Author Patty Kirk

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Patty Kirk
Patty Kirk is Writer in Residence and adjunct associate professor of English, specializing in writing, at John Brown University. She has an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Arkansas and an M.A. in English from Tulane University and has taught English at colleges in the U.S., Germany, and China. Confessions of an Amateur Believer, a spiritual memoir, is her first book.

In a rarity for a Christian book, Patty received a “starred review” in Publisher’s Weekly for this, her first book. Here it is…

Confessions of an Amateur Believer
Patty Kirk. Nelson, $13.99 paper (275p) ISBN 978-0-7852-2041-1
Kirk came to Christian faith kicking and screaming after years as a lapsed-Catholic atheist, but once in the fold she embraced her newfound relationship with God with passion. That passion, however, wasn't all happiness and love. Kirk's candor, humor and sarcasm show us a woman who struggles to understand how God would have her live each day as a parent, teacher, wife and daughter. "My own experience of getting to know him has been more about moving toward him—and often away from him—through conflict and questioning and struggle," she says. Her 33 brief essays are divided into four sections: "Meeting God", "Struggling", "Progress" and "Rest". Kirk's thoughts on concepts such as servanthood, intercessory prayer, fairness and priorities glitter with humor and honesty. On a deeper level, her ruminations shine with a heart-deep knowledge that God understands her struggles, and that her trials are made easier by knowing him. This is a lovely book both for Kirk's fine writing and for her search for God that encompasses all readers. "If, in the darkness, I stop worrying to listen—which I often don't, or can't, or won't—I hear God's voice under the narrative of my own worries and accusations: That's enough."

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		www.amateurbeliever.com Patty Kirk Patty Kirk is Writer in Residence and adjunct associate professor of English, specializing in writing, at John Brown University. She has an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Arkansas and an M.A. in English from Tulane University and has taught English at colleges in the U.S., Germany, and China. Confessions of an Amateur Believer, a spiritual memoir, is her first book. In a rarity for a Christian book, Patty received a “starred review” in Publisher’s Weekly for this, her first book. Here it is… Confessions of an Amateur Believer Patty Kirk. Nelson, $13.99 paper (275p) ISBN 978-0-7852-2041-1 Kirk came to Christian faith kicking and screaming after years as a lapsed-Catholic atheist, but once in the fold she embraced her newfound relationship with God with passion. That passion, however, wasn't all happiness and love. Kirk's candor, humor and sarcasm show us a woman who struggles to understand how God would have her live each day as a parent, teacher, wife and daughter. "My own experience of getting to know him has been more about moving toward him—and often away from him—through conflict and questioning and struggle," she says. Her 33 brief essays are divided into four sections: "Meeting God", "Struggling", "Progress" and "Rest". Kirk's thoughts on concepts such as servanthood, intercessory prayer, fairness and priorities glitter with humor and honesty. On a deeper level, her ruminations shine with a heart-deep knowledge that God understands her struggles, and that her trials are made easier by knowing him. This is a lovely book both for Kirk's fine writing and for her search for God that encompasses all readers. "If, in the darkness, I stop worrying to listen—which I often don't, or can't, or won't—I hear God's voice under the narrative of my own worries and accusations: That's enough." Just released
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