Unexpected sources of grace and faithfulness fill the pages of Praying from the Free-Throw Line--For Now by Minka Sprague, a deacon of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New York. In fifty-six intensely personal essays, she explores relationships--mother, sister, daughter, deacon, student, professor--urging us to an appreciation of community, a state that can be, at times, contentious and chaotic, but that always leads us closer to God. We can...