Mary Karr

Jesus

“James Martin’s riveting new meditation on Jesus is one of the best books I’ve read in years—on any subject. Jesus is a love letter to the first-century Jewish radical Martin has devoted his life to following. Bravo, Father Martin, for writing a must-read.”

Las prácticas de la predicación cristiana

Church Leadership & Ministry

“1 Predique sermones cristianos La iglesia X tiene un ambiente tan estéril como el de una sala de operaciones quirúrgicas. […] El sermón —sobre la justicia para nuestros semejantes— es tan escueto que deja fuera cualquier mención de Dios o de Jesucristo, quizás pueda resonar a algo moderno, pero no contiene sentido alguno de la historia. El pastor pide que haya paz y da gracias por la abundancia, pero su discurso podría muy bien haber salido de Reader’s Digest.”

The Abbey

Fiction

“With wit, wisdom and elegant prose, Martin has written a powerfully moving novel about (among other things) how an unbeliever can journey from suffering into spiritual practice. How it happens in an eyeblink. Another triumph from one of our best writers working like a master in a new form.”

Work in Progress

History & Biography

“To my shelf of well-worn books by Father James Martin, I add his moving, hilarious new memoir about summer jobs. With a keen eye for detail, he renders his quest as swashbuckling as any action tale—and as unlikely. The kid who busses tables at fifteen and puffs spliffs as an Ivy-Leaguer who’ll land in the corporate world. But a chance encounter with the late Trappist monk Thomas Merton transforms this business dude into a novice in the Society of Jesus. There is no greater quest or romance than this. Martin’s graceful storytelling voice and keen eye for detail makes this his most layered and lyrical effort. I hope he calls it Portrait of the Artist as a Young Jesuit . Like Joyce’s book, I suspect Martin’s will garner a cult readership.”