Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

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Now a New York Times bestseller, Nadia Bolz-Weber takes no prisoners as she reclaims the term “pastrix”(pronounced “pas-triks,” a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative about an unconventional life of faith.

Heavily tattooed and loud-mouthed, Nadia, a former stand-up comic, sure as hell didn’t believe 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 used to be meant to be their pastor.

The usage of 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 odd but undeniable spiritual calling to pastoring a notorious con artist-Nadia uses stunning narrative and poignant honesty to portray a woman who is both deeply faithful and deeply fallacious, giving hope to the remainder of us along the way.

Wildly entertaining and deeply resonant, this is the book for those that hunger for a bit of hope that does not come from vapid consumerism or navel-gazing; for women who talk too loud, and guys who love chick flicks; for the gay man who loves Jesus, and would possibly not allow himself to be shunned by the church. In short, this book is for each and every thinking misfit suspicious of institutionalized religion, but who is still seeking transcendence and mystery.

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