Putting the Amazing Back in Grace

by Ann Weems

In Putting the Amazing Back in Grace , Ann Weems reflects on the church of her childhood and youth, writing about her personal faith story as it developed amid the influences of family, culture, and religion. She goes on to reflect on the contemporary church--mourning, eloquently, the condition of the church today, charging that it has put process over people, division over unity, and corporate strategizing over conversation and consultation with God.

Genres: Poetry

98 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite poem in the book was The Hosanna Woman and the Thank-you Man. There is a quote that seems so relative to the church today and the polorization of sides over issues. The quote comes from pg 21: "For we have eaten our hot cross buns, and heard the declaration of the trumpets: He is risen! He who was dead is alive but we who say we believe continue our quarreling, flipping through the Bible to find passages to support our private theologies."

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

On a poetry level, I'm not really wild about this. The stuff she's saying is cool, though, like how her dad preached about peace during WWII and was basically kicked out of his church for sticking to his guns. Er, doves? Sticking to what he believed. I'm definitely excited to read more Ann Weems.