Combining lively prose and creativeinsight, pastor and radio host Peter W.Marty probes the intricacies of dailyhuman experience and invites readersto reconsider their faith lives with fresheyes. In this collection of reflectionsfrom a pastoral heart, Marty carefullyslices the contours of divine grace andviews them in micro- and macroscopicfashion for the sake of appreciating themagnificence of the body of Christ-the church.
The Anatomy of Grace takes well-wornreligious language from another eraand refashions it into powerful speech for the twenty-first century Christian.Organized around the themes ofserendipitous grace, unobtrusivegrace, ordinary grace, surprising grace, mysterious grace, and weightless grace, the work is both a treatise on livingthe Christian life well and a stirringreminder of why congregational lifematters so significantly in America.