Coffee with Jesus - by David Wilkie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Thousands of people start each day with a shot of <em>Coffee with Jesus, </em> the enormously popular online comic strip. Irreverent at times, yet always insightful, this volume features classic entries and all new, exclusive material, twelve-panel megastrips and behind the strip reflections on life, faith and art.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><ul> <li>One of <em>Library Journal</em>'s Best Books 2013 (spirituality/religion)</li> <li>ForeWord 2013 Book of the Year Award Finalist (Graphic Novels and Comics)</li> <li>2014 Midwest Publishing Association Honorable Mention (Special Trade)</li> </ul><p>Thousands of people start each day with a shot of <em>Coffee with Jesus, </em> the enormously popular online comic strip. Irreverent at times, yet always insightful, this volume features classic entries and all new, exclusive material that was born out of artist David Wilkie's frustration with the polarized political climate in America. Originally created as a one-off, single-panel comic on my blog, utilizing old advertising clip art for the main characters and Sunday school clip art for the person of Jesus, I simply enjoyed the notion of Jesus appearing at table with these people (dressed as they were and sharing coffee with them) to refute their claims of how he might vote on any particular issue, to convince them that they cannot confuse their flag with their God--to set them straight, as it were, explains Wilkie. But it didn't stop here. Soon the Jesus of <em>Coffee with Jesus</em> could be seen offering counsel to a recurring cast of characters on their personal and work lives. The characters--Carl, Lisa, Ann, Kevin and Joe--all honestly engage with Jesus about their successes and failures and wants and needs, effectively showing what conversation with God--or prayer--might look like. Poignant, pointed, and rife with good theology, <em> Coffee with Jesus</em> is organized around six themes: getting to know Jesus, spiritual disciplines, relationships, culture, church, and the challenges of life. With exclusive material like twelve-panel mega-strips and behind the strip reflections on life, faith and art, Wilkie inventively poses answers to the perpetual Christian speculation, What would Jesus do?</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><em>Christianity Today, </em> the magazine I edited for twenty-eight years, was not known for its keen sense of humor. That's why <em>Coffee with Jesus</em> is one of my guilty pleasures. I read its sassy Jesus as a refuge from sober Christians and to make up for the smart-aleck gene missing from my DNA.</p>--David Neff, former editor in chief, Christianity Today<br><br><p>The day I discovered <em>Coffee With Jesus, </em> I felt a little less alone in Christendom. Wilkie's characters demonstrate our worst flaws, and Coffee Jesus skewers them with a wry balance of humor, solid theology and love. This might be the best evangelism tool since <em>Mere Christianity.</em> Perfect for a seeker or someone who's fed up with religiosity but thirsty for Jesus.</p>--Susan Isaacs, author of Angry Conversations with God<br><br><p>David Wilkie accomplishes in a four-panel comic strip what preachers try to achieve in a 45-minute sermon--making one solid point that delivers a spiritual truth. Wilkie's popular <em>Coffee with Jesus</em> strip invites the reader to eavesdrop on conversations between Jesus and a diverse cast of characters as they discuss everyday topics including relationships, culture, and church. Worship leaders will gain insight into the types of questions and issues real-life people struggle with daily.</p>--Jeff Friend, Worship Leader Magazine, January/February 2014<br><br><p>Irreverent yet insightful.</p>--Heidi Schlumpf, National Catholic Reporter, December 9, 2013<br><br><p>Organized around six themes, the comic strips in this devotional feature a recurring cast of characters who honestly engage with Jesus about their lives, effectively showing what conversation with God--or prayer--might look like. . . . Recommend <em>Coffee With Jesus</em> to youth and young adults.</p>--CBA Retailers + Resources, December 2013<br><br><p>The cheeky, online comic strip that has gained a cult audience of 40,000-plus followers in less than three years is now ready to burst upon the world as a giftable, brightly hued coffee-table book. . . . The wit is barbed, theology surprisingly relevant, and the overall effect highly addictive.</p>--John Muraski, Religion News Service, December 2013<br><br><p>The heart is the comic collection and its humor, at once gentle and barbed and more thought-provoking than many a sermon. Buy this for a Christmas gift, to be read over a cup of strong joe.</p>--Publishers Weekly, November 11, 2013<br><br><p>This collection of strip cartoons, originally seen online, uses the simplest means--clip art--to the richest ends: disarmingly funny reflections on human failings and faith, featuring stock characters in conversation with an amusing and amused Jesus. Revelatory.</p>--Library Journal's Best Books 2013, December 2013<br><br><p>We can all wish that the author is right and that Jesus was as funny as this; Wilkie's book deserves a place on the shelf of every pastor.</p>--Library Journal, November 15, 2013<br><br><p>We have much to be thankful for in Wilkie's creative work here, and the ways in which it ever so gently prods us toward a deeper understanding of who Jesus is and what it means to follow him in our times.</p>--Chris Smith, Englewood Review of Books, Advent 2013<br>
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