The Shoemaker's Gospel is a story about Jesus told by a shoemaker living in the time of Jesus. This work of religious fiction is a great Lent resource.
The Shoemaker's Gospel is a remarkable “fable” born of author Daniel Brent's own deep desire to encounter Jesus for himself. Brent's beautifully imagined first-century world on the shores of the Sea of Galilee is a colorful place where an extraordinary teacher brings love, joy, and meaning to the ordinary people who are irresistibly drawn to his message and power. As we journey with Jesus through the eyes of the shoemaker of Capernaum, we are coaxed to consider some important questions: Who is Jesus? What does he mean for me? How will my life be different because I know him?

Daniel Brent has been a manager for a large multi-national corporation and superintendent of schools for Columbus, Ohio, and for the Catholic diocese of Rochester, New York. He and his wife are the parents of two adult children and live in Rochester.