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The Gospel of Luke has long been celebrated for its attention to detail. In this accessible devotional, Larry Parsley illuminates the brilliant subtleties of Luke's text-the careful wordplay, the beautiful imagery-which, all together, paint the story of Christ in living color. Follow Parsley verse by verse, and see this old story with fresh eyes.

Imagine you have ten minutes to live. You're in a near-death situation, like the patient who's being operated on and suddenly finds himself looking down on the action as the doctors try to save his life. What do you need to know when your life's end is near? What is there to know? What can this religion or that religion say to you when you really need some light? PZ's Panopticon weighs the world's organized religions, such as Christianity and Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism; but it also weighs "dead" religions like those of the Aztecs, the ancient Egyptians, and the Greeks and Romans. There are also religions that are not called religions, like money and fame and sex; family and your children; ideology; and power. PZ's Panopticon is a wild ride. But it's part of a trip we are all going to take.

The Bible is as strange as it is surprising. Even its most well-known stories can catch us off guard, revealing things about God and about ourselves that we had not seen before. Nowhere is this more true than with the book of Genesis. Its iconic accounts of shepherds and nomads, apple-eaters and ark-builders, sharpen our view of human life and the God who works in the midst of it. With empathy and imagination, Eden and Afterward traces the first notes of the song of grace which plays throughout the entire Bible.

When Father William Jansson hears the unexpected confession of a dead priest's mistress, he finds himself caught in a web of secrets and mysteries. This fictional chronicle is Robert Capon's probing investigation of death, judgment, Hell, and Heaven.

Stephanie Phillips and Charlotte Getz never expected to raise their families anywhere but home, in the American South. But then...life happened. Quirky, hilarious, and (mostly) true, Unmapped is the tale of two long-distance friends who found home--together and apart--in unexpected exile. This spiritual memoir duet is unlike anything you've ever read.

This little book was Robert Farrar Capon's first best-seller, originally published in 1965. Now re-released for the first time, Bed & Board is Father Capon's enduring, rambunctious counsel on marriage and family life--woven through with the message of grace that never changes, no matter the decade.

It's time for a drink, Marvin Goodman decides after missing his red-eye out of Cleveland. Moseying into to the airport bar, he encounters a charismatic young chef named Jerry-who also claims to be God. Before long, Marvin finds himself in the middle of a spiritual revival-witnessing miracles, healings and one everlasting anchovy pizza-in this weird and wonderfully inspired account of the Gospel story.

"No one ever said life would be easy." Many of us will admit that, at times, life is hard. We buckle down, put our noses to the grindstone...and all too often wind up exhausted or burned out. But the problem isn't that life is difficult. The problem is that life is impossible! Fortunately, what sounds like bad news is merely the beginning of the Good News in this concise, gospel-centered book about God's abundant mercy and love. With wisdom, humor, and compassion, Nick Lannon casts life's painful realities in the light of Jesus, the One who achieves the unachievable.

When it comes to grace, no one writes with more elegance, humor, and well, grace, than Robert Farrar Capon. Since his first publication hit shelves in 1963, Robert's voice has served as one of the guiding lights for the Christian faith from generation to generation. Now, in one of his most intimate works, Robert welcomes readers young and old to join him at his home on Shelter Island, NY, for a series of reflections on the seasons and the nature of God's divine love. Originally published in 1983, this slim, poetic volume offers some of the sweetest, most evergreen musings in the Capon canon. He begins, "If you are in the habit of associating resurrection only with spring, if you think of winter as somehow incompatible with rebirth--let me show you something..."

A dash of theology. A pinch of satire. The unmistakable smell of roasted lamb. This can only mean one thing: Father Capon is back. More Theology & Less Heavy Cream is the never-before-published collection of essays from the much-missed theologian, writer, and chef, featuring his and his wife's lovable alter-egos, Pietro and Madeleine. Armed only with oven mitts and a razor-sharp wit, this unforgettable couple spars over God, food, grace, and everything in between.

There's a big difference between judgment and love, obligation and freedom, a wage and a gift. The difference characterizes an extraordinary amount of our day-to-day experience, often dividing fear from hope, and death from life. At the heart of Christianity lies a similar and related dynamic: between the Law and the Gospel. Far from being a reductive or antiquated distinction, understanding where one ends and the other begins allows a person to see both the Bible and themselves-indeed, the whole world!-in a fresh and enlivening way. Written with the non-theologian in mind, this short volume unpacks the good news of God's grace with practicality, humor, and a whole lot of heart.

In his debut book, writer and blogger David Zahl riffs on the intersection of music, memoir, and theology to create a fresh and colorful series of essays that truly stands alone. Constructed like an album, A Mess of Help surveys some of pop's most eccentric icons in hopes of finding answers to both the small questions ("Who am I?") and the big ones ("What about Michael Jackson?"), unearthing timeless wisdom even as it entertains. So if you've ever wondered how fundamentalism sparked Guns N' Roses, what ABBA can do for your marriage, or why Brian Wilson built his sandbox, open your heart and drop the needle.

One woman's hilarious and deeply touching dispatch from the trenches of contemporary life, Churchy traces the fingerprints of grace from hospital hallways to community swimming pools to church nurseries and back again. Unflinchingly honest yet unfailingly hopeful, Rev. Sarah is a genre unto herself. You've never had this much fun going to church