Grace (eventually) : thoughts on faith / Anne Lamott

Prelude -- Dance class. Ski patrol ; Wailing wall ; Dance class -- Bodies. The muddling glory of God ; Dear old friend ; A field theory of beauty -- In circulation. Cheese love ; At death's window ; The born -- Forgivishness. Nudges ; The carpet guy ; Dandelions ; Near the lagoon, 2004 -- Lost and found. Steinbeck country ; Shadows ; The last story of spring -- Samwheel. Chirren ; Samwheel ; Blink of an eye -- Earth school. Bastille Day ; Mom, interrupted ; Junctions ; Kookaburra.

Wherever you look, there's trouble and wonder, pain and beauty, restoration and darkness--sometimes all at once. Yet amid the confusion, if you look carefully, in nature or in the kitchen, in ordinariness or in mystery, beyond the emotion muck we all slog through, you'll find it eventually: a path, some light to see by, moments of insight, courage, or buoyancy. In other words, grace. Lamott knows and lives by this belief, most of the time. In these essays, she recounts the missteps, detours, and roadblocks in her walk of faith.--From publisher description.