Vintage Saints and Sinners, Karen Wright Marsh
Vintage Saints and Sinners, Karen Wright Marsh
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Vintage Saints and Sinners
25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith

Author: Karen Wright Marsh

Narrator: Karen Wright Marsh

Unabridged: 6 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/12/2017


Synopsis

Saints are people too. The word saint conjures up images of superstar Christians revered for their spectacular acts and otherworldly piety. But when we take a closer look at the lives of these spiritual heavyweights, we learn that they also experienced struggle, doubt, and heartache. In fact, we learn that in many ways they’re not all that different from you and me. Narrating her own winding pilgrimage through faith, Karen Marsh reveals surprising lessons in everyday spirituality from these "saints"?folks who lived and breathed, and failed and followed God. Told with humor and vulnerability, Vintage Saints and Sinners introduces us afresh to twenty-five brothers and sisters who challenge and inspire us with their honest faith. Join Karen on her journey with the likes of Augustine, Brother Lawrence, and Saint Francis, as well as Amanda Berry Smith, Søren Kierkegaard, Dorothy Day, Howard Thurman, Flannery O’Conner, and many more. Let their lives and their wisdom be an invitation to authentic life in Christ.

About Karen Wright Marsh

Karen Wright Marsh is the founding director of Theological Horizons, a ministry at the University of Virginia that hosts lectures, spiritual studies, dialogues, and mentoring initiatives. She is the author of Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith, which was named an Outreach Resource of the Year, a Logos Booksellers Book of the Year, and a Foreword INDIES finalist. Karen holds a degree in philosophy from Wheaton College and a degree in linguistics from the University of Virginia. She lives with her professor husband, Charles Marsh, at the Bonhoeffer House in Charlottesville, Virginia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian

“…I’m beginning to feel there’s something off about the way we keep our distance from the ‘saints,’ those Special Ones who’ve been officially beatified and certified by distant church officials, held up as perfection incarnate.” – Karen Wright Marsh in *Vintage Saints and Sinners* I have firmly come......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

I'm only 6 saints into the 25 and I'm already hooked on Karen's voice and journey. She humbly walks us through the "greats" of Christianity with insight and humility, offering their flaws and gifts in one big spoonful of knowledge and contemplation. I did not know much about Therese de Liseux or Kie......more