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092			_a286.1092 _bB985
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100	1		_aButler, Amy _c(Rev. Dr.), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBeautiful and terrible things : _bfaith, doubt, and discovering a way back to each other / _cAmy Butler.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2310
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Dial Press, _c[2023]
264		4	_c©2023
300			_axv, 211 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid," said theologian Frederick Beuchner. Pastor Amy Butler, the first woman at the helm of New York's historic Riverside Church, knows firsthand that to navigate such a world, one must be courageous, honest, and compassionate. In Beautiful and Terrible Things, Pastor Amy draws on the most meaningful, challenging, and soul-shaking moments of her own life, to offer larger lessons on theology and relationships. Pastor Amy grew up in a conservative Evangelical family in the diverse culture of the Hawaiian Islands. As she realized she was more inclined to be a pastor than to marry one, she began an unlikely journey, breaking one stained-glass ceiling after another. Holding increasingly high-profile ministry positions in New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and New York, Amy weathered rigidly unwelcoming congregations and enormous trials, ultimately learning that only the radical love of community could generate healing. As she describes her experiences leading a church to publicly affirm its LGBTQ community members, losing a child, and an unexpected divorce, Amy offers a thoughtful lens on all the ways life can push us to see the world from another's perspective. In her signature compassionate, witty voice, she offers fresh, nonjudgmental perspectives on faith-which, at its most beautiful expression, allows for the possibility that there is more than one way to experience God"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aButler, Amy _c(Rev. Dr.)
650		0	_aClergy _zUnited States _vBiography. _918684
650		0	_aSuffering _xReligious aspects _xChristianity. _961953
650		0	_aFamilies _xReligious aspects _xChristianity. _9210859
650		0	_aParenting _xReligious aspects _xChristianity. _926900
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