THE UNDOING OF DEATH

This outstanding sermon collection by Rutledge reflects 26 years of preaching during Holy Week and Easter. Some of the sermons have been revised and reworked for publication; all are in print here for the first time. The collection focuses more heavily on Holy Week than on Easter Sunday itself, which is represented by just two sermons. Rutledge is to be commended for including sermons for the oft-neglected Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week, as well as messages for Eastertide, the "Great Fifty Days" that follow Christ's resurrection. Although fellow preachers will pore over her words to gather ideas for their own homilies, the general reader will also profit from these sermons, which are full of anecdotes and powerful insights into biblical passages. (Jan.)