Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhat if that person you ve been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today And what if that s the point In Accidental Saints, New York Times best selling au thor Nadia 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 ac cidental saints, Nadia is swept into first hand en counters with grace a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and like being hit with a blunt instrument But by this grace, people are trans formed in ways they couldn t have been on their own In a time when many have rightly become dis illusioned with Christianity, Accidental Saints dem 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 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. Download Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber – kino-fada.fr This book was recommended to me by someone at work who I THINK believes I am edgy, and is also aware that I love reading about religion I think SHE thought I d embrace this cool approach to Christianity But this book was not for me Nadia Bolz Weber comes from an extremely conservative background So her fresh ideas were stale to me Catholics are NOT THAT WEIRD I m a Catholic I hang out with REAL GAY PEOPLE I mean, that is great, and perhaps conservative people reading this will This book was recommended to me by someone at work who I THINK believes I am edgy, and is also aware that I love reading about religion I think SHE thought I d embrace this cool approach to Christianity But this book was not for me Nadia Bolz Weber comes from an extremely conservative background So her fresh ideas were stale to me Catholics are NOT THAT WEIRD I m a Catholic I hang out with REAL GAY PEOPLE I mean, that is great, and perhaps conservative people reading this will find it refreshing and innovative and maybe it will change their opinions and that is cool But I am looking for someone to stretch Christianity much farther Bolz Weber keeps bragging about hanging with sinners Jesus loved sinners But when you re hanging ou...I recommend the audiobook as well because NBW reads it herself.Here we have a continuation, a collection of stories from one Saint Cookies day to another five year later when the cookies are accidentally forgotten The author is a Lutheran pastor in Denver with her church of and for people who don t really fit in the usual churches There is a set of discussion questions at the end and a short interview with her We get to read of various events, both in Denver and on author s travels within US and elsewhere You get to see her in all her goods and flaws Here we have a continuation, a collection of stories from one Saint Cookies day to another five year later when the cookies are accidentally forgotten The author is a Lutheran pastor in Denver with her church of and for people who don t really fit in the usual churches There is a set of discussion questions at the end and a short interview with her We get to read of various events, both in Denver and on author s travels within US and elsewhere You get to see her in all he...3.5 I knew of Nadia Bolz Weber through Greenbelt Festival She s a foul mouthed, tattooed, fairly orthodox Lutheran pastor This brief, enjoyable memoir is about how she keeps believing despite her own past issues and the many messed up and outwardly unlovable people who show up at her church, House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver I especially love her new set of Beatitudes.In my favorite section, she zeroes in on one Holy Week and shows the whole range of emotions and trauma that 3.5 I knew of Nadia Bolz Weber through Greenbelt Festival She s a foul mouthed, tattooed, fairly orthodox Lutheran pastor This brief, enjoyable memoir is about how she keeps believing despite her own past issues and the many messed up and outwardly unlovable people who show up at her church, House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver I especially love her new set of Beatitudes.In my favorite section, she zeroes in on one Holy Week and shows the whole range of emotions and trauma that religion can address The Ash Wednesday chapter is the overall highlight, contrasting the funeral of a suicide with the birth of a new baby People often th...So here s the thing I grew up in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, was baptized, confirmed, and then went to high school and found nothing in the liturgy or the service to make me stay in the church.And then I went to live in Japan and had to wrestle with a WHOLE COUNTRY of folks with a 1000 year old history that has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus So I stopped believing the church or Christianity had anything to do with me I m a flaming liberal, and a religion that makes So here s the thing I grew up in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, was baptized, confirmed, and then went to high school and found nothing in the liturgy or the service to make me stay in the church.And then I went to live in Japan and had to wrestle with a WHOLE COUNTRY of folks with a 1000 year old history that has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus So I stopped believing the church or Christianity had anything to do with me I m a flaming liberal, and a religion that makes outsiders of people is not for me I wanted religion that was inclusive, and activeand so I left.But somewhere along the ...There is something about dropping F bombs and making fun of worship music with a bishop that makes me feel warm and fuzzyPastor Nadia, minister behaving badly on page 43After discovering Pastor Nadia Bolz Weber via her latest release Shameless just a few weeks ago I decided to check out her previous books Her biographic debut Pastrix is on deck for me later this month I imagine that the edgy chapters in Accidental Saints are indicative of her style of sermons Accidental Saints is aThere is something about dropping F bombs and making fun of worship music with a bishop that makes me feel warm an...Very readable and extremely relatable If you ve been around the block a few times, or are a woman with a past you will find peace and a judgment free place to land While her liberal use of cursing was very unusual, it did not bother me, as I can be a bit of a potty mouth myself when having a hissy fit over something unfair or cruel.I was going to give it 4.5 stars but I bumped it up to 5 when I read her last chapter on her new Beatitudes.Blessed are those are not over it yetBlessed are Very readable and extremely relatable If you ve been around the block a few times, or are a woman with a past you will...On a 0 100 scale, what I know about Christianity comes MUCH closer to 0 than to 100 Believe me Note I m not repeating believe me, as does The Donald so you can trust that I m neither lying nor using truthful hyperbole Born Jewish and still Jewish I, unfortunately, don t know what I ought to know about my own religion much less anyone else s And before I discuss Nadia Bolz Weber s book, I should also confess that my desire to increase my familiarity with Christian theology On a 0 100 scale, what I know about Christianity comes MUCH closer to 0 than to 100 Believe me Note I m not repeating believe me, as does The Donald so you can trust that I m neither lying nor using truthful hyperbole Born Jewish and still Jewish I, unfortunately, don t know what I ought to know about my own religion much less anyone else s And before I discuss Nadia Bolz Weber s book, I should also confess that my desire to increase...I freakin love Nadia Bolz Weber She released the incredible Pastrix just two years ago, and she s gathered enough stories since then to have a brand new inspiring, challenging, funny book about God and people that made me cry on at least three occasions This book is structured over the course of a liturgical year, beginning and ending at All Saints Day, though she draws on stories from multiple years My takeaway from this book is that I don t need to try harder to be a good I freakin love Nadia Bolz Weber She released the incredible Pastrix just two years ago, and she s g...In the spirit on honesty, I d like to state that I typically avoid books by Christian authors I have an uncontrollable phobia of platitudes and easy answers This book was different and Bolt Weber doesn t claim to have all the answers, which immediately got my attention and respect.Nadia Boltz Weber s writing is raw and honest She asks a lot of questions, and sometimes those questions don t have answers There s no formula on how to live a perfect life or list of rules to follow in order to In the spirit on honesty, I d like to state that I typically avoid books by Christian authors I have an uncontro...

Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
  • English
  • 24 May 2019
  • ebook
  • 224 pages
  • 1601427573
  • Nadia Bolz-Weber
  • Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People