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The Resource Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people, Nadia Bolz-Weber

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

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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. But by this grace, people are transformed in ways they couldn't have been on their own. 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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 211 pages
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
Isbn
9781601427557
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Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people
Title
Accidental saints
Title remainder
finding God in all the wrong people
Statement of responsibility
Nadia Bolz-Weber
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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. But by this grace, people are transformed in ways they couldn't have been on their own. 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
Biography type
collective biography
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Bolz-Weber, Nadia
Dewey number
284.1/78883
Index
no index present
LC call number
BX8076.D46
LC item number
B65 2015
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • House for All Sinners and Saints (Denver, Colo.)
  • Grace (Theology)
  • Fellowship
  • Christian biography
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Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people, Nadia Bolz-Weber
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text
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rdacontent
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
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 211 pages
Isbn
9781601427557
Lccn
2015012506
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)ocn907976244
Label
Accidental saints : finding God in all the wrong people, Nadia Bolz-Weber
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 211 pages
Isbn
9781601427557
Lccn
2015012506
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)ocn907976244

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