Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Sep 2015 · Sold by Convergent Books

About this ebook

What 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 au­thor 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 “ac­cidental saints,” Nadia is swept into first-hand en­counters with grace—a gift that feels to her less like being wrapped in a warm blanket and more like being hit with a blunt instrument. But by this grace, people are trans­formed in ways they couldn’t have been on their own.

In a time when many have rightly become dis­illusioned with Christianity, Accidental Saints dem­onstrates 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.

Ratings and reviews

I expect nothing less from a New York times writer we have traditional churches for a reason Jesus gave the keys of the Kingdom of heaven to Saint Peter and said whatever you bind in heaven is bound on Earth whatever you loose on Earth is loosed in heaven. also Christianity raised the dignity of women across the continent from objects to be instead loved and treated as you wanted to be treated.

When God came down and rescued me I was a mess. I'm less of a mess now, I think, but having lived through the mess I began really has allowed me to see grace in action. I identified with the power of God found in mercy, grace, forgiveness - Jesus, himself. It's freed me to love others I never thought I could, including myself, to a point that has surprised me. Nadia puts into words what we need to hear, God's grace continually crosses polite boundaries to rescue and redeem and use the unlikely. Now, that's biblical!

Made me uncomfortable in a good way and hoping at the same time that this untraditional view of "church" is what Jesus came to create. And God really does want an inclusive Kingdom of his people who love despite our huge differences. Differences that pale in comparison to the Love of God in Christ Jesus.

About the author

Nadia Bolz-Weber is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado. She is the au­thor of the New York Times best-selling memoir Pastrix. Nadia has been featured on CNN and in the Washing­ton Post, Bitch Magazine, NPR’s Morning Edition, More Magazine, and the Daily Beast.