{"id":3151,"date":"2008-05-02T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/05\/stephen-colbert-and-anne-lamott-seek-grace-eventually.html"},"modified":"2008-05-02T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-02T14:11:00","slug":"stephen-colbert-and-anne-lamott-seek-grace-eventually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/05\/stephen-colbert-and-anne-lamott-seek-grace-eventually.html","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert and Anne Lamott seek grace, eventually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is pretty damn funny.  <\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t wild about Lamott&#8217;s last book, <i> Grace, Eventually,<\/i> but her first spiritual memoir, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/anchor\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780385496094&#038;view=rg\">Traveling Mercies<\/a><\/i> is a wondrous and hopeful and often hilarious collection of essays about her search for salvation as a recovering alcoholic and single mom.  <\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s also the author of one of my favorite maxims: &#8220;The two most popular prayers in the world are &#8216;Help, help, help&#8217; and &#8216;Thank you, thank you, thank you.'&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Click and enjoy. <\/p>\n<p><embed FlashVars=\"videoId=167059\" src='http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/sitewide\/video_player\/view\/default\/swf.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#cccccc' width='332' height='316' name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer'><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>H\/T to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanpapist.com\/2008\/05\/video-stephen-colbert-interviews-author.html\">American Papist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is pretty damn funny. 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