Accidental Saints
Author: BOLZ-WEBER, NADIA
ISBN: 9781601427564
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 27 Sep 2016
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, the Plt;IPgt;New York TimesPlt;/IPgt; bestseller about failure, fear, and the unlikely ways in which grace can find us--from one of AmericaP#39;s most memorable and important religious voices.
Plt;bPgt;What if that person youP#39;ve been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today?Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;...And what if thatP#39;s the point?Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;Accidental Saints, New York Times Plt;/iPgt;best-selling auP#173;thor Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls P#8220;a religious but not-so-spiritual life.P#8221; Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of peopleP#8212;a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious Bishop and a gun-toting member of the NRA. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; As she lives and worships alongside these P#8220;acP#173;cidental saints,P#8221; Nadia is swept into first-hand enP#173;counters with graceP#8212;a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument. But by this grace, people are transP#173;formed in ways they couldnP#8217;t have been on their own. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; In a time when many have rightly become disP#173;illusioned with Christianity, Plt;iPgt;Accidental Saints Plt;/iPgt;demP#173;onstrates what happens when ordinary people share bread and wine, struggle with scripture together, and tell each other the truth about their real lives. This unforgettable account of their faltering steps toward wholeness will ring true for believer and skeptic alike. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Told in NadiaP#8217;s trademark confessional style, Plt;iPgt;Accidental Saints Plt;/iPgt;is the stunning next work from one of todayP#8217;s most important religious voices.
ISBN: 9781601427564
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 27 Sep 2016
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, the Plt;IPgt;New York TimesPlt;/IPgt; bestseller about failure, fear, and the unlikely ways in which grace can find us--from one of AmericaP#39;s most memorable and important religious voices.
Plt;bPgt;What if that person youP#39;ve been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today?Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;...And what if thatP#39;s the point?Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;Accidental Saints, New York Times Plt;/iPgt;best-selling auP#173;thor Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls P#8220;a religious but not-so-spiritual life.P#8221; Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of peopleP#8212;a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious Bishop and a gun-toting member of the NRA. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; As she lives and worships alongside these P#8220;acP#173;cidental saints,P#8221; Nadia is swept into first-hand enP#173;counters with graceP#8212;a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument. But by this grace, people are transP#173;formed in ways they couldnP#8217;t have been on their own. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; In a time when many have rightly become disP#173;illusioned with Christianity, Plt;iPgt;Accidental Saints Plt;/iPgt;demP#173;onstrates what happens when ordinary people share bread and wine, struggle with scripture together, and tell each other the truth about their real lives. This unforgettable account of their faltering steps toward wholeness will ring true for believer and skeptic alike. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Told in NadiaP#8217;s trademark confessional style, Plt;iPgt;Accidental Saints Plt;/iPgt;is the stunning next work from one of todayP#8217;s most important religious voices.
