Virtual author talk: Kirsten Powers on “Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts”

Political analyst and bestselling author Kirsten Power offers a path to navigating the toxic division in our culture without compromising our convictions and emotional well-being. Powers finds herself wondering, along with countless Americans: How are we to cope with this non-stop madness? Based on her experience as a journalist during the Trump era, interviews with experts, and research on what leads people to actually change their minds, her book “Saving Grace” shares insight about our country’s poisonous political discourse, chronicling the efforts she’s made to stay grounded and preserve her sanity in a post-truth era that has driven many of us to the edge. She draws on lessons offered by faith leaders, therapists, theologians, social scientists, and activists working for change today. She dismantles the widespread misconception that grace means being nice, letting people get away with harmful behavior, or choosing neutrality in the name of peace. Grace, she argues, is anything but an act of surrender; instead, it is a kinetic and transformative force. Saving Grace offers a template for a different kind of America, one where we can engage with people who hold opposing views without sacrificing our values or our passionate beliefs. It’s a place where we’re empowered to see the possibility in other people, even people who are driving us nuts. More info: Red Letter Christians November Book Club | Facebook