{"product_id":"very-worst-missionary-book-jamie-wright-9780451496539","title":"The Very Worst Missionary","description":"\"The reason you love Jamie (or are about to) is because she says exactly what the rest of us are thinking, but we're too afraid to upset the apple cart. She is a voice for the outlier, and we're famished for what she has to say.\" --Jen Hatmaker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOf Mess and Moxie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor the Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wildly popular blogger \"Jamie the Very Worst Missionary\" delivers a searing, offbeat, often hilarious memoir of spiritual disintegration and re-formation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As a quirky Jewish kid and promiscuous punkass teen, Jamie Wright never imagines becoming a Christian, let alone a Christian missionary. She is barely an adult when the trials of motherhood and marriage put her on an unexpected collision course with Jesus. After finding her faith at a suburban megachurch, Jamie trades in the easy life on the cul-de-sac for the green fields of Costa Rica. There, along with her family, she earnestly hopes to serve God and change lives. But faced with a yawning culture gap and persistent shortcomings in herself and her fellow workers, she soon loses confidence in the missionary enterprise and falls into a funk of cynicism and despair.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nearly paralyzed by depression, yet still wanting to make a difference, she decides to tell the whole, disenchanted truth- Missionaries suck and our work makes no sense at all! From her sofa in Central America, she launches a renegade blog, \u003ci\u003eJamie the Very Worst Missionary\u003c\/i\u003e, and against all odds wins a large and passionate following. Which leads her to see that maybe a \"bad\" missionary--awkward, doubtful, and vocal-is exactly what the world and the throngs of American do-gooders need.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Very Worst Missionary\u003c\/i\u003e is a disarming, ultimately inspiring spiritual memoir for well-intentioned contrarians everywhere. It will appeal to readers of Nadia Bolz-Weber, Jen Hatmaker, Ann Lamott, Jana Reiss, Mallory Ortberg, and Rachel Held Evans.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49512666628369,"sku":"GOR009416796","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50116173857041,"sku":"CIN0451496531G","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50155092476177,"sku":"CIN0451496531VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50351158264081,"sku":"CIN0451496531A","price":4.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0451496531.jpg?v=1751431466","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/very-worst-missionary-book-jamie-wright-9780451496539","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}