Mystics and Misfits: Meeting God through St. Francis and Other Unlikely Saints Christian From stories of working together

From stories of working together to bring in the fall potato harvest to laugh-out-loud tales of sisterly love laced with revenge

Includes contributions by Rachel Marie Stone

and a guide to gardens and historic landscapes

use things carefully

A new generation engages the theology of John Howard Yoder

Mystics and Misfits: Meeting God through St. Francis and Other Unlikely Saints Christian From stories of working togetherChristiana Peterson and her family moved to an intentional Christian farming community in the rural Midwest. It sounded like a simple and faithful way to follow Jesus. Peterson discovers that community life is never really simple and that she needs resources beyond her own to weather the anxiety and exhaustion of trying to save a dying farm and a floundering congregation. She turns to Christian mystics like Francis of Assisi, Simone Weil, and Dorothy