A Man Named Jesus

A Story

by Gayle Rose Calmes


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Softcover
$20.99
E-Book
$3.99
Softcover
$20.99

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 4/29/2013

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 332
ISBN : 9781462406050
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 332
ISBN : 9781462406043

About the Book

An ordinary family lives in a small community outside ancient Jerusalem. They don’t expect what takes place inside the massive walls of the city to have much impact on them or their daily lives. The patriarch of the household is concerned with supporting his family, especially after soldiers destroy work he had completed for wealthy customers, threatening his income and reputation. His wife concentrates on running their home and raising their family. The older children are restless, only concerned with their future. The younger children seem oblivious to all that goes on around them. Caught between worrying about a coming baby and surviving the present, none of them expect that a new kind of life awaits them.

Danger threatens this community and its inhabitants. From the lively rabbi who embraces the rumblings of new teachings to the old women who reject any change around them, everyone in the village faces challenges to their traditions, lives, and beliefs. An unstoppable momentum beyond their control strengthens, and resistance to change forms the beginnings of a new faith—but faith in what? Something amazing has happened, and none of their lives will ever be the same again.

A Man Named Jesus offers a powerful glimpse into what it would have been like to live during the time that Jesus lived, died, and was resurrected—the beginning of Christianity.

All proceeds from book sales will be donated to the Backpack Ministry at Bethany United Methodist Church, Austin, Texas, providing weekend meals to elementary school students on assistance programs who otherwise would go hungry. For more information, contact www.bethany-umc.org.


About the Author

Gayle Rose Calmes lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Paul, near their children and grandchildren. They enjoy retirement, travel, and their Bethany church family of thirty years. Gayle writes for the church’s seasonal devotional books.