Reconciliation, Healing, and Hope: Sermons from Washington National Cathedral

by Jon Meacham (Foreword), Michael B. Curry (Primary Contributor), Randolph Marshall Hollerith (Primary Contributor)

Powerful sermons from Washington National Cathedral that inspire and a foreword by John Meacham. Through their sermons, Cathedral clergy and guest preachers such as Jon Meacham, Kelly Brown Douglas, and Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry share inspiring words. Collectively, they offer lasting guidance for difficult times, reinforcing that even in the midst of loss and chaos, God is at work among us, lifting us up and giving us hope for the future. Topics include hope, faith during times of distress, love, grief, and the presence of God. With a foreword by Jon Meacham.

224 pages, Hardcover

Published February 22, 2022

About the author

Jon Ellis Meacham is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer who is serving as the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral since November 7, 2021. A former executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former editor-in-chief of Newsweek. He is the author of several books. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University.

Reviews

[Daniel Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is such a mix bag. It is difficult to review. There were certainly sermons that were inspiring and encouraging as well as sermons that were repetitious, and drum beating, often to drums which seemed out of tune. However, the declaration of God‘s presence and God‘s love was a consistent theme. As a book the main problem I had is that the readings for each day, which often times Influence the sermons, were not included. How that could be overlooked I cannot understand.
As a coffee, it was a bit like Russian roulette.