Memoir of a Misfit : Finding My Place in the Family of God

by Marcia Ford (Orlando, Florida)

• ISBN13: 9780787963996
• ISBN10: 0787963992
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

"In a sense, of course, all believers are strangers in a strange land- some, as they say, are just stranger than others. That would be my friends and me." Like Marcia Ford, most of us have felt, at one time or another, as if we are on a different wavelength from the rest of the world. Try as we might, we don2t fit in- not in society and certainly not in the church. Despite our best efforts at camouflage, despite our hopes that we may finally have found a group of kindred believers, people still look at us funny. But if we stop to think about it, we2re not in bad company. After all, Jesus was something of a misfit in His day, too. In this funny, fresh, and frank memoir, Marcia Ford chronicles her spiritual journey as a self-proclaimed misfit, telling the engaging story of one woman2s efforts to fit into both society and the Christian church. Candid about her shortcomings and her sneaking suspicion that she may really be a square peg in a round hole, Marcia discovers that it is precisely because of her uniqueness that she is able to claim God2s abundant grace and come to experience God more fully.

Author Biography

Marcia Ford is a former religion editor for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey, associate editor of Charisma magazine, and editor of Christian Retailing.