{"product_id":"into-the-mess-and-other-jesus-stories-reflections-on-the-life-of-christ-hardcover-1","title":"Into the Mess and Other Jesus Stories: Reflections on the Life of Christ - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebie Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was a disrupter and a peacemaker, a rebel and a rabbi. His friends were the riffraff, and his enemies the religious elite. He was the wounded man who healed the sick, the homeless man who fed the hungry, the convicted criminal who released the captives, and the dead man who conquered the grave. The stories he told were scandalous, and the stories he lived changed the world. To reflect on the Jesus of the Gospels is to reflect on paradox, mystery, wonder, and messiness. It is to find God in the shadows, the tensions, and the ambiguities of life on earth as it is. These essays on the stories of Jesus are invitations to faith in all its complexity and untidiness. The Jesus who emerges here is not the sanitized Christ of piety and platitude, but the Christ of complicated joys and transcendent sorrows. The Christ who weeps, wonders, loses, learns, and seeks. These are the stories of the Incarnate God who finds and loves us in the messiness of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebie Thomas is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e and an essayist for \u003ci\u003eJourney with Jesus: A Weekly Webzine for the Global Church. \u003c\/i\u003eShe serves as the Minister of Lifelong Formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42652918612064,"sku":"9781666706239","price":60.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/R1hXdFFkcFRaMmRSdnVqc3ppb0dnUT09.webp?v=1773942673","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/into-the-mess-and-other-jesus-stories-reflections-on-the-life-of-christ-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}