Epiphany – The Season of Glory

“One of the first women to be ordained in the Episcopal church, Fleming Rutledge has had a fruitful career of teaching preachers to communicate the gospel for the formation of the flock in love of God and neighbor. In this volume, Dr. Rutledge focuses on the liturgical season of Epiphany. Incorporating close readings of Scripture (both Greek and Hebrew texts) and Anglican prayers and hymns, she leads us week by week through Epiphany, showing how this season among any other most fully manifests the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. This book joins Dr. Rutledge’s other books as a blessing to the church.”

“In Epiphany, Fleming Rutledge shows how recovering a delight in the glory of God in Jesus Christ is ‘needed by the church right now as a drowning person needs a lifeboat.’ Written with joyful urgency yet patient wisdom, this book should be required reading for pastors seeking to recover the wonder of Epiphany. Veterans and newcomers to celebrating the liturgical year will find a treasure of biblical and theological insight in this succinct yet potent work. Moreover, anyone who aches for an alternative to the empty ‘glories’ so widely pursued today will be nourished by this exposition of the strange yet beautiful reality of God’s resplendent glory, displayed in the crucified Lord.”

Fleming Rutledge is an Episcopal priest and a bestselling author. She was in full-time parish ministry for twenty-one years, fourteen of them at Grace Church in New York City. Her other books include Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ and The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (winner of Christianity Today’s 2017 Book of the Year Award).