for it all as they go through it each day. One of these is the fact that your thoughts impact so many things in your life.
What is also interesting is that she connects this idea even with her own background as a woman raised a Christian. She makes references to the Bible, as well as how Jesus’ resurrection ties into the idea of discovering a “God-given” identity, and that we were given new life from that.
I’ve seen similar themes in other self-help books, but that doesn’t necessarily make it a bad thing! In fact, I like how she is relating these ideas to readers who may only be familiar with some Christian beliefs. The book does describe a process of unlearning certain ideas about God that are not actually helping people find themselves.
Speaking of which, the book is divided into three parts, with about four weeks dedicated to each. The weeks are then further divided into days. Like every devotional, each day offers a good lesson on how to start unlearning a misconception about God and the self to learning something that is healthier and more in tune with what God is.
Still, each major part does have its own overarching theme. Part 1 is about building a new foundation based on a better idea of God and oneself. Part 2 is about how to better plan one’s life in light of that new foundation. Lastly, Part 3 is building up and living consistently with what the readers now know.
The more I look at it, the more I’m impressed that this devotional also feels like a very empowering program. Hence, I don’t want to give too much away. It’d be better if I invite readers to get it so they can apply it for themselves, because there is a lot of good self-work you can do with this book’s guidance.
It is not a quick read because that defeats the book’s purpose. It is a book that looks like it can be really helpful for people who want to change the way they view themselves and the way they think God views them.
A Side of Healthy Supplements
At the end of the devotional, readers will also find a lot of bonus essays that can further supplement their new understanding of themselves. Many of these are centered around health, particularly with regard to food and diet. There are even two sample menus (one for men and one for women).
These certainly add a nice touch to the overall message of this devotional. After all, Keri herself was prompted to discover the lessons she was now teaching primarily because of the health issues she had seen affecting her family.
Likewise, I found the connection between health and self-image to be a recurring theme as I read through the book. This is great for those readers who have found powerful links between their health and spirituality.
A Refreshing Take On the Winning Mindset
Overall, I find that the book echoes a lot of self-help guides that really encourage readers to think better of themselves. On the other hand, Keri Baskin really does a good job of further enhancing this message by tying it to various other beliefs.
In other self-help books, readers would be simply encouraged to have a more positive mindset about themselves. But in this book, she does that by saying that you were already perfected as a new creation, and that you already have everything you need.
I know that there will be some readers out there who will find this message particularly inspiring. Should they find this book, they can then expect the work of going through it to be highly rewarding all the way to the end. If you’d like to get started with this book yourself, then you can grab a copy over on Amazon.
