NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.

WINNER OF THE 2015 CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD.

“James Martin’s riveting

new meditation on Jesus is one of the best books I’ve read in years—on any

subject.” — Mary Karr, author of Lit

James Martin, SJ, gifted

storyteller and New York Times bestselling author of The

Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, brings the Gospels to life and

invites believers and seekers alike to experience Jesus through Scripture,

prayer, and travel.

Father Martin ushers you into

Jesus’ life and times and shows us how Jesus speaks to us today through

combining fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with profound

spiritual insights about the Christ of faith, recreating the world of

first-century Galilee and Judea.

Martin also brings together the

most up-to-date Scripture scholarship, wise spiritual reflections, and

lighthearted stories about traveling through the Holy Land with a fellow (and

funny) Jesuit, visiting important sites in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

Stories about Jesus’ astonishing

life and ministry—clever parables that upended everyone’s expectations,

incredible healings that convinced even skeptics, nature miracles that dazzled

the dumbstruck disciples—can seem far removed from our own daily lives but in Jesus

you will come to know him as Father Martin knows him: Messiah and Savior, as

well as friend and brother.