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Chargement... Thrift Store Graces: Finding God's Gifts in the Midst of the Mess (2012)par Jane Knuth
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This "ridiculous" religious thinking--that when we help the poor, they end up helping us--is at the heart of the 30 stories that Jane Knuth shares in Thrift Store Graces, the sequel to her popular Thrift Store Saints. Similar to the first book, Thrift Store Graces contains personal accounts of Knuth's experiences serving as a once reluctant, now enthusiastic volunteer at a thrift store in Kalamazoo, Michigan. What sets Thrift Store Graces apart from her first book is that Knuth introduces us to some far more challenging personal situations that emerge as a result of her volunteer work. Additionally, she invites us to join her as she hesitantly embarks on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje in war-ravaged Bosnia. Through it all, her delightful sense of humor keeps her going, along with her conviction that some of God's greatest gifts come disguised as difficulties. Witty, inspiring, and thought-provoking all at once, the stories in Thrift Store Graces subtly compel us to redefine what it means to volunteer and to rethink why it is that we volunteer in the first place. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Knuth weaves the story of having her wallet stolen at the thrift shop into many of the other stories in the book, which I liked. It helped to center the book. She also jumped back and forth between thrift store stories and her journey to Medjugorje, which I didn't care for. The trip seemed completely unrelated and it made the book feel disjointed.
(In case any readers are sensitive to profanity, please note that there are a couple of swear words included in dialogue.)
"The balance of power [between volunteer and the people served in the thrift store] is so skewed that it is an immediate barrier to friendship. I am the seemingly rich person giving the money away, and they are the seemingly needy people asking for help. This is not a good basis for friendship... Maybe this is why our patron, St. Vincent, tells us to help as quickly as possible, to drop everything, even our rosary beads, when someone asks for our assistance. Our quick response is a sign of our sincere concern for them, and it takes some of the power out of our hands and puts it in theirs. If we delay our help to fit our own schedule, we control not only the money but also their time and add to their anxiety." p 156
"Take care not to spoil God's work by trying to hurry them too much. Take good time and know how to wait. Too often we spoil good works by going too fast, because we are acting according to our own inclinations which makes us think what we want to do is practical and timely. What God wishes done is accomplished almost by itself, without our thinking about it." St. Vincent dePaul, as quoted on p 51 (