Last week I purchased ridiculously fantastic heels: ruby red and three inches tall. I had hoped to find playful springtime heels at a modest two inches but “settled” for kick-ass footwear. In celebration of excellent shoes and fabulous clergywomen, here’s my endorsement from the back cover of Dirty Sexy Ministry‘s powerful new book, Where God Hides Holiness. (The snake skin heel also pictured here is a wine bottle holder!)

“Far more than a memoir, Where God Hides Holiness is like a genuine Lenten journey that honors the raw places of wilderness, the hard realities of death, and the exquisite beauty of resurrection. Mary Koppel and Laurie Brock are pastoral on the page, implicitly inviting readers to recognize God in our own stories even as they share theirs. Grab a box of tissues and a glass of wine! This is a book for those who wish that God promised a well-ordered life, those who strain for authenticity in faith and in the Church, those who know the acute heights of both grief and joy, and those who wear extra make-up occasionally to cover the soul’s wounds. (For all those not previously described: the drinks are on you!)”