The Very Worst Missionary

A Memoir or Whatever

De: Jamie Wright

Narrado por: Madeleine Lambert

After finding Jesus at a suburban megachurch, young Jamie Wright trades in the easy life on the cul-de-sac for the green fields of Costa Rica. There, along with her husband, kids, and the family cat, she intends to serve God and make converts.

But she soon loses faith and falls into a funk of cynicism and despair. Fortunately, Knives the cat is there, looking on with just enough disinterest to make her laugh...and dare her to try another way. That other way turns out to be telling the truth. She launches a renegade blog, Jamie the Very Worst Missionary, which against all odds soon wins a large and passionate following around the world.

Slowly, she begins to see that being a bad missionary - awkward, doubtful, skeptical - can mean that you're just the kind of person someone else might be willing to hear...and that loving others is just as much about changing yourself as it is about converting them.

©2018 Jamie Wright (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Well-rounded testimony of a missionary.

This is a very real and well-rounded testimony of a modern day woman becoming a missionary, and the personal journey of growth accompanied with it.

Radical candor and badassery at its finest!

Jamie's kinda, sorta memoir had me laughing hysterically, then tearing up, then diving into the depths of my soul for self-examination. An amazing book for an accidental writer! By the time it was over I felt I had gained a validating sister and kickass mentor!

Raw. Unfiltered. Grace-full.

A voice of the remnants who are just wanting to live, love, and mirror Jesus today. I’m encouraged that I’m not on the wrong side of the cognitive “line in the sand” in regard to traditional, archaic, stale, repetitive programs and monotonous displays of Churchianity. Thank you Jamie.

it will catch you off guard

There is something to be said about unfiltered truth that both punches u in the gut and has u shaking your head in agreement. This book does just that. Its worth the read if nothing else then to push u out of your normal into thinking deeper thoughts. ps wonderful narrated...

Interesting point of view

The narration could have been better but Jamie is a good writer. I enjoyed this short book.

Honest, real, humorous.

As a non believer, the religious stuff took me a couple of chapters to get past, but so worth it. Great story.

Convicting and honest

Glad I didn’t pay attention to the negative reviews. This book was just so honest and definitely humble. But more than that it shares a truth of missions that needs to be out there. Thank you for this.

Encouraging and thought provoking

I share a lot of similar life experiences as the author and it was life giving to hear someone express the same thoughts and questions I’ve struggled with. I just ordered a physical copy of the book so I can annotate it and share it with friends. My only negative is the voice performance of the reader. She had a funny quality where she ends every other sentence with an up tone so statements sound like questions. If the story had not been so engrossing I might not have kept listening solely because the performance was so distracting. Listen to a sample before buying. This is a very personal pet peeve and probably doesn’t bother others. Please read this book if don’t listen to it! <3

Poignant, Gritty, Thought-Provoking and Real

I've followed Jamie's blog for several years. This book didn't disappoint. There are moments so tender, so poignant as she discusses God in her busyness as a young mom or her years-long battle with depression. There is unflinching and needed critical dialogue on the short-term mission "industry." And in between a lot of F-bombs and plenty stories about Knives the cat is God's hand moving so clearly in her story. This is a must read, especially for people wanting to have a real conversations about missions. And it is a life-giving read to anyone thirsting to see vulnerability instead of trite christian jargon.

I also enjoyed the reader. I was disappointed that Jamie didn't read it. But this reader really gets the tone and doesn't try to christian-ize sarcasm, which I've experienced in other books...ahem all Jen Hatmaker books that she didn't read herself.

Hilarious, Honest, and Irreverently Jesus Focused

Very fast read, but a better listen. Jamie tells the truth about a great many of us. And if you find yourself taking offense at her observation, or her vocabulary, do a concordance search on "pharisee" and take some quiet time to reflect.

Very funny, and in my very limited, short-term missionary experience, painfully accurate.