{"product_id":"extraordinary-faith-for-ordinary-time-larry-kalajainen-9780788000201","title":"Extraordinary Faith for Ordinary Time: Sermons for Pentecost (Last Third) Cycle C Gospel Texts","description":"\u003ci\u003eFor those who grumble at grace never experience it. Those who risk accepting it, discover that their lives are changed forever. Salvation came to Zacchaeus because he was willing to go out on a limb to see Jesus. Salvation comes to us when we are willing to go out on a limb and risk becoming all that we can be through the grace of that same Jesus Christ.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- from the Proper 26 sermon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLarry R. Kalajainen writes that we are ordinary people, and ordinary time is a gift to us. It offers us opportunity to practice living by the grace notes of the gospel seasons. It is time filled, not with meaning assigned to it by the gospel events, but with the meanings that we give to it as we live in time as Christ's disciples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author adds that God has invested time with meaning, and we celebrate that meaning in the gospel seasons. But, we also have an investment to make in time. Ordinary time is our time. It is ours to fill with meaning, with purpose, with faithful discipleship and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe twelve sermons in this book are based on gospel texts primarily from Luke. Sermons follow the Revised Common, Episcopal, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic lectionaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry R. Kalajainen\u003c\/b\u003e, New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a United Methodist pastor in the Southern New Jersey Annual Conference. He holds a doctorate in Biblical Studies from Drew University. He and his wife, Carol, and their two daughters spent six years as missionaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Kalajainen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0788000209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780788000201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CSS Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.28w x 0.32d","brand":"Larry Kalajainen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441344983295,"sku":"9780788000201","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8fb8a9fa-876d-4aeb-bc13-9880ea211d28.jpg?v=1777190293","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/extraordinary-faith-for-ordinary-time-larry-kalajainen-9780788000201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}