Second-Hand Saints
Illustrated Stories of Christian Spirituality
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
This book shares the life stories of ordinary, contemporary Christians who are examples of extraordinary faith. These remarkable people are unassuming, often vulnerable, and surprisingly like us. Nominated by Christian leaders and clergy, their stories are filled with spiritual growth. Finding and interviewing these people took more than a decade. Second-Hand Saints is an illustrated work of spiritual inspiration. Speakers tell stories of suffering, beauty, and grace. Each story is complemented by original black-and-white drawings celebrating the reconciliation and healing of persons in Jesus Christ.
Endorsements (3)
“lives being stirred by the beauty and brokenness of faith and spirituality. Second-Hand Saints reminds us that sacredness often appears unexpectedly in everyday people and places, and when we learn to pay attention, we too can receive blessed assurance during times of struggle. I recommend this wonderful text to anyone seeking to find God in all they do.”
“It is with great pleasure that I endorse this book, Second-Hand Saints. The stories of each of twelve persons illustrate that saints come in a variety of forms and in a variety of circumstances. The stories told of each of the saints is done in a sympathetic and identifiable way. Each story touches the heart and effectively challenges each of us to better reflect Jesus’s love of others in a variety of situations. I strongly recommend this book to all Christians as they seek to reflect Christ’s love with others.”
“Second-Hand Saints offers a first-rate foray into the depths of being and becoming human. In all his wisdom, wit, and creativity, Reimer draws us into the brokenness and the beauty of the moral lives of these saints. No one can read these stories and not be shaken awake to the fullness of life we find in grace and love of God and neighbor. In his novel approach to offering rigorous scholarship through story, Reimer offers a primer on moral development and formation—an all too often overlooked domain of human thriving.”
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