January 2012 Flunking Sainthood at OCBC

We're reading together:

Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor by Jana Riess 

See the reading group guide.

Hear the interview on NPR on January 6, 2012. 

Find out a little more about the author at her blog. 

My questions for you:

What or who are saints?

What do you believe about saints? 

Are you one? 

Could you be one? 

Do you know one (or more)?

And in preparation:

Musical Reflections on Saints

Litaniae Sanctorum 

or Litany of the Saints

or Litany of the Saints

The Saint Song (a la Gilbert & Sullivan patter song)

Litany of the Saints by Matt Maher

O When the Saints Go Marching In

When the Saints by Sara Groves

I Sing a Song of the Saints of God (midi-just music) (video)

For All the Saints (midi-just music) (video)

Saints and Sinners by Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller

Come, Come, Ye Saints

The Saints Should Never Be Dismayed

The Saints of God! Their Conflict Past

Sing with All the Saints in Glory

The Merits of the Saints

When the Saints are Marching In

Other Web Resources:

Saints

Saint Cast: Podcasts about saints