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Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people

Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people

Bolz-Weber, Nadia, author.
Book 2015

"Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls 'a religious but not-so-spiritual life.' 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 people--a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious Bishop and a gun-toting member of the NRA. As she lives and worships alongsid...

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ISBN:
9781601427564
9781601427557
1601427565
1601427557
Edition:
First edition
Description:
x, 211 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes discussion questions (pages [197]-201) and conversation with the author (pages [203]-211)
Contents:
Saint cookies
Absolution for assholes
My lowest for His highest
What spit in the Superdome
You are not "the blessing"
A thief in the night
Mary, Mother of Our Lord
The slaughter of the Holy Innocents of Sandy Hook Elementary
Frances
Panic attack in Jericho
Parlors
The lame
Dirty feet
The dogs of Good Friday
Vignettes from an Easter Vigil
Charcoal fires and jail cells
Judas will now take yout confession
The best shitty feeling in the world
Blessed are they
LCCN:
2015012506
Control Number:
1584581
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