St. Us
The Third Book — God with Us: The Issy Trilogy
by Leonard I. Sweet & Samuel Brownback · Salish Sea Press · 2026
Book summary
A third semiotic-devotional volume shifting emphasis toward the communal 'us' in which faith, meaning, and holiness are shared.
Chapter & section guide
From I to Us
Christian identity is relational and communal.
Shared Signs
Communities create and interpret symbols together.
Table
Hospitality and communion become central images of belonging.
Memory
A people is formed by stories it carries and retells.
Difference
Genuine community does not erase particularity.
Mission
The holy 'us' exists for the life of the world.
Communion
The volume culminates in a vision of shared participation in Christ.
Editorial note: these are original thematic summaries prepared as a research and reading aid, not quotations from the book itself.