Stubborn Grace by Kate Landis
With unflinching honesty and humor in the vein of Cheryl Strayed and David Sedaris but a raw tenderness all her own, Kate Landis chronicles the hardest parts of her young adulthood as well as her poignant journey to faith and community. Kate Landis grew up in the American Baptist Church—the child of a music director and a deacon—until she left the church in her late teens after surviving major depression and a handful of suicide attempts. She became an activist, feminist, punk, and self-described rabble rouser. And through activism she found a spiritual community with justice at its core and a faith that could hold it all—her mental illness, her fire, her spunk, and all of her questions—a loving, stubborn grace.“Kate Landis’s memoir is an honest look at her experiences as a person with mental health problems and the story of how love of family and a spiritual community helped her to recoverHer story involves experiences of anxiety, suicidal depression, psychiatric hospitalizations, loss of friends, and addiction of a family member, but also the love and support of her family, friends, and church community. I think this book will give hope to others who may be suffering mentally but have not been able to admit it to others, or maybe even to themselves. It may encourage them to reach out for connection with a spiritual community.” —Barbara Meyers, author of Held: Showing Up for Each Other’s Mental Health
Rev. Kate Landis currently serves as chaplain at Swedish Hospital in Edmonds, Washington. She has previously served as minister at Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church, as a youth advisor, and GA chaplain. She won the Skinner Sermon Award, presented annually to the preacher of the sermon best expressing Unitarian Universalism’s social principles, for her sermon “Resilience and Religious Freedom.” She lives with her husband Jay and ornery mutt Wally in Seattle, where she is frequently the oldest person in the mosh pit.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781558968578 |
| ISBN 10 | 1558968571 |
| Title | Stubborn Grace |
| Author | Kate Landis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Skinner House Books |
| Year published | 2021-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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