LM Penner is a lapsed Protestant. (Is that even a thing?) For better or worse, though, her thoughts on faith are informed by her Christian upbringing, and this book of creative non-fiction essays reflects that fact.

The essays in this book discuss heavy topics like suicide, controversial topics like the current status of the evangelical church, the suprisingly deep topic of Christmas carols, and inspirational topics like the spirtuality of trees, of finding your destiny, of aging, and of birds. Plus more.

Beer Drinking God Talking Girl starts with a death, and it ends with forgiveness -- not unlike the Christian tradition, itself. Perhaps LM Penner is not such a lapsed believer, after all. How about you?