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'White china' is Molly Wolf's personal shorthand for the kind of religious language and ideas that often seem abstract and daunting. Those of us who don't already know them are left to struggle in a landscape of abstraction and purity, intimidated and uncomfortable with our ability to handle them. We might mispronounce the words or use them wrongly, and then what would people think of us? They're pure white china--we might get them dirty. We might drop and break them. And they certainly aren't something we can consume--who can eat china? In this beautifully written collection of essays, Wolf takes the language of Christian faith and religion, sets it in the context of her keen observations of everyday experiences, and unpacks it, opening it up to make it real and close up and important. This charming, quirky, and highly personal book is for those who yearn to be touched, to find meaning, and to deepen their faith through fresh literary explorations of the places where faith meets life.
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