Through the Year with Jesus (Continuum Icons) (Continuum Icons Series)

Here is an entirely fresh and original book about Jesus, the Jesus of devotion, the Jesus within. Here are fifty pictures (or images) of Jesus, each being a chapter of the book. We need to get away from cliches and see what Jesus really means for people today. After a brief account of Jesus and his times, the author introduces the book and how to read it. Some of the pictures of Jesus are surprising- Jesus the drop out, the vagabond, the one who refuses power, the family therapist and the exorcist. Gruen has a rare gift of simple communication, of bringing Jesus alive to modern men and women. This was a gift which Henri Nouwen also had and the publishers are expecting to command similar sales. The style is simple and direct and psychologically in tune with our times.