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Pastrix - The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint (Paperback)
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Pastrix - The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint (Paperback)
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"Seven years on from its original publication, Pastrix remains
bracing and beautiful. Nadia's bold vulnerability and tender heart
are timeless gifts. And the words she has added to this edition
remind me: We need her call to tender grace and a loving, forgiving
God now more than ever." -- Jeff Chu, Author of Does Jesus Really
Love Me? Pastrix: a derogatory term used by Christians who refuse
to recognize female pastors. Heavily tattooed and foul-mouthed,
Nadia Bolz-Weber, a former stand-up comic, sure as hell didn't
consider herself to be religious-leader material-until the day she
ended up leading a friend's funeral in a smoky downtown comedy
club. Surrounded by fellow alcoholics, depressives, and cynics, she
realized: These were her people. Maybe she was meant to be their
pastor. Using life stories-from living in a hopeful-but-haggard
commune of slackers to surviving the wobbly chairs and war stories
of a group for recovering alcoholics, from her unusual but
undeniable spiritual calling to pastoring a notorious con
artist-Nadia uses humorous narrative and poignant honesty to
portray a woman who is both deeply faithful and deeply flawed,
giving hope to the rest of us along the way. This is the book for
people who hunger for a bit of hope that doesn't come from vapid
consumerism or navel-gazing; for women who talk too loudly and guys
who love chick flicks; for the gay man who loves Jesus and won't
allow himself to be shunned by the church. In short, this book is
for every thinking misfit suspicious of institutionalized religion
but still seeking transcendence and mystery. Updated with a new
afterword, Pastrix is wildly entertaining, sardonically irreverent,
and deeply resonant-a messy, beautiful, prayer-and profanity-laden
narrative about an unconventional life of faith.
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