The Youngest Day

By Robert Farrar Capon

Book Overview

When it comes to grace, no one writes with more elegance, humor, and well, grace, than Robert Farrar Capon. Since his first publication hit shelves in 1963, Robert's voice has served as one of the guiding lights for the Christian faith from generation to generation. Now, in one of his most intimate works, Robert welcomes readers young and old to join him at his home on Shelter Island, NY, for a series of reflections on the seasons and the nature of God's divine love. Originally published in 1983, this slim, poetic volume offers some of the sweetest, most evergreen musings in the Capon canon. He begins, "If you are in the habit of associating resurrection only with spring, if you think of winter as somehow incompatible with rebirth--let me show you something..."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1733716602
• ISBN13: 9781733716604
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Mockingbird Ministries Inc
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Seasons of Grace

Robert Farrar Capon is one of my favorite authors and this book is such a perfect example of his creative imagination. Taking the four seasons to illustrate the Eschatology blew me away. Winter is Death, Spring is Judgment, Summer is Hell and Autumn is Heaven. It is a more personal book as he takes us with him on his morning runs through the seasons as he experiences them on his island. It has changed my view of winter because I now look for the buds that are held in joyful anticipation of spring. He has also renewed my joy in the glories of autumn, rather than the sadness of knowing that the leaves will all fall and die. For anyone needing to be comforted after any grief or loss, this is a book that will help you embrace the earthly cycle of life with a deeper faith than when you first started reading The Youngest Day.

This book turned my thinking around

This is one book I've read about five times and have found every reading a pleasure. It is a book which looks at the elements of the Christian faith from a different perspective, the seasons of the year. It is a book of power and beauty. I have purchased several copies to give as gifts to friends and enemies alike.