Moments That Still Speak Today
Meeting Jesus by Donald Blosser is more than a collection of retold gospel stories—it’s a quiet revolution. It takes well-known biblical events and reimagines them through the eyes of the people who were actually there. But not the stars—the ordinary ones. The ones like us. With doubt, hesitation, jealousy, or even straight-up fear. The book gives voice to the unspoken: “What would it have felt like to be there, in the crowd, looking straight at Jesus?”
What makes this book stick is how personal it feels. The characters might’ve lived 2,000 years ago, but they speak like they’re sitting next to you on the bus. The emotional honesty hits hard in moments like this:
“I tried to scream for help, but no words came, just sounds that had no meaning. The boys I was playing with got scared and ran away. I was terrified. I didn’t know what was happening or what I should do. It lasted only a few minutes, but those few minutes radically changed my life.”
— Meeting Jesus, 22“I Don’t Know Who I Am”, p. 81
Faith Stories Made Human
The power of Meeting Jesus lies in its simplicity. These are short stories—most just a few pages—but each one lands like a parable. Written in the first person, you hear directly from the unnamed, often forgotten people of the gospels: the fisherman, the grieving father, the Samaritan woman, the jealous Pharisee. They’re not perfect. That’s the point. You feel their uncertainty, their frustration, their awe.
Blosser brings each scene to life using modern, accessible language without ever making it feel like a gimmick. It’s not an attempt to rewrite the Bible—it’s an invitation to reflect. The characters are us. They wrestle with faith the way we do. And that makes it personal.
One of the most standout moments comes from “Peter’s Story.” After denying Jesus three times, Peter is crushed by guilt. But the turning point isn’t a dramatic miracle—it’s a look. A moment of eye contact with Jesus that says everything. No lectures, no punishment. Just heartbreak and forgiveness, wordless but loud. That emotional honesty defines the whole book.
Scholar, Pastor, Storyteller
Donald Blosser lived the kind of life that turns into a great story itself. After graduating from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, he served as a Mennonite pastor for 17 years, then packed up his wife and five kids to study in St. Andrews, Scotland. He got his Ph.D. in New Testament Studies, played golf on the Old Course with an 8 handicap, and sang madrigals in Scottish castles. Yeah—he’s lived. But through it all, his heart remained rooted in ministry, music, and making deep things understandable.
Now retired, Blosser channels that lifetime of insight into writing that’s honest and wise but never preachy. Meeting Jesus isn’t the voice of a pulpit—it’s the voice of someone who’s sat in the pews with us, felt the questions we’ve asked, and now hands us stories as a way to explore them.
Meeting Jesus is a must-read for anyone who’s ever wondered what it really felt like to cross paths with the divine. The book invites you to step closer, listen in, and find yourself in the story.
Meeting Jesus
Common People…Uncommon Stories
Grab your copy today—and rediscover what it means to meet hope, healing, and humanity face to face.