Jane Knuth has been volunteering at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for the last 17 years. She is also a math tutor. Knuth and her husband, Dean, live in Portage, Michigan.
God can show up in the most random places, including, evidently,
second-hand shops. Knuth (Thrift Store Saints), longtime volunteer
for St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Kalamazoo, Mich., offers
brief accounts showing that even the most mundane events in life
can reveal God to us. The author describes her interactions with
thrift store shoppers who are down on their luck, barely making
ends meet (or not), and the spiritual lessons she learned from
their hope and persistence. Knuth has a gift for gazing at the
world through the lens of grace and faith. These stories of the
ordinary are, interestingly, interwoven with an account of her
pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia where the Virgin Mary
was reported to have appeared. This may seem an odd juxtaposition:
accounts of finding God in the ordinary followed by the experience
of a religious pilgrimage to an extraordinary site. But the author
never favors one over the other. She attempts to reflect on her
life, become a more generous person, and savor the sacred in all of
humanity. Anyone looking for encouragement in their spiritual life
will appreciate the author's subtle yet invigorating vignettes.
--Publishers Weekly
"I love Jane Knuth's books Thrift Store Saints and Thrift Store
Graces."
--Ray Dupont, National Saint Vincent de Paul Stores Committee
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