Flunking sainthood a year of breaking the Sabbath, forgetting to pray, and still loving my neighbor
"... Jana Riess shares a year-long quest to become more saintly by tackling twelve spiritual practices, including fasting, fixed-hour prayer, gratitude, Sabbath-keeping, the Jesus Prayer, and generosity. Although she begins with great plans for success, she finds to her growing humiliation that...
| Main Author: | Riess, Jana. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Brewster, Mass. :
Paraclete Press,
c2011.
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| Summary: |
"... Jana Riess shares a year-long quest to become more saintly by tackling twelve spiritual practices, including fasting, fixed-hour prayer, gratitude, Sabbath-keeping, the Jesus Prayer, and generosity. Although she begins with great plans for success, she finds to her growing humiliation that she is failing--not just at some practices, but at every single one. What emerges is a vulnerable story of the quest for perfection and the reality of failure, which turns out to be a valuable spirtual practice in and of itself"--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: |
x, 179 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179). |
| ISBN: |
9781557256607 (paper back) 1557256608 (paper back) |
| Author Notes: |
She holds degrees in religion from Wellesley College and Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in American religious history from Columbia University. She speaks often to media about issues pertaining to religion in America, and has been interviewed by the Associated Press, Time, Newsweek, People, the Boston Globe, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and Newsday, among other print publications, as well as "Voice of America," the "Today" show, MSNBC, and NPR's "All Things Considered," "Tell Me More," and "Talk of the Nation." She is the author or co-author of many books, including The Prayer Wheel ; Flunking Sainthood ; What Would Buffy Do? ; Mormonism for Dummies ; and The Writer's Market Guide to Getting Published, and The Next Mormons: The Rising Generation of Latter-day Saints. Her book The Twible: All the Chapters of the Bible in 140 Characters or Less . . . . Now with 68% More Humor! won first place in the non-fiction category in the Writer's Digest Annual Self-Published Book Awards. She is a senior columnist for Religion News Service. |