{"product_id":"the-table-at-the-end-of-the-world-christs-regard-for-those-in-despair-9781540906151","title":"The Table at the End of the World: Christ's Regard for Those in Despair","description":"\u003cb\u003eWe go and visit the people whose world has ended--and set up a table\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRegard doesn't save people; the good news does. But regard is our most tender, basic, and visible sign that this news is true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Table at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, chaplain and award-winning author John Andrew Bryant takes us into the ordinary and the heartbreaking--the places where people do their sitting and their eating and their living and their dying. Showing regard is not spectacular. But it is an ordinary thing in a sad place. An ordinary thing at the very heart of what people have lost, all the trouble they're in, and all the lies they've been told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd in that ordinary thing, Christ shows up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about the regard we give to others--how simple presence and care become the most visible sign of the reality of Christ, the forgiveness of sin, and the homecoming offered only in Him. Offered to people as they are, the world as it is, the situation as it stands, and the moments we find ourselves in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor chaplains, pastors, hospital workers, caregivers, and anyone who has ever sat with a person in their worst moment and wondered what on earth their presence could possibly mean--this book is for you. For everyone else, it is an invitation to see what regard looks like, and why it matters more than we know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baker Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540906151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"John Andrew Bryant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024691814581,"sku":"9781540906151","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781540906151.jpg?v=1787667892","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-table-at-the-end-of-the-world-christs-regard-for-those-in-despair-9781540906151","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}