Michelle DeRusha writes a monthly column on religion and spirituality for the "Lincoln Journal Star "and is a regular contributor to "The High Calling" and other online journals. She also writes about faith in the everyday on her blog at www.michellederusha.com. She lives with her husband and their two boys in Nebraska. A
Praise for Spiritual Misfit
"Derusha is not a familiar figure on the landscape of spiritual
writing, but the merit of her prose may lie in her very typicality.
Married with two children in Nebraska, a columnist (Lincoln Journal
Star) and occasional author, she writes with unassuming verve and
charm reminiscent of Anne Lamott; her frequent admissions of her
own shortcomings, doubts, and fears are presented with humor, wit,
and intelligence. Her journey and struggle--to accommodate
uncertainties within faith--resonate with the experience of many
Christians today. Verdict: One of the most appealing spiritual
memoirs of the last several years, this book deserves readers well
beyond church reading groups. It will speak to the lives of many
individual seekers within Christianity and without."
--Library Journal "This book is profoundly insightful and
laugh-out-loud funny--the kind of book you carry with you to the
kitchen sink and to the laundry room and even to the bathroom,
because you can't.stop.reading. World, meet Michelle
DeRusha--master storyteller, brilliant writer, spiritual misfit.
With candor and humor, Michelle picks up the pieces of her faith
story (and her faithless story), then spreads them out on the pages
like an offering. This book reveals a loving God who isn't
surprised or repelled by our misfit tendencies, but who pulls us
closer. Spiritual Misfit is for any one of us who has ever groped
through the dark, which is pretty much every one of us."
--Jennifer Dukes Lee, author of Love Idol
"Michelle DeRusha shares an honest and heartfelt personal
perspective on the journey of faith. She takes us to the hard
places, through the doubts, and brings us to this reassuring truth:
sometimes when you're searching for a place to belong, what you
really need to discover is how much you've been loved all
along."
--Holley Gerth, best-selling author of You're Already Amazing
"It is rare to find someone who seeks God as Michelle DeRusha
does--with an authenticity the world lacks, with the wit and candor
of Anne Lamott, and with the humility of Christ himself. Spiritual
Misfit is the unadulterated journey of a woman who knows what it is
to struggle and what it is to overcome. You'll come away
changed."
--Emily T. Wierenga, author of Atlas Girl
"Michelle DeRusha's Spiritual Misfit is a generous and honest
portrait of stumbling into faith. This book is an invitation to
wonder and journey, masterfully crafted by Michelle's insights and
humor. At once vulnerable, at once assured, this narrative offers a
welcome and fresh perspective on the spiritual memoir and on the
coming to terms of faith within ourselves and our communities."
--Preston Yancey, author of Tables in the Wilderness: A Memoir of
God Found, Lost, and Found Again "This is the book we've been
waiting for! It's the book we need, because there is no way we get
to faith without asking a bunch of questions and fumbling around in
the dark for a while. This book frees us to be ourselves with
Jesus, and to let him pursue us and woo us and love us and
challenge us and stretch us. Michelle tells her story with humor
and heart. It's as if she knew someone needed to go first, giving
the rest of us courage to exhale and say, 'Whew! I'm not the only
one!'"
--Deidra Riggs, managing editor, The High Calling; founder,
JumpingTandem "Michelle DeRusha is a masterful writer who brings
fresh insight, imagery, and wisdom to the spiritual memoir genre.
Spiritual Misfit invites the reader to climb a tree and cock the
head to see the world from a whole new perspective. It's funny,
smart, and brimming with hope--a book for those new to faith and
those who long for a faith that's new. I look forward to reading
everything Michelle DeRusha writes."
--Rachel Held Evans, author of A Year of Biblical Womanhood
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