Nadia Bolz-Weber is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, an emergent church in Denver, Colorado. She is author of the New York Times bestseller, Cranky Beautiful Faith. She blogs at sarcasticlutheran.com
“This is a collection of stories about how liturgy (who would have
imagined?), ritual (what?), church (really?), and a bunch of flawed
people (like us?) can catch the light of grace and catch fire with
the beauty of God. For so many reasons, you really should read
it.”
*Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity and A
Generous Orthodoxy*
“I always feel narcissistic when I affirm writers who think like I
do. But Nadia says it–and does it–so much better, with much more
humor, more living examples, and a conviction that will convict
you!”
*Richard Rohr*
“If Saint Augustine were to return to life and live among us now,
he would be Bolz-Weber; and if his Confessions were to be written
in 21st century rhetoric and style, they would be this book.
Accidental Saints is what every Christian yearns to know is
possible.”
*Phyllis Tickle*
"Accidental Saints is a triumph in faithful storytelling. 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. This is one of those rare
books that will make you simultaneously wince with recognition and
sigh with relief. A must read for every screw-up and asshole caught
up in God’s grace.”
*Rachel Held Evans, author of A Year of Biblical Womanhood and
Searching for Sunday*
“Nadia Bolz-Weber’s new book is even tougher, sharper and sweeter
than Cranky, Beautiful Faith: in painfully honest stories, she
pulls back the curtains of religious life to show how church—the
actual, living body of God—is created among us. This is a book for
everyone who yearns to be made new.”
*Sara Miles, author of Take This Bread and City of God*
“This book made me so happy to be a Christian. Honest and funny,
deep and insightful, Accidental Saints disarmed me and then, right
when I was vulnerable, Nadia’s words snuck right in to mess with
me.”
*Sarah Bessey, author of Jesus Feminist and Out of Sorts*
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