By showing how the story of the woman at the well (John 4) is also our story, Craig Barnes illustrates how we spend much of our lives trying to satisfy our thirst in ways that leave us high and dry. Only when we have lived in the desert long enough to know we are parched do we realize how thirsty we are for nothing less than God himself.

This is the very moment when we are ready to receive the living water. Just as Jesus appeared unexpectedly to the woman at the well, so he will be there to meet us when we realize that there is no other source for the life we seek. His grace will break into our lives as we accept what only he can offer -- the water that will truly satisfy.

Sacred Thirst is a book for people who know there must be more to the Christian life than what they are experiencing, who long to encounter God instead of acquiring more knowledge about him. Sacred Thirst points readers toward the living God and helps them draw deeply from the resources of faith to meet their daily needs.