{"product_id":"a-beautiful-year-52-meditations-on-faith-wisdom-and-perseverance","title":"A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of America’s most trusted theologians offers spiritual inspiration for every week of the year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance offers an essay for every week in the seasons of the Christian year: From Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter through the entire calendar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther than its major holidays, many people are not familiar with the rhythms of the church year, an ancient spiritual cycle of time. Yet all religions have such calendars ― and they shape our understanding of faith. In the West, we live in tension with the secular calendar (mostly an inheritance from the Roman Empire) and the Christian liturgical calendar, a cycle of sacred stories that compose a larger narrative of love, hospitality, mercy, justice, and gratitude. Bass reclaims and presents fresh perspectives for every biblical text in the church year; from musing on A Wrinkle in Time in Advent, to remembering her father’s old-fashioned blue Christmas decorations, and offering a revolutionary reading of the Last Supper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith fresh insights on familiar stories, these essays surprise and inspire, challenge and comfort, and will be savored year after year. Beautifully designed, the book is also a perfect gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diana Butler Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53690880557269,"sku":"9781250409881","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/1893\/3973\/files\/9781250409881.jpg?v=1776623965","url":"https:\/\/thecrookedshelfbooksbrews.com\/products\/a-beautiful-year-52-meditations-on-faith-wisdom-and-perseverance","provider":"The Crooked Shelf, Books \u0026 Brews","version":"1.0","type":"link"}