By Anne Lamott, Audio Version, Read by the Author
It’s very refreshing to read an honest account of someone else’s struggle to make sense of life through the lens of their faith. Anne Lamott’s collection of essays do just that with the added bonus being that she is a gifted writer with a dry and engaging sense of humor. She can laugh at herself and communicate with authenticity and candor about her own failings as a mother, friend and disciple of Jesus. Just so you know, most conservative evangelicals will have a problem with her politics and her stance on some controversial issues but her obvious love of Jesus and tenacious hold on a hard won faith shine through. I was particularly taken with the way she takes ordinary, everyday occurrences and finds the moments of transcendence and insight. I felt challenged to think and reflect more deeply on my own experiences to find the glimpses of the holy. Highly recommended to anyone who claims membership in the church of the miserably human.
