{"product_id":"the-gospel-according-to-mary-9781646624393","title":"The Gospel According . . . to Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe very best art takes the received mythologies and, through perception, craft, and force of will creates images and metaphors for a current age. Absent this process of periodic renewal, the old stories grow moribund and their wisdom gets lost. With the poems in his latest collection, Carl Winderl continues to inhabit the Madonna story and achieves something fresh and insightful. Above all, \u003cem\u003e The Gospel According . . . to Mary\u003c\/em\u003e deepens our understanding of ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -David Daniel\u003c\/strong\u003e, Author of \u003cem\u003eInflections \u0026amp; Innuendos\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhite Rabbit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these remarkable and highly imaginative poems Mary speaks, not as a shy child wondering if she should say \"Yes\" but as the mother of the King of the Universe. Bold and edgy, she knows Christ as no one else-from the tattoos she finds as she washes his body to the yellow star on his prison garb. If poetry should upset the usual and provide new angles of vision, Carl Winderl\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ehas triumphed. This Mary not only radiates her love through the most trying of circumstances, she is both Queen and our contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -Jill Pel ez Baumgaertner\u003c\/strong\u003e, Dean of Humanities and Theological Studies, Wheaton College; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Poetry Editor, \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/em\u003e; recent poetry collection: \u003cem\u003eWhat Cannot Be Fixed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in biblical imagery, lyrical wordplay, poignant and sometimes disturbing contemporary allusions, and spiritual musing, this collection of Marian poems magnifies the human and cosmic heartbreak and passion of the Mother of Jesus. By exploring the interplay between divine mystery and human emotion, Winderl enlarges our view of Mary and by doing so, extols her. These are poems to treasure and ponder in your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -Donald A. Yerxa\u003c\/strong\u003e, author, co-author, or editor of twelve books, most recently \u003cem\u003eReligion and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Innovation: Antagonists or Partners?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gospel According . . . to Mary\u003c\/em\u003e, by Carl Winderl, is an engaging and catalytic work that stretches one's imagination and appreciation for both the poetic written word and the Word made flesh. This significant work is to be digested slowly, thoughtfully, and reverently-listening as well as reading. These poems serve as prisms, which refract the Light. It is as the Psalmist declared: In Your light we see light. Read, reflect, and rejoice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -John C. Bowling\u003c\/strong\u003e, President of Olivet Nazarene University, author of \u003cem\u003eGraceful Leadership, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e ReVision, Making the Climb, Above All Else, Windows and Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e A Way with Words \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe emotional tsunami of a mother's love and sorrow is captured through poetry in \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel According . . . to Mary\u003c\/em\u003e by Carl Winderl. Mother Mary's heart is revealed in language and imagery of a mother's sacrifice, made in faith to Christ's mission. Winderl's poetry imprints the reader with the power of a supernatural, maternal love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -Suzette Martinez Standring\u003c\/strong\u003e, Award-winning author and Syndicated Spirituality Columnist, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e GateHouse Media\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carl's BEST book ever.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -Suzette Martinez Standring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinderl, Carl:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Carl Winderl holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from New York University and maintains a home in San Diego, CA. Finishing Line Press has published three other collections of His Marian poetry: Mary Speaks of Her Son (2005), la Via de La Croce (2008), and Behold the Lamb (2015).","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50445219594514,"sku":"9781646624393","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed11e9ab-97c6-4949-98bb-c02718df0c5b.jpg?v=1729698306","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gospel-according-to-mary-9781646624393","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}