{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9781250409881","title":"Beautiful Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Diana Butler Bass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2025-11-04\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;One of America’s most trusted theologians offers spiritual inspiration for every week of the year\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;offers an essay for every week in the seasons of the Christian year: From Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter through the entire calendar.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; 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 \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Wrinkle in Time\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; in Advent, to remembering her father’s old-fashioned blue Christmas decorations, and offering a revolutionary reading of the Last Supper.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;With 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081122529449,"sku":"PHBK-9781250409881","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/5013743482633.jpg?v=1779739139","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9781250409881","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}