{"product_id":"living-the-christian-year-time-to-inhabit-the-story-of-god-9780830835201","title":"Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eInfuse your days with meaning.You are part of a larger Story. And the One who began the Story is at work today, in your life, in the midst of your meetings and bills and family activities that make the days rush by and blur together. In these pages Bobby Gross opens to you--and opens you to--the liturgical year, helping you \u003ci\u003einhabit\u003c\/i\u003e God's Story every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemembering God's work, Christ's death and resurrection, and the Spirit's coming will change you, drawing you into deeper intimacy with God and pointing your attention to the work of the Father, Son and Spirit right now, in and around you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou'll be reminded daily that your life is bigger than just you, that you are part of God's huge plan that started before time and will continue into eternity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're familiar or unfamiliar with following the liturgical year, this book makes it easy to do, offering here the significance and history of each season, ideas for living out God's Story in your own life, and devotions that follow the church calendar for each day of the year.\"The power that overshadowed Mary and raised Jesus from the dead also guarantees the final redemption of all things in him; that same power is at work in us now,\" Gross writes. \"Keeping liturgical time, making it sacred, opens us further to this power as, year after year, we rehearse the Story of God--\u003ci\u003eremembering\u003c\/i\u003e with gratitude, \u003ci\u003eanticipating\u003c\/i\u003e with hope--and over time live more deeply the Story of our lives.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBobby Gross is director of Graduate and Faculty Ministries for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF). Bobby serves on the national board of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA) and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Previously, Bobby was a national field director for IVCF, served as an InterVarsity chaplain at the University of Florida, launched campus ministry in South Florida, and was the regional director for New York\/New Jersey. Bobby is the author of \u003ci\u003eLiving the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also contributed chapters to three other books, including \u003ci\u003eFaith on the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e (InterVarsity Press) and \u003ci\u003eSigns of Hope in the City\u003c\/i\u003e (Judson).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Formatio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492176564498,"sku":"9780830835201","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79429dc6-6528-415a-8744-a880fb9eac7e.jpg?v=1730574979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/living-the-christian-year-time-to-inhabit-the-story-of-god-9780830835201","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}