Brightest and Best - by Sam Portaro (Paperback)

About the Book

In these meditations on the lesser feasts and fasts of the church calendar Sam Portaro asks the question, What do these saints and commemorations have to say to Christians today?

Book Synopsis

In these meditations on the lesser feasts and fasts of the church calendar Sam Portaro asks the question, What do these saints and commemorations have to say to Christians today?

Review Quotes

A good resource for the preacher and teacher, but a fine handbook to accompany our devotional work.

His spirited and sometimes unsettling reflections give us food for thought while at the same time dislodge us from our bland pieties and oblige us to think again what it means to be living limbs of the risen body of Christ.

The style of the meditations is rather intimate and informal. Spirited and sometimes challenging, they could be used for readings at the liturgy of the hours or simply for personal prayer and inspiration.

About the Author

SAM PORTARO is the Episcopal chaplain to the University of Chicago and director of Brent House. He had previously served as a parish priest in North Carolina, and as chaplain to The College of William and Mary in Virginia. Dr. Portaro is the author of Conflict and a Christian Life and co-author of Inquiring and Discerning Hearts: Vocation and Ministry with Young Adults on Campus.