{"product_id":"wounded-in-spirit-advent-art-and-meditations-a-25-day-illustrated-advent-devotional-for-the-grieving-with-scriptures-and-stories-drawn-from-the-work-hardcover","title":"Wounded in Spirit: Advent Art and Meditations: A 25-Day Illustrated Advent Devotional for the Grieving with Scriptures and Stories Drawn from the Work - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Bannon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Yancey\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen celebrating Christmas does not come easily, David Bannon offers a book of reflection, beauty, and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristmas is difficult for many of us. While some are expressing joy, others are re-living painful memories and reminders of loss. This book is a journey of beauty and meditation for those for whom ordinary Advent devotionals could never help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Bannon writes from profound personal experience. His reflections provide a way to commune with Scripture and with God. These are paired with beautiful paintings created by wounded artists, including Gauguin, Tissot, Caravaggio, Tanner, Delacroix, Van Gogh, and Dürer. In their wounds, and from our own, we may once again encounter \"God with us.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the latest research in history and grief, \u003ci\u003eWounded in Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e also returns to where Christian art began. From mourning in Roman catacombs to works of the masters, Bannon leads us to join the world's great artists on their pilgrimages of brokenness. This is a book of hope.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDepression and suicides spike at Christmas, as loneliness and the memories of lost loved ones invade the background cheer. My own father died in mid-December, before his twenty-fourth birthday, an untimely death that forever cast a pall over our family's Christmases. We know, all of us, the dissonance of which Simeon spoke to Mary: of love splattered with blood, of consolation that proves diffused and fleeting. Art brings that dissonance to the foreground, with a poignancy that wounds the spirit like a sword. \u003cbr\u003e --Philip Yancey, from the foreword \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bannon\u003c\/b\u003e taught college for many years and publishes on art, history, culture, and translation. He has appeared on The Discovery Channel, A\u0026amp;E, and The History Channel and has been interviewed by NPR, Fox News and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He has lectured at libraries and museums and was curator of Asian art for the Florence Museum of Art and History in South Carolina. The present book is a result of the author's own brokenness, wounds and grief: he was convicted on felony charges in 2006; his daughter, Jessica, died in 2015. David currently lives in South Carolina with his wife and their cat, Yeti. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.2 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63508788019549,"sku":"9781640601451","price":39.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/a0JFcnlXdkdWajhXVndZalM0Nmh2dz09.webp?v=1771566887","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/wounded-in-spirit-advent-art-and-meditations-a-25-day-illustrated-advent-devotional-for-the-grieving-with-scriptures-and-stories-drawn-from-the-work-hardcover","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}