Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
I Pray Anyway
Joyce Wilson-Sanford · 2017
74/100
👍 Worth It
Wilson-Sanford does something uncommon: she writes a devotional that neither pretends doubt away nor abandons faith because of it, and the result is candid, sometimes funny, and genuinely wise. Kirkus noticed the honest arc across a full year. Readers from traditional or evangelical backgrounds should know the theology skews progressive and interfaith, but for the spiritually restless, this is a rare find in the devotional aisle.
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safety85
substance74
craft76
originality80
accuracy72
hype68
age-fit88
human-eye74
Penny’s verdict74
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