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Lisa HarperThomas Nelson / 2011 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$13.994.3 out of 5 stars for Stumbling Into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman. View reviews of this product. 29 Reviews
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Archie IsibPhAge: 18-24Gender: male4 Stars Out Of 5nice bookJune 26, 2012Archie IsibPhAge: 18-24Gender: maleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 3The author's real-life experiences make it genuine. It only nicks the surface of biblical study, but is asks study questions at the end of each chapter which enable the reader to delve in a little deeper if they choose. Harper skims along the surface of this subject and doesn't dive very far into scriptural depths. She employs a style of writing that I suppose began with Max Lucado and has been embraced by the and other modern writers. I know that difference can be subtle, but it can mean the difference between being shallow and really being based in solid Biblical truth. Lisa Harper writes the entire book in a very informal, style. While that might be cute and even welcoming in a blog... I have to say upfront that any book that is not about a specifically female issue but is written specifically for women makes me suspicious. There were times in the book where I felt like the author was forcing the female voice too hard. Lisa helps you to see that the safe and conventional Jesus that is often preached in the American church is far from the man that lived in the middle east two thousand years ago. This book made me want to understand Him more fully. I really enjoyed this book and actually used it as my quiet time in the mornings. It was a great way to get moving in the morning and thinking about Him.
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Auntie PamCalifAge: 55-65Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5Very humerrous bkMay 18, 2012Auntie PamCalifAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 5Meets Expectations: 4So enjoy the simple humor of Lisa Harper, makes for easy reading.
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TiaBUKAge: 35-44Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5Thoughtful, challenging, funny and inspiringDecember 14, 2011TiaBUKAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4This review was written for Stumbling Into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman - eBook.Stumbling into Grace: confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman is a book I knew I'd be able to identify with as soon as I read the title. I manage to open my mouth only to change feet far too often, and I had a feeling this might be the story of someone similar. With chapter titles like "The Very Real Problem With Pantyhose", I was expecting this to be a good read.
What I was not expecting was for this to take me a month. Not because it was a difficult read, certainly not because it was boring, but because this is less "Confessions" and more "Bible Study and Life Application Guide." Every chapter comes with a series of questions for group discussion or personal study, Bible passages to read through, and the suggestion to make a journal entry starting with for example "So Jesus, today I've been thinking about, and..." Meatier spiritual food than I was expecting, but good nevertheless.
From the beginning "God doesn't just see us; He gazes adoringly at us. He doesn't simply notice us; He moves heaven and earth on our behalf" via quotes collected from others - Mark Twain's "Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." and Anne Lamott's "You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do," to the vindictively absurd "I think people who peddle pornography for a living should be forced to share cramped, windowless apartments with camels who have irritable bowel syndrome." This is a book full of one liners and longer passages I shall be re-reading.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. -
Mrs KMidwestAge: 25-34Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5Humorous yet Straight to the HeartNovember 21, 2011Mrs KMidwestAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5I loved Harper's humor sprinkled atop a subject many women need to hear.
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Shan4 Stars Out Of 5October 9, 2011ShanQuality: 4Value: 3Meets Expectations: 3Aw, but aren't we all spiritually clumsy? If we were honest with ourselves and others, we would admit that our lives are full of trips and fall...literally and figuratively. And, if we were to be authentic, we would understand what Lisa Harper's Stumbling Into Grace is all about — forgiveness in spite of flaws. Perhaps maybe if we spent more time acknowledging our own flaws it might be easier to forgive the imperfections of others. Lisa's book talks about how we sometimes get lost in our own chaos of emotions that we often forget to extend the very same grace we expect from others. One of the very best gifts that I ever received was from a dear friend in one of my darkest hours and it came in the package of nine little words "I don't want you to feel like an island." What words of comfort and grace. But just as grace is extended to us, Stumbling Into Grace explains, our grace must also be extended even when we think as I and Lisa have, "he could be so difficult that I wasn't sure grace was big enough to include him." God's grace is big enough!
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