The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever

The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever

â€œThe reason you love Jamie (or are about to) is because she says exactly what the rest of us are thinking, but weâ€™re too afraid to upset the apple cart. She is a voice for the outlier, and weâ€™re famished for what she has to say.â€ --Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of Of Mess and Moxie and For the Love
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Wildly popular blogger "Jamie the Very Worst Missionary" delivers a searing, offbeat, often hilarious memoir of spiritual disintegration and re-formation.
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As a quirky Jewish kid and promiscuous punkass teen, Jamie Wright never imagines becoming a Christian, let alone a Christian missionary. She is barely an adult when the trials of motherhood and marriage put her on an unexpected collision course with Jesus. After finding her faith at a suburban megachurch, Jamie trades in the easy life on the cul-de-sac for the green fields of Costa Rica. There, along with her family, she earnestly hopes to serve God and change lives. But faced with a yawning culture gap and persistent shortcomings in herself and her fellow workers, she soon loses confidence in the missionary enterprise and falls into a funk of cynicism and despair.

Nearly paralyzed by depression, yet still wanting to make a difference, she decides to tell the whole, disenchanted truth: Missionaries suck and our work makes no sense at all! From her sofa in Central America, she launches a renegade blog, Jamie the Very Worst Missionary, and against all odds wins a large and passionate following. Which leads her to see that maybe a "bad" missionary--awkward, doubtful, and vocalâ€”is exactly what the world and the throngs of American do-gooders need.Â

The Very Worst Missionary is a disarming, ultimately inspiring spiritual memoir for well-intentioned contrarians everywhere. It will appeal to readers of Nadia Bolz-Weber, Jen Hatmaker, Ann Lamott, Jana Reiss, Mallory Ortberg, and Rachel Held Evans.
Country USA
Brand Convergent Books
Manufacturer Convergent Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0451496531_used
Color White
ReleaseDate 2018-04-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451496539

Country	USA
Brand	Convergent Books
Manufacturer	Convergent Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0451496531_used
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2018-04-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780451496539

The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever

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