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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... 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 give thanks. C Ontent S one ham of god 1 two red.
... 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 give thanks. C Ontent S one ham of god 1 two red.
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... gives lectures and leads retreats on spirituality. Usually he calls to report on the latest rumors of my mental deterioration, drunkenness, or promiscuity, how sick it makes everyone to know that I am showing all my lady parts to the ...
... gives lectures and leads retreats on spirituality. Usually he calls to report on the latest rumors of my mental deterioration, drunkenness, or promiscuity, how sick it makes everyone to know that I am showing all my lady parts to the ...
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... gives off a light, spicy, ancient smell. Breathing has never been my strong suit. I've never been very good at breathing. When I was young, I was afraid that if I stopped remembering to breathe, I'd have cardiac arrest. I was always ...
... gives off a light, spicy, ancient smell. Breathing has never been my strong suit. I've never been very good at breathing. When I was young, I was afraid that if I stopped remembering to breathe, I'd have cardiac arrest. I was always ...
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... I used my red string as an audiovisual aid last Sunday when I got to give the sermon at church. First I walked around, letting everyone see it. Then I spoke briefly about the red cords that gave us life, that connect us 18 plan b.
... I used my red string as an audiovisual aid last Sunday when I got to give the sermon at church. First I walked around, letting everyone see it. Then I spoke briefly about the red cords that gave us life, that connect us 18 plan b.
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... give up the conviction that you are right, and that God thinks so, too, and hates the people who are driving you crazy. Something spoke to Rahab through her heart, or through what Mel Brooks, in “The 2,000 Year Old Man,” refers to as ...
... give up the conviction that you are right, and that God thinks so, too, and hates the people who are driving you crazy. Something spoke to Rahab through her heart, or through what Mel Brooks, in “The 2,000 Year Old Man,” refers to as ...
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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