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Author Bolz-Weber, Nadia, author

Title Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people / Nadia Bolz-Weber

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  284.1 .B6398a    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 284.1 B694a 2015    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition
Phys Descr x, 211 pages ; 22 cm
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 your confession -- The best shitty feeling in the world -- Blessed are they
Summary "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 alongside these 'accidental saints,' Nadia is swept into firsthand 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"--Dust jacket flap
Subject House for All Sinners and Saints (Denver, Colo.) -- Biography
Christian biography
OCLC # 907976244
ISBN # 9781601427557
1601427557