Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Never once did Jesus scan the room for the best example of holy living and send that person out to tell others about him. He always sent stumblers and sinners. I find that comforting.

And when the grief of our brother was cared about, Jesus was cared about.

Images of Mary remind us of God’s favor. Mary is what it looks like to believe that we already are who God says we are.

as sacred as love is, human love is never pure or perfect. We just aren’t that kind of species. There are cracks in everything and even the most shining aspects of our lives — even love, or perhaps especially love — come with imperfection.