A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance

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One of America’s most trusted theologians offers spiritual inspiration for every week of the year

A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance 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.

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 A Wrinkle in Time in Advent, to remembering her father’s old-fashioned blue Christmas decorations, and offering a revolutionary reading of the Last Supper.

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.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin’s Essentials
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 4, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250409888
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250409881
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 1.15 x 8.55 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #8,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #19 in Spiritual Self-Help (Books) #65 in Christian Self Help #138 in Christian Spiritual Growth (Books)
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