{"product_id":"beautiful-year-von-diana-butler-bass","title":"A Beautiful Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of America's most trusted theologians offers spiritual inspiration for every week of the year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an essay for every week in the seasons of the Christian year: From Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter through the entire calendar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Other 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 \u003ci\u003eA Wrinkle in Time\u003c\/i\u003e in Advent, to remembering her father's old-fashioned blue Christmas decorations, and offering a revolutionary reading of the Last Supper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781250409881\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9781250409881","offer_id":58032670343493,"sku":"9781250409881","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/190f2355-6db1-49dd-9860-e1e75fd3cf27.jpg?v=1781323997","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/beautiful-year-von-diana-butler-bass","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}