Twenty-five meditations going step-by-step through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount are illustrated by the author's gently humorous anecdotes. She sets out on a journey of exploration to rediscover the challenge in those well-known chapters of Matthew's Gospel. What did Jesus really say about the good life, and what it involves for those who set out to follow him? Is it possible for ordinary Christians to live by the Book? What happens if we don't? What happens if we do?