Based upon addresses given to Anglican audiences in North America and Australia,Bill Countryman directly confronts the challenges that face Anglicans and other WesternChristians at a time of internal division and increasing indifference to religion on the part ofeducated elites. He regards these challenges as a work of the Holy Spirit, who is clearingthe ground for a new era of building, and help readers start thinking about what kind of futurethe Spirit is leading us toward. The book begins by presenting the Spirit as a demolition expert, endeavoring to shake us outof our complacency. It then focuses on three central elements of Christian faith and life: theimage of Jesus, the sacraments, and the scriptures, and notes some different ways in whichwe have seen and utilized them over the ages. It holds out the communion of saints as the keyto understanding the ongoing value of the church today. It calls faithful people of all stripes toreject our tendency to turn God's gifts into idols and to rediscover a humility that will be opento the rebuilding that must now be done with the leadership of the Spirit.