STEVENS, BECCA

"Sanctuary" is about some unlikely and unexpected places where Becca Stevens has encountered God: a trail in the Andes, her son's bathtub, Dorothy Day's Hospitality House, the Kroger parking lot.

Becca Stevens, best-selling author, high-profile social activist and one of the premiere preachers in the U.S., extolls the power of love in this new collection of essays intended for everyone from church leaders to seekers.

Where is God? Can I get there from here? What happens along the way?

A parable with two themes, this work uses the framework of the funeral to illuminate two difficult steps on the journey of belief: confronting the inevitability of death and finding compassion for strangers.