Epiphanies: Stories for the Christian Year

What might it be like to experience the dramatic events of the Christian year as if for the first time? Readers familiar with and new to the seasonal liturgies will be challenged and delighted by this book. Here, the renowned authors of the Chrysostom Society, a contemporary Christian writers group, offer original work. Walter Wangerin Jr., Virginia Stem Owens, Philip Yancey, and many others serve as spiritual mentors and guides, offering readers the opportunity to apply transcendent wisdom in each religious holy day. With messages to be savored for the sheer pleasure of word craft, as well as motivating insights, this text will equip the devotional heart. Its beautiful tellings-from histories of saints to personal memoirs-are provocative and profound. Readers will find everything from humorous narrative to journal entries here, taking the word stories to an entirely new level. Epiphanies is a treasury to rouse the soul and a superlative gift book.