With unflinching honesty and humor in the vein of Cheryl Strayed and David Sedaris but a raw tenderness all her own, Kate Landis chronicles the hardest parts of her young adulthood as well as her poignant journey to faith and community.
Kate Landis grew up in the American Baptist Church-the child of a music director and a deacon-until she left the church in her late teens after surviving major depression and a handful of suicide attempts. She became an activist, feminist, punk, and self-described rabble rouser. And through activism she found a spiritual community with justice at its core and a faith that could hold it all-her mental illness, her fire, her spunk, and all of her questions-a loving, stubborn grace.
By:
Kate Landis (Kate Landis)
Imprint: Skinner House Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781558968578
ISBN 10: 1558968571
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 11 May 2021
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1. The Incomplete Castle 2. The Family Curse 3. Emma and Wilma 4. It’s All Jimmy Carter’s Fault 5. Choose Jesus . . . or Else 6. Sadness the Chimp and the Evil Katieo 7. Mad Dog the Angry Adolescent 8. Technicolor Romance 9. Psych Hospital, Version One 10. Off the Roof 11. Electric Hallelujah 12. Sharon Jumped 13. No Resurrection for Cool Girls 14. Great Jobs I Got Fired From 15. The Patriarchy Always Knocks Twice 16. Good Choices, Bad Reasons 17. Stealing Junk 18. Accidentally Stealing 19. Two Pink Lines 20. Big Sister God 21. Starting Single 22. Once Burned, Twice Shy 23. Fasten Your Theological Seatbelt 24. Like in Washington? 25. The Dalai Lama Says I’m Okay. My Niece Disagrees. 26. Refusing to Be Enemies 27. A Streetcar Named Dignity 28. Good Guys 29. Ferocious Love 30. Heaven Is a Place on Earth 31. Riding Horses to Heaven 32. Spiritual Safety Rails 33. But You’ll Die! 34. Jazz Hands for the Prodigal Son Benediction
Rev. Kate Landis currently serves as chaplain at Swedish Hospital in Edmonds, Washington. She has previously served as minister at Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church, as a youth advisor, and GA chaplain. She won the Skinner Sermon Award, presented annually to the preacher of the sermon best expressing Unitarian Universalism's social principles, for her sermon ""Resilience and Religious Freedom."" She lives with her husband Jay and ornery mutt Wally in Seattle, where she is frequently the oldest person in the mosh pit.
Reviews for Stubborn Grace: Faith, Mental Illness, and Demanding a Blessing
Kate Landis's memoir is an honest look at her experiences as a person with mental health problems and the story of how love of family and a spiritual community helped her to recover. Her story involves experiences of anxiety, suicidal depression, psychiatric hospitalizations, loss of friends, and addiction of a family member, but also the love and support of her family, friends, and church community. I think this book will give hope to others who may be suffering mentally but have not been able to admit it to others, or maybe even to themselves. It may encourage them to reach out for connection with a spiritual community. -Barbara Meyers, author of Held: Showing Up for Each Other's Mental Health
