NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.WINNER OF THE 2015 CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD. “James Martin’s rivetingnew meditation on Jesus is one of the best books I’ve read in years—on anysubject.”  — Mary Karr, author of  Lit James Martin, SJ, giftedstoryteller and  New York Times  bestselling author of  TheJesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything , brings the Gospels to life andinvites believers and seekers alike to experience Jesus through Scripture,prayer, and travel. Father Martin ushers you intoJesus’ life and times and shows us how Jesus speaks to us today throughcombining fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with profoundspiritual insights about the Christ of faith, recreating the world offirst-century Galilee and Judea. Martin also brings together themost up-to-date Scripture scholarship, wise spiritual reflections, andlighthearted stories about traveling through the Holy Land with a fellow (andfunny) Jesuit, visiting important sites in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Stories about Jesus’ astonishinglife and ministry—clever parables that upended everyone’s expectations,incredible healings that convinced even skeptics, nature miracles that dazzledthe 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, aswell as friend and brother.