Anne Rice's "Christ the Lord"

This book drew me into the heart of Jesus.

How can I describe it? I had no expectations when I began to read; it was just another book, I thought. But slowly, over the course of the narrative, I began to experience something that made me wonder. I began to experience a kind of bonding, a kind of closeness to Jesus that I had never felt before. The book drew me into contemplation, into a prayerful gaze of admiration and awe at who Jesus was--and is. To know is to love, and this book has helped me to love Jesus more.

Indeed, this book has helped me to see that Jesus, even now, still has the heart of a child. And yet he is not a child. "Ever ancient, yet ever new."

"Christ the Lord" is historical fiction, but it has a power that transcends the written word, a power that brought me face to face with a real person--a power to move me from a knowledge about Jesus, toward a knowledge of Jesus himself, a knowledge that is experience, that is relationship. Read this book with an open mind and an open heart. That is what I did, and I am grateful for it.