Sin Boldly, Cathleen Falsani
Sin Boldly, Cathleen Falsani
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Sin Boldly
A Field Guide for Grace

Author: Cathleen Falsani

Narrator: Cathleen Falsani

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 10/19/2008

Synopsis

Grace is everywhere, all around us, all of the time. We only need the ears to hear it and the eyes to see it. It is much easier and perhaps more helpful to describe what grace feels like through stories and images that illustrate the varied ways grace is experienced when encountered in the wild, than it is to attempt to define it definitively, to trap it, and cage it. Maybe that’s why Jesus was so fond of parables: nothing describes the indescribable like a memorable yarn.Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace is a collection of stories about the author's experiences with grace—in ridiculous moments and in those that seem trivial but are anything but; in wacky adventures and quiet walks; with family and with strangers; in bars, nightclubs, the occasional house of worship, and in her own home; and through conversations with people—some famous and some not—who have introduced her to grace in new ways that in turn have shaped her faith and the way she tries to live it.

About Cathleen Falsani

Cathleen Falsani, author of Sin Boldly, The Dude Abides, and The God Factor, is the award-winning religion columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. She attended Wheaton College and also holds masters degrees in journalism and theology. She lives in Laguna Beach, California, with her husband and fellow journalist, Maurice Possley.

Reviews

Goodreads review by midnightfaerie on February 27, 2015

This is the first of about 20 books that I've started reading in 2015 that I've finished, and I have to say, I was disappointed. I also have to admit, it was the title that attracted me. Sin boldly applies to grace through forgiveness in my opinion, and this theme rarely showed its face anywhere in......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on April 22, 2011

I actually stumbled upon this book while I was looking for inspiration for my BigBangAlt theme for a couple of months ago (my theme was 'grace'). Funny how fandom will lead you in some strange directions, isn't it? While nothing in this book is earth-shattering or even new - it is refreshing and tin......more

Goodreads review by Susan on January 16, 2009

Falsani's series of essays are honest, funny, irreverent, and inspiring. She points out the places she finds grace: in her everyday life, in her job as a religion writer, on treks to Africa where she's met a collective of widows who are supporting themselves, in a Kenyan slum, in her own writer's bl......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on July 25, 2008

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading the essays in Falsani's book. Her writing reminded me of how I fell in love with Buechner's writing back in high school. I enjoyed her reference to Buechner in Chapter three in regards to singing in the car, "Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye o......more

Goodreads review by Jodi on April 25, 2009

Don't let the title keep you away. I actually had someone tell me that this was not an appropriate book for me to be carrying into church as I tend to read and drink coffee before the service. Definitely a great read that gave me a better understanding of the concept of grace.......more

Quotes

'Ranging from Chicago to Kenya, New Orleans to Maine, Big Sky to Graceland, [Cathleen] Falsani dons her investigative cap and scouts for grace. This religion columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times is a charming guide to places and people who reveal 'grace when and where it happens.' Eschewing technical theological definitions, Falsani opts instead to tell how she has experienced grace. And we are vicarious travelers, seeing grace -- 'audacious, unwarranted, and unlimited' -- through Falsani's eyes. She marvels at the devotion of young people who crowd to the pope's funeral and at the astoundingly independent women of Asembo Bay in Kenya. She wrestles with anger at a misogynist Tanzanian tour guide and anger at God when her mother and beloved cat face cancer. We traipse along with the author and eavesdrop on her conversations, both external and internal. The result is a pastiche of images meant collectively to reveal God's grace. Though some may find the premise contrived, only a fierce cynic could fail to be drawn into Falsani's tales and candid reflections.' Publishers Weekly

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