Jesus: Sketches for a Portrait

by Mary C. Morrison

Each chapter depicts a different aspect of Jesus's character: Jesus as human being, guide, teacher, healer, revealer, and on and on. A short and beautifully written insight into the man that Jesus is and was.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Mary C. Morrison (1910-2003) devoted her life to family, teaching and writing. A major focus of her work was the gospels. She taught in a variety of settings, including Pendle Hill. The open-ended study questions she honed over years of teaching are available in Approaching the Gospels Together: A Leader’s Guide for Group Study. She recorded her own views on Jesus in Jesus, Sketches for a Portrait.

Mary Morrison and her husband, Maxey, raised a large and loving family. She considered herself 51% Episcopalian and 49% Quaker. She wrote her final Pendle Hill pamphlet, Gift of Days, out of retirement at 92.