A review by theologiaviatorum
The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ by James Bryan Smith

inspiring fast-paced

4.0

This is the second in Smith's "Good and Beautiful" series which seems to take Dallas Willard's Divine Conspiracy and make it into a curriculum for Christlikeness.  The Good and Beautiful LIfe was fantastic. I enjoyed the first in this series, and thought there was much good that many need to hear, but I was not particularly awed by it. This book, however, is wonderful. It combines insight with accessibility and practicality. The first in the series sought to change how we think about God. This book is a walk through the Sermon on the Mount. And, true to its description as a curriculum of Christlikeness, every chapter is paired with a Spiritual Exercise wherein we open ourselves up to the Holy Spirit so that God's grace might transform us into his likeness. This is one of the most practical and easy guides to Christian practice I know. I highly recommend it.