Plan B: Further Thoughts on FaithFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything, a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times. As Anne Lamott knows, the world is a dangerous place. Terrorism and war have become the new normal. Environmental devastation looms even closer. And there are personal demands on her faith as well: getting older; her mother's Alzheimer's; her son's adolescence; and the passing of friends and time. Fortunately for those of us who are anxious about the state of the world, whose parents are also aging and dying, whose children are growing harder to recognize as they become teenagers, Plan B offers hope that we’re not alone in the midst of despair. It shares with us Lamott's ability to comfort and to make us laugh despite the grim realities. Anne Lamott is one of our most beloved writers, and Plan B is a book more necessary now than ever. It is further evidence that, as The New Yorker has written, "Anne Lamott is a cause for celebration." |
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... Veronica Goines. Their deep faith and love of God, and life, have changed my world forever: they taught me by their witness that no matter how hard life seems at times, we can still—in the words of Warren Zevon—enjoy every sandwich; and ...
... Veronica Goines. Their deep faith and love of God, and life, have changed my world forever: they taught me by their witness that no matter how hard life seems at times, we can still—in the words of Warren Zevon—enjoy every sandwich; and ...
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... Veronica, says that peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet, and I felt both that weekend. Ilay on the floor with my eyes closed for so long that my dog, Lily, came over and worriedly licked me back to life. That cheered me ...
... Veronica, says that peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet, and I felt both that weekend. Ilay on the floor with my eyes closed for so long that my dog, Lily, came over and worriedly licked me back to life. That cheered me ...
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... Veronica, explained recently that in the Twenty-third Psalm, when David says that his Shepherd anointed his head with oil, it referred to the fragrant oil a shepherd would put around his sheep's mouths to prevent an infestation of flies ...
... Veronica, explained recently that in the Twenty-third Psalm, when David says that his Shepherd anointed his head with oil, it referred to the fragrant oil a shepherd would put around his sheep's mouths to prevent an infestation of flies ...
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Contents
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three sams dad | 31 |
seven adolescence | 91 |
eight sincere meditations | 103 |
ten hard rain | 125 |
eleven good friday world | 135 |
twelve diamond heart | 147 |
fourteen joice to the world | 177 |
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