Through Anne Lamott's many books (including six novels, her bestselling parenting memoir, Operating Instructions, and her popular guide to writing, Bird by Bird) the subject she keeps returning to is her faith, her deeply personal--"erratic," she says--journey in Christianity. Her latest book, Grace (Eventually), is her third collection of her "thoughts on faith," and she took the time to answer a few of our questions.

Prelude

          DANCE CLASS

Ski Patrol

Wailing Wall

Dance Class

             BODIES

The Muddling Glory of God

Dear Old Friend

A Field Theory of Beauty

         IN CIRCULATION

Cheese Love

At Death's Window

The Born