Thrift Store Graces: Finding God’s Gifts in the Midst of the Mess

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 Saints. Similar to the first book, Thrift Store Graces, the sequel to her popular accounts of Knuth’s experiences serving as a once-reluctant, now-enthusiastic volunteer at a thrift store. What sets Thrift Store Graces apart from her first book is that JKnuth introduces us to some far more challenging personal situations that emerge as a result of her voluntary 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 humour 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 this book compel us to redefine what it means to volunteer and to rethink why it is that we volunteer in the first place. Also available Thrift Store Saints 9780829433012.