Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (593 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1601427565 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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But by this grace, people are transformed in ways they couldn’t have been on their own. This unforgettable account of their faltering steps toward wholeness will ring true for believer and skeptic alike. As she lives and worships alongside these “accidental saints,” Nadia is swept into first-hand encounters with grace—a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument. In a time when many have rightly become disillusioned with Christianity, Accidental Saints demonstrates what happens when ordinary people share bread and wine, struggle with scripture together, and tell each other the truth about their real lives. Told in Nadia’s trademark confessional style, Accidental Saints is the stunning next work from one of today’s most important religious voices.From the Hardcover edition.. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of people&md
A Work Of True Faith It is nice to read works of faith by those who views would be deemed unconventional by some. How can you get any more unconventional then a pastor who is described on the back of her own book as a former stand-up comic who is tattooed, angry and profane. Interestingly, I found most of what she had to say to be in line with mainstream Christian thought and found . "A book that will make you feel good about yourself and others" according to Kathy. I really wasn't sure what to expect from this book. I googled the pastor, Nadia Bolz - Weber, before I chose the book and when I saw her tattoos and muscles, I thought this was going to be a book that was kind of like the churches I sometimes see where they play hard rock music and that kind of thing (not that there's anything wrong with those, it's just what I . ManNamedKim said Thumbs Up From A Former Pastor. As a former pastor with a mainline denomination, I was intrigued by The Rev. Bolz-Weber's book. Each generation of the Church needs a particular voice to realign the practice and understanding of 'her' faith. For me, Accidental Saints is that voice. Clear, direct and poignantly humorous, the book preaches truth through the life lessons and struggles of a very hu
She is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Pastrix. Nadia has been featured on CNN and in the Washington Post, Bitch Magazine, NPR’s Morning Edition, More Magazine, and the Daily Beast.. Nadia Bolz-Weber is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado
McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity and A Generous Orthodoxy"This book made me so happy to be a Christian. For so many reasons, you really should read it." -Brian D. In just a few lines of description and dialog, Nadia Bolz-Weber manages to capture all that is beautiful and maddening and frightening about our shared humanity, including her own inconsistencies and struggles as a Jesus-loving sinner-saint. I couldn’t put this book down.” -Tullian Tchividjian, author of One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World and founder of LIBERATE"Nadia Bolz-Weber's new book is even tougher, sharper and sweeter than Pastrix: in painfully honest stories, she pulls back the curtains of religious life to s