Hansen - Blessed are the misfits: great news for believers who are introverts, spiritual strugglers, or just feel like theyre missing something

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Praise for Blessed Are the Misfits

Brant is smart. Frighteningly smart. But not just book smart. He cuts through the fat to the soul of the thing time and time again.

His writing is inventive, hilarious, and always an intriguing challenge to the status quo. We studied his last book, as a band, and it was a healing process for us all.

Mike Donehey

Tenth Avenue North

Brant Hansen was made to write this book! I cant stop smiling as I read it and think of the skeptics, strugglers, misfits, and outsiders who will read it and discover that, surprise of surprises, theyve actually been insiders all alongas they are, where they are, and right on time with all of their doubts, anxieties, and whatever else that tempts them to believe they are too messed up, too uncertain, or too (insert your flavor of alienation here) to be a proper Christian.

Jesus said, Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness... presumably because they know they have very little of their own righteousness to fall back on. May that hunger and thirst lead them to this feast and fountain of a book.

Jason Gray

Recording artist

This book is one-of-a-kind and such a breath of fresh air!

If God seems to stir the emotions of everyone on the planet, except you... its not just you! In Blessed Are the Misfits, Brant Hansen has signed a clean bill of health for those of us who feel as though our lack of emotional fervor is a disease to be cured!

Lisa Barry

Radio host, 98.5 KTIS-Minneapolis/
St. Paul, and Spirit 105.9, Austin, Texas

This book is for those who feel disconnected, lonely, or spiritually dry. Theyd better print a lot of them!

Brants writing is honest, quirky, funny, and downright therapeutic. I can think of no one Id rather have sit down with me and say, You know what? Its okay to be you.

Benjamin C. Warf, MD

Professor of neurosurgery,
Harvard Medical School

I have, for as long as I can remember, dealt with an aching sense of alienation, that everywhere I am I dont quite belong. I am grateful for Brant Hansens latest book because he helps me see how normal this feeling of abnormality really is andeven betterhow far Gods love for people just like me actually goes.

Read this book and feel less alone and much loved.

Jared C. Wilson

Director of content strategy, Midwestern Seminary
Author of The Imperfect Disciple

This book will disarm you. It will make you laugh and then leave you tearing up with thankfulness. Its that good. This book is remarkably intelligent and thoughtful, but Brant puts on no intellectual airs. He is vulnerable, deep, and deeply funny.

Im glad he wrote this. Honestly, I wish someone had written it long ago.

Dr. Greg Bellig

Chief medical officer, CURE International
Pediatric anesthesiologist, Hershey Medical Center

Blessed Are the Misfits is an EpiPen for those suffocating from the allergens of guilt, condemnation, and the sense of unworthiness.

Frank Viola

Bestselling author of Gods Favorite Place on Earth and coauthor of Jesus Manifesto

There are two types of Christian books in this world: Those laden with good, solid theology and dull as a low-res PBS NewsHour. Or there are those that keep you reading but include very little depth or theology to sustain you when real life comes a-knocking.

In Blessed Are the Misfits, somehowlike a mixed martial artistBrant achieves immense readability while providing deep, thoughtful, and theologically sound sustenance.

Its moving, thought provoking, and personal. Its brilliant. Buy it. Read it. Youll love it. Or youll hate it, but at least Brant will have your money.

Dr. Seth Ward

Director of worship and arts,
Central Presbyterian Church, New York City

Blessed Are the Misfits made me laugh out loud and think deeply at the same time. More important, though, is how Brant makes us reconsider what the blessed life really is and how it happens. There are many gifts in this book, but the greatest is how Brant tenderly helps us realize we are all misfits, and that we are relentlessly loved.

Michael John Cusick

Author of Surfing for God

Blessed Are the Misfits is provocative, and it is also wonderful. Brant makes it clear: for those who want God, He is in it with you. And thats great news for all the misfits who feel like God is distant and they just dont belong.

This book will refresh your weary, good-work-oriented soul. Pick it up and rejoice!

Joe Battaglia

Broadcaster, author (The Politically Incorrect Jesus and Fathers Say!), and president of Renaissance Communications

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