Servants, Misfits, and Martyrs: Saints and Their Stories

by James C. Howell

Discover a world of saints whose faith, hope, and action will inspire and encourage you. This fascinating volume includes saints you know, saints you don't, and a few saints you might not recognize as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835809064
• ISBN13: 9780835809061
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Upper Room Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Exceptional Moral Examples

Having grown up in the Orthodox Church, I have had a somewhat limited understanding of saints, which has been changed by my contact with American Protestants. This book offers a very contemporary understanding of saints, giving the stories of many people we ignore in the Orthodox world, but people who offer tremendous examples of God's power and love. Because I did not know anything about them, the saints I enjoyed reading about were Clarence Jordan, Martin Niemoller, and Karl Barth. I am surprised by these because they are not the norm. Author Howell uses a definition that seems to be consonant with Christian teaching, though I doubt that many of the people featured in this book will have feast days on the calendar.