Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Accidentally on Purpose
Nancy Shaffer · 2013
77/100
👍 Worth It
The title listed here — Accidentally on Purpose (2013) by Nancy Shaffer — does not match any verified Shaffer publication. Nancy Shaffer was a beloved Unitarian Universalist minister and poet whose only 2013 book was While Still There Is Light, a posthumous spiritual memoir she wrote as she faced a terminal brain-tumor diagnosis. If that is the book intended here, it is an honest, moving document of dying and faith — sober, beautifully written, and deeply meaningful for adults navigating grief or illness. The UU tradition is non-creedal, which may not suit traditional Christian readers. Until the catalog entry can be confirmed as the right title and author pairing, this review carries a low-confidence caution.
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