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Sin Bravely: A Memoir of Spiritual Disobedience
Sin Bravely: A Memoir of Spiritual Disobedience | Maggie Rowe
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As a young girl, Maggie Rowe took the idea of salvation very seriously. Growing up in a moderately religious household, her fear of eternal damnation turned into a childhood terror that drove her to become an outrageously dedicated Born-again Christian regularly slinging Bible verses in cutthroat scripture memorization competitions and assaulting strangers at shopping malls with the good news that they were going to hell. Finally, at nineteen, crippled by her fear, she checked herself in to an Evangelical psychiatric facility. And that is where her journey really began. Surrounded by a ragtag cast of characters, including a former biker meth-head struggling with anger management issues, a set of identical twins tormented by erotic fantasies, a World War II veteran and artist of denial who insists that he s only locked up for a tune-up, and a warm and upbeat chronic depressive who becomes the author s closest ally, Maggie launches a campaign to, in the words of Martin Luther, Sin bravely in order to know the forgiveness of God. Told in a voice both funny and heartfelt, Sin Bravely is a tour de force, voice-driven debut that examines how one woman finally"
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mrozzz
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Yay #BookMail! Did you participate in Prime Day? I couldn‘t help myself... these have been on my TBR for so long and the hardcovers were only a few bucks each! 🤗📚💸

vivastory I really liked House of Names 6y
mrozzz Awesome! @vivastory I really liked Brooklyn so I‘ve been looking forward to getting this one! 6y
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AliBG
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A scrupulously reverent young girl grows up to become so anxious about hell & the evangelical God that she needs rehab, medication, & a new kind of faith.

In rehab, she meets a REALLY shitty counselor (but also meets a fabulous doctor), makes friends, & discovers grace while eating McDonald's chicken nuggets & stripping at an amateur night.

This book so accurately & painfully presents an inside view of evangelicalism that I broke out in hives.

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AliBG
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Reading this for a podcast interview I'm doing next week with the author, Maggie Rowe. Any other Littens read this? Questions you'd like to ask Rowe?

tpixie What's the podcast? I haven't read, but book sounds intriguing. (edited) 8y
AliBG @tpixie it's called Blue Ocean World. It's mostly a group of middle aged white men talking about inclusive faith issues and theology. But occasionally they have cool guests on--and ask me to join. :) 8y
AliBG @tpixie ...and YES. This book is excellent (except for the first chapter or so which I personally found kind of boring). Rowe's voice is powerful, but also her story is so familiar. It reminds me a little of how I felt while reading BLANKETS. 8y
tpixie @AliBG thx for info! I'll have to look into these books. Have a great time with your podcast. 8y
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shawnmooney
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None of the Littens I know and love need any such guidance, but still!

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