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{"id":3945888841822,"title":"Journeying through Lent with New Daylight: Daily Bible readings and group study material","handle":"journeying-through-lent-with-new-daylight-daily-bible-readings-and-group-study-material","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis resource provides Lent material at an affordable price, using material by well-loved contributors from the New Daylight archive alongside specially written questions for group discussion. It encourages groups and individuals, whether existing readers of New Daylight or those who are new to using Bible reading notes, to share their experience and reflect together on the Lent journey as a church community. \u003cstrong\u003eFor bulk offers please see images and below.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/Journeying_Through_Lent_Special_Offer_1000_x_300_px_1.png?v=1738677821\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRachel Boulding\u003c\/strong\u003e - The sermon on the mount\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Julian CSF\u003c\/strong\u003e - Feasting and fasting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Cottrell\u003c\/strong\u003e - Jesus' wisdom in Luke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Horsfall\u003c\/strong\u003e - 1 Corinthians 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrother Ramon\u003c\/strong\u003e - From upper room to Easter Day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for Lent with New Daylight:\u003c\/em\u003e 'People are saying it's the best Lent book they've had and are asking for more! It brought them together across 7 small, rural churches and faith journeys were shared in a new way.' Church leader, Severn Loop Parishes, Shrewsbury\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor Information\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSally Welch is the editor of BRF's New Daylight Bible reading notes. She is Vicar of Charlbury with Shorthampton and Area Dean of Chipping Norton in the Diocese of Oxford. A writer and lecturer on spirituality, she is particularly interested in pilgrimage and labyrinth and has made many pilgrimages both in England and Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online, February 2020. Review by Sue Piper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pocket sized Lent book has five well known contributors who provide us with a varied perspective of the weeks leading to Easter. Each day we focus on a different short piece of scripture followed by a reflection from the contributor who then offers a prayer. At the end of each week we are offered several questions to ponder and pray about. This structure lends itself well to group study, with weekly time to discuss and reflect together about the preceding week’s focus. One of the joys of this little treasure of a book is that it can suit an individual or a group. Another is that we are offered a variety of very personal thoughts from a spread of churchmanship; here is wisdom to learn for everyone who wants to grow in their discipleship during Lent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Sue Piper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReform, February 2020. Review by Jenny Mills\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJourneying through Lent\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of five writers: Stephen Cottrell, the incoming Archbishop of York; Helen Julian, a Franciscan sister; Tony Horsfall, a spiritual retreat leader and trainer; the late Rachel Boulding, who was Deputy Editor of Church Times; and the late Brother Ramon, who was a Franciscan friar. The themes of these writers’ contributions are, according to Sally Welch, the book’s editor, ‘some of the most important elements of our faith’: feasting and fasting, the Beatitudes, the wisdom of Christ, the love poem of 1 Corinthians 13 and Holy Week. The book is a small one, with the text and reflection taking up no more than two pages each day. At the end of each week’s reflections there is a page of questions for group study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Jenny Mills, Minister of Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church and West End United Church, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 17.01.20. Philip Welsh's Lent book round up 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJourneying through Lent \u003c\/em\u003eprovides reflections by five ‘old friends of the Bible Reading Fellowship’ on short Bible passages under the themes: feasting and fasting, the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’s wisdom in Luke, 1 Corinthians 13, and Holy Week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe disparity of themes and the fact that two of the contributors have died — one of them two decades ago — suggest that we have here an ingenious repurposing of material that has been used elsewhere, which might explain occasional overlaps: the late Rachel Boulding and Stephen Cottrell both write on the Lord’s Prayer and on the lilies of the field, albeit in different versions. 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It encourages groups and individuals, whether existing readers of New Daylight or those who are new to using Bible reading notes, to share their experience and reflect together on the Lent journey as a church community. \u003cstrong\u003eFor bulk offers please see images and below.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/Journeying_Through_Lent_Special_Offer_1000_x_300_px_1.png?v=1738677821\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRachel Boulding\u003c\/strong\u003e - The sermon on the mount\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Julian CSF\u003c\/strong\u003e - Feasting and fasting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Cottrell\u003c\/strong\u003e - Jesus' wisdom in Luke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Horsfall\u003c\/strong\u003e - 1 Corinthians 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrother Ramon\u003c\/strong\u003e - From upper room to Easter Day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for Lent with New Daylight:\u003c\/em\u003e 'People are saying it's the best Lent book they've had and are asking for more! It brought them together across 7 small, rural churches and faith journeys were shared in a new way.' Church leader, Severn Loop Parishes, Shrewsbury\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor Information\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSally Welch is the editor of BRF's New Daylight Bible reading notes. She is Vicar of Charlbury with Shorthampton and Area Dean of Chipping Norton in the Diocese of Oxford. A writer and lecturer on spirituality, she is particularly interested in pilgrimage and labyrinth and has made many pilgrimages both in England and Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online, February 2020. Review by Sue Piper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pocket sized Lent book has five well known contributors who provide us with a varied perspective of the weeks leading to Easter. Each day we focus on a different short piece of scripture followed by a reflection from the contributor who then offers a prayer. At the end of each week we are offered several questions to ponder and pray about. This structure lends itself well to group study, with weekly time to discuss and reflect together about the preceding week’s focus. One of the joys of this little treasure of a book is that it can suit an individual or a group. Another is that we are offered a variety of very personal thoughts from a spread of churchmanship; here is wisdom to learn for everyone who wants to grow in their discipleship during Lent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Sue Piper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReform, February 2020. Review by Jenny Mills\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJourneying through Lent\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of five writers: Stephen Cottrell, the incoming Archbishop of York; Helen Julian, a Franciscan sister; Tony Horsfall, a spiritual retreat leader and trainer; the late Rachel Boulding, who was Deputy Editor of Church Times; and the late Brother Ramon, who was a Franciscan friar. The themes of these writers’ contributions are, according to Sally Welch, the book’s editor, ‘some of the most important elements of our faith’: feasting and fasting, the Beatitudes, the wisdom of Christ, the love poem of 1 Corinthians 13 and Holy Week. The book is a small one, with the text and reflection taking up no more than two pages each day. At the end of each week’s reflections there is a page of questions for group study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Jenny Mills, Minister of Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church and West End United Church, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 17.01.20. Philip Welsh's Lent book round up 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJourneying through Lent \u003c\/em\u003eprovides reflections by five ‘old friends of the Bible Reading Fellowship’ on short Bible passages under the themes: feasting and fasting, the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’s wisdom in Luke, 1 Corinthians 13, and Holy Week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe disparity of themes and the fact that two of the contributors have died — one of them two decades ago — suggest that we have here an ingenious repurposing of material that has been used elsewhere, which might explain occasional overlaps: the late Rachel Boulding and Stephen Cottrell both write on the Lord’s Prayer and on the lilies of the field, albeit in different versions. 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At heart he has the spiritual well-being of the reader to mind as we are encouraged to pray, to look and perceive the spiritual with new eyes and so resource our pilgrimage. Your search and yearning for God will be deepened and enlarged through David's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Revd Canon Professor James Woodward, Principal Sarum College, Salisbury\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful book leads us beyond the tired platitudes of a faded Christendom. It brings insights that are whole and rooted, yet are fresh and relevant to life's journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRay Simpson, Founding Guardian of the international Community of Aidan and Hilda\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 10px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/DavidCole2_480x480.jpg?v=1676495811\" width=\"204\" height=\"363\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreviously a full-time church minister, David Cole is an international spiritual teacher and retreat leader, an award-winning author and the Deputy Guardian for the Community of Aidan and Hilda. He is also the founder of Waymark Ministries, which creates opportunities for people to engage with the Christian message. He has written \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/40-days-with-the-celtic-saints-devotional-readings-for-a-time-of-preparation\"\u003e40 Days with the Celtic Saints\u003c\/a\u003e (BRF, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2026-01-15T19:08:03+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:24:32+00:00","vendor":"David Cole","type":"Paperback","tags":["Celtic Christianity","KCLC","Kindle","Lent","Nov-18","Torch Trust"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21769931587684,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857466372","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":7436940968036,"product_id":2439811104868,"position":1,"created_at":"2019-01-18T15:24:32+00:00","updated_at":"2019-02-01T17:45:28+00:00","alt":null,"width":426,"height":650,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466372-l.jpg?v=1549043128","variant_ids":[21769931587684]},"available":true,"name":"Celtic Lent: 40 days of devotions to Easter - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":899,"weight":182,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857466372","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":3238880608395,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"width":426,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466372-l.jpg?v=1549043128"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466372-l.jpg?v=1549043128","\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/46_2adccf8f-e57e-44ae-bab2-ab236ce11c18.png?v=1734095700"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466372-l.jpg?v=1549043128","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":3238880608395,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"width":426,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466372-l.jpg?v=1549043128"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466372-l.jpg?v=1549043128","width":426},{"alt":null,"id":63560967455100,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":2000,"width":1303,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/46_2adccf8f-e57e-44ae-bab2-ab236ce11c18.png?v=1734095700"},"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":2000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/46_2adccf8f-e57e-44ae-bab2-ab236ce11c18.png?v=1734095700","width":1303}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThis inspirational book takes the reader through the 40 days of Lent to the celebration of Easter through the eyes and beliefs of Celtic Christianity. 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Your search and yearning for God will be deepened and enlarged through David's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Revd Canon Professor James Woodward, Principal Sarum College, Salisbury\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful book leads us beyond the tired platitudes of a faded Christendom. 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He has written \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/40-days-with-the-celtic-saints-devotional-readings-for-a-time-of-preparation\"\u003e40 Days with the Celtic Saints\u003c\/a\u003e (BRF, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Our journey to Bethlehem begins in Eden, not Nazareth, and ends in a garden city, not Egypt. Jo Swinney reminds us that the Christmas story is part of God’s bigger story, and it’s one into which we are invited to play our part. It’s a whole story for the whole of life. I can’t think of a better way to prepare for Christmas.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Woolley, chief executive, LICC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry Advent 2021. Review by Cavan Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJo Swinney has produced a thoughtful and very readable book for Advent. The subtitle says it is ‘An advent adventure through Genesis, Revelation and points in between’. The selection of readings, prayers and reflection that suggest ways to develop the spiritual life are well presented and are a challenging read. The book in part has been reshaped as the author came face to face with a personal tragedy. It will be with me during Advent, enabling me to stop and consider during the time of preparation for Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Cavan Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCAVAN WOOD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 22.10.21. Review by Lavinia Byrne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a book that resolutely keeps the reader’s attention focused on Advent by gazing at the liturgical season through the lens of Christmas rather than the other way round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubtitled An Advent adventure through Genesis, Revelation and points in between, it has a full scriptural reach, bringing texts from both the Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament for exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith daily readings reaching from 1 December to 6 January, the book likewise embraces more than a calendar month, although the reader should be warned that Advent this year begins on 28 November. Along with the biblical texts, Jo Swinney provides a commentary, a reflection, and a prayer. As head of communications at A Rocha, an international charity specialising in ‘conservation and hope’, she has also worked for the Bible Society and the Scripture Union, using the MA in Theology which she gained from Regent College, Vancouver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo far, so straightforward. But, as she describes in her introduction, a personal tragedy occurred early on as she was writing it, namely the death of her mother in a car accident in South Africa. This could have put a stop to her writing, only, as she herself observes, Advent is a ‘time of anticipation’, and so it exposes the reader to the themes of ‘salvation and restoration’. What could have been an academic exercise becomes something alive and actual. This sense of the reality of what the incarnation brings into our world — both on a personal and a public level — is best reflected in the book’s prayers, which are beautifully and authoritatively written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Advent will be unlike any other, in so far as the actual celebration of Christmas will seem more possible than it did a year ago. How timely to have a book that captures the moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLavinia Byrne is a writer and broadcaster.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Lucy Rycroft in her blog \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thehopefilledfamily.com\/20-best-books-to-read-during-advent\/\"\u003eThe Hope Filled Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for an Advent guide which will widen your experience beyond the gospel retellings, here it is. Like a grown-up version of the Jesse Tree, The Whole Christmas Story does just that: it ponders the whole Christmas story, starting with creation in Genesis and ending with the new heaven and new earth described in Revelation. The format is traditional: Bible passage (helpfully included in full), followed by articulate and warm commentary. \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joswinney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJo Swinney \u003c\/a\u003eexpounds Scripture deeply and wisely, with nuance which stems from a recent tragedy. A worthy companion to your Advent.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-08-10T16:00:00+01:00","created_at":"2021-07-28T20:53:35+01:00","vendor":"Jo Swinney","type":"Paperback","tags":["Advent","For individuals","KCLC","Sep-21"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40313727516863,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857469410","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":29500243902655,"product_id":6841090572479,"position":1,"created_at":"2021-07-28T20:53:36+01:00","updated_at":"2021-07-28T20:53:37+01:00","alt":null,"width":1181,"height":1800,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/thewholechristmasstory.jpg?v=1627502017","variant_ids":[40313727516863]},"available":true,"name":"The Whole Christmas Story: An Advent adventure through Genesis, Revelation, and points in between - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":899,"weight":175,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857469410","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":21874914885823,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":1800,"width":1181,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/thewholechristmasstory.jpg?v=1627502017"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/thewholechristmasstory.jpg?v=1627502017"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/thewholechristmasstory.jpg?v=1627502017","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21874914885823,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":1800,"width":1181,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/thewholechristmasstory.jpg?v=1627502017"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":1800,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/thewholechristmasstory.jpg?v=1627502017","width":1181}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eAdvent is a time to remember and reflect on the Christmas story and the baby at its heart. But the virgin birth, the manger, the mysterious eastern visitors and their portentous gifts – all these hint at a much grander narrative. Come and explore the whole Christmas story, and find your place within it. For Advent 2023 BRF Ministries and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"LICC\" href=\"https:\/\/licc.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLICC (London Institute of Contemporary Christianity)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e are collaborating to \u003cstrong\u003eadapt The Whole Christmas Story into a 25 day devotional prayer journey\u003c\/strong\u003e which can be undertaken individually or as a church\/small group. Find out more about \u003ca title=\"The Whole Christmas Story Advent 2023 Devotional Prayer Journey\" href=\"https:\/\/licc.org.uk\/ourresources\/the-whole-christmas-story-devotional-journey-page\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Whole Christmas Story Advent 2023 Devotional Prayer Journey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/TheWholeChristmasStorygraphic_1_480x480.png?v=1695296122\" width=\"736\" height=\"221\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/TheWholeChristmasStorygraphic_1_480x480.png?v=1695296122\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJo Swinney is a UK-based author, speaker and editor, with an MA in theology from Regent College, Vancouver. She is director of communications for A-Rocha International and blogs at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joswinney.com\/\"\u003ejoswinney.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I have only read half of this book so far but that has been enough for me to endorse it as the best Advent book I have ever come across and to encourage the Ministry Team at our church to select and recommend it this year. This is a book I have \u003cu\u003ewanted \u003c\/u\u003eto read as distinct from \u003cu\u003eought \u003c\/u\u003eto read! I love Jo’s style of writing . She makes the profound so accessible and thought provoking. I am going to start from the beginning again this Advent!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJane Cowan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'You’ve got an Advent treat in store with \u003cem\u003eThe Whole Christmas Story\u003c\/em\u003e! I was educated, encouraged, challenged and moved. Our journey to Bethlehem begins in Eden, not Nazareth, and ends in a garden city, not Egypt. Jo Swinney reminds us that the Christmas story is part of God’s bigger story, and it’s one into which we are invited to play our part. It’s a whole story for the whole of life. I can’t think of a better way to prepare for Christmas.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Woolley, chief executive, LICC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry Advent 2021. Review by Cavan Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJo Swinney has produced a thoughtful and very readable book for Advent. The subtitle says it is ‘An advent adventure through Genesis, Revelation and points in between’. The selection of readings, prayers and reflection that suggest ways to develop the spiritual life are well presented and are a challenging read. The book in part has been reshaped as the author came face to face with a personal tragedy. It will be with me during Advent, enabling me to stop and consider during the time of preparation for Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Cavan Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCAVAN WOOD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 22.10.21. Review by Lavinia Byrne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a book that resolutely keeps the reader’s attention focused on Advent by gazing at the liturgical season through the lens of Christmas rather than the other way round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubtitled An Advent adventure through Genesis, Revelation and points in between, it has a full scriptural reach, bringing texts from both the Hebrew Scriptures and New Testament for exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith daily readings reaching from 1 December to 6 January, the book likewise embraces more than a calendar month, although the reader should be warned that Advent this year begins on 28 November. Along with the biblical texts, Jo Swinney provides a commentary, a reflection, and a prayer. As head of communications at A Rocha, an international charity specialising in ‘conservation and hope’, she has also worked for the Bible Society and the Scripture Union, using the MA in Theology which she gained from Regent College, Vancouver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo far, so straightforward. But, as she describes in her introduction, a personal tragedy occurred early on as she was writing it, namely the death of her mother in a car accident in South Africa. This could have put a stop to her writing, only, as she herself observes, Advent is a ‘time of anticipation’, and so it exposes the reader to the themes of ‘salvation and restoration’. What could have been an academic exercise becomes something alive and actual. This sense of the reality of what the incarnation brings into our world — both on a personal and a public level — is best reflected in the book’s prayers, which are beautifully and authoritatively written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Advent will be unlike any other, in so far as the actual celebration of Christmas will seem more possible than it did a year ago. How timely to have a book that captures the moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLavinia Byrne is a writer and broadcaster.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Lucy Rycroft in her blog \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thehopefilledfamily.com\/20-best-books-to-read-during-advent\/\"\u003eThe Hope Filled Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for an Advent guide which will widen your experience beyond the gospel retellings, here it is. Like a grown-up version of the Jesse Tree, The Whole Christmas Story does just that: it ponders the whole Christmas story, starting with creation in Genesis and ending with the new heaven and new earth described in Revelation. The format is traditional: Bible passage (helpfully included in full), followed by articulate and warm commentary. \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joswinney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJo Swinney \u003c\/a\u003eexpounds Scripture deeply and wisely, with nuance which stems from a recent tragedy. A worthy companion to your Advent.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":3271915962468,"title":"Image of the Invisible: Daily Bible readings from Advent to Epiphany","handle":"image-of-the-invisible-daily-bible-readings-from-advent-to-epiphany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen you hear the name ‘God’, does an image come into your head? Do you think of him as a shining light, or with a human shape, or as an anchor in the storm, a rock, a fortress?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs we look towards celebrating the incarnation at Christmas, we consider how God chose to express himself, in a moment in history, as a tiny baby. But what other images describe God in the Bible, and what can we learn about his character through them? How does an invisible God reveal himself to us in scripture and in Jesus? Amy Scott Robinson, a poet and storyteller, answers this question with imagination and a close reading of the text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmy Scott Robinson is an author and performance storyteller. After studying English at Christ's College, Cambridge, she trained as a teacher and began writing for charities and providers of liturgical resources, before publishing her own works on puppetry and story. She is married to the rector of four rural parishes in Suffolk, where she is also the benefice children’s worker. She lives in the Rectory and has two children, two guinea pigs, and at any given moment, a half-finished cup of cold tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read Amy's lockdown blog click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/blogs\/collections\/amy-scott-robinson-wrote-brfs-advent-book-for-2019-image-of-the-invisible-in-this-lockdown-blog-she-thinks-about-why-she-misses-being-in-church\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmy Scott Robinson’s selection of daily readings and commentary makes for a powerful and transformative Advent journey. Taking the hardest little word of all, that word 'God', a word that can be everything or nothing, a word that seems to carry no image with it and evades our understanding at every turn, Amy takes us on a journey through scripture in which she makes biblical image after image richly available to our imaginations so that we can come closer to God as he comes closer to us in Advent. I am particularly impressed by the way she thinks about the arts and engages the artistic imagination without ever losing the common touch or the simple but illuminating turn of phrase. Strongly recommended.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm Guite, priest and poet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Amy is an expert storyteller, a well of emotion and reflection, and a follower of Jesus with a deep, genuine hunger for the reality of God. This fine book, helping us reach out to the Father, is filled with who she is.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAdrian Plass, author and speaker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sometimes we need a poet’s eye to see the God of the Bible afresh. Poet, storyteller and theologian Amy Scott Robinson uses the Bible’s own metaphors of God as artisan, metalworker, consuming fire and others to lead us more deeply into our understanding of God. If you like C.S. Lewis, Malcolm Guite or Lauren Winner, you will love this outstanding book of thought-provoking, gasp-inducing, beautiful devotions to enrich your vision of God. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTanya Marlow, author of \u003cem\u003eThose Who Wait: Finding God in disappointment, doubt and delay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What a stunning gift this book is! Open it day by day as you ponder the God who reveals himself as a burning bush, weaver, gardener, shepherd, king, and, of course, baby. Amy Robinson helps us to unwrap the images of the invisible, the God who became flesh. Her book is a masterpiece of metaphor, a creative unlocking of what we might have missed. Through her creative, thought-provoking, deep and winsome writing, she leads us to the God who makes himself known.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAmy Boucher Pye, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Living Cross\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReviewed by Lucy Rycroft in her blog \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thehopefilledfamily.com\/20-best-books-to-read-during-advent\/\"\u003eThe Hope Filled Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis extraordinary book, one of the best Advent Bible studies I’ve seen, is for those wishing to go deeper in their discipleship this Advent, and are prepared to set some time aside for the purpose. \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/amyscottrobinson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/amyscottrobinson.com\/\"\u003eAmy Scott Robinson\u003c\/a\u003e bases her devotions on different ways God appears or is described in the Bible – such as a burning bush or pillar of cloud, a potter or weaver, bread or rock. Taking something tangible and often so closely linked to our experience is a wonderful way of helping us get to know God better this Advent season. There are questions at the end of each section, as well as small group materials and plans at the back of the book, so it would work well as an Advent study for small groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/transformingministrymagazine.co.uk\/image-of-the-invisible\/%20\"\u003eonline\u003c\/a\u003e November 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed as one of ‘four outstanding books from Advent 2019 which you may have missed and are still in print', this book '\u003cspan\u003eProvides daily readings helping us to find God using beautifully wrought scriptural metaphor.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reader online 21.11.19. Review by Roger Thornington\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an amazing book, subtitled ‘Finding God in scriptural metaphor’. After a few introductory biblical verses, Robinson transforms mundane observations from daily life into mesmerising accounts of God in action and potentially at work in our lives. The inventiveness and creativity of Robinson’s storytelling skill makes for a scintillating read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe writes – ‘the Bible is full of metaphors for God, images that help us to experience a little of his character’. Various metaphors are explored and how they take us into a deeper understanding of God’s nature and our relationship with Him. The influence of the early church’s ‘O Antiphons’ is acknowledged in Robinson’s personal selection of metaphors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer eye for the telling detail in her observations, coupled with the directness of her narrative style, make this an excellent guide for both individuals and small groups wanting a guide on the well-trodden path from Advent to Epiphany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe five weeks are explored under individual themes: ‘When God appears’, ‘God the Creator’, ‘God the Owner’, ‘Veiled in flesh’ and finally ‘Visible in Creation’. Each day has a few biblical verses relating to the particular theme. There are twenty Old Testament and seventeen New Testament verse selections. The daily comments are followed by a question to ponder, a suggestion to consider and a brief closing prayer. At the end of each week there are a couple of general questions on the theme considered. The final pages include brief suggestions and guidelines for five weekly group Bible studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI found this an exciting book with unexpected links amidst the twists and turns in the narrative. Robinson comments ‘God does not give us what we’re looking for – He gives us what we need’. If you are searching for an Advent book this year, this is what you need!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoger Thornington\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 25.10.19 Advent Books Round Up by David Wilbourne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her \u003cem\u003eImage of the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e, Amy Scott Robinson explores 37 metaphors for God-in-Christ. She crafts a prose poem, ‘the best words in the best order’, from Advent Sunday to Epiphany, imaginatively putting flesh on her chosen biblical passage. Eschatology is realised when the Mayor of Coventry, after the devastating Luftwaffe raid, is surprised by King George VI, knocking on his back door: ‘Heavens above, it’s the King. We’d better look sharp.’ Scott Robinson’s God graciously ‘reads our poetry before it deserves to be seen’, greeting us, his brides, with a tearful ‘You look amazing!’ Elijah’s God of consuming fire graciously makes a little fire on Galilee’s beach to cook his friends breakfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Richard Frost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis excellent book provides a very valuable companion for the forthcoming seasons of Advent and Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a theme of metaphors and images, Amy Scott Robinson provides many valuable insights into different facets of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with an exploration of Old Testament figures, Amy explores how the metaphors involved reveal something about God – be that through a burning bush, a pillar of cloud and even a guinea pig. We are also introduced to the creative sides of God – not just the familiar ones of potter and inspirer of poetry but also of weaver and architect. A trip through the parables not only shows God as master, landowner and king but also explores a range of challenges about day to day living. The week which includes Christmas takes a slightly different approach, considering God in comparison to the characters of the nativity. The final period to Epiphany considers images of God as bread, water, door, rock and the gifts of the Magi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach reflection – one for every day of December and then up to Epiphany – also contains a suggestion for further reflection and a prayer. There are also other points at which to review our thinking and suggestions for group discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike many authors who write about themselves but seem to do so just for the sake of it, Amy Scott Robinson knows when and how to include such examples. She writes of normal day to day life and, crucially, keeps them totally relevant to the topic. Just don’t buy her a house plant, that’s all. As the reviewer, reading a book of daily reflections one after the other without the benefit of 24 hours in-between, I look forward to re-reading it as my part of my own journey through the coming season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy and relate well to the use of metaphors and images, you will enjoy and relate well to this excellent book. If you’re one who finds using your imagination more difficult, then this book will open up that aspect of your mind to great effect. Whatever makes you you, \u003cem\u003eImage of the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e will provide a very valuable and helpful way to deepen your faith and knowledge of God this Advent and Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Frost is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/a\u003e and writes a blog at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/workrestpray.com\/\"\u003eworkrestpray.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-04-08T11:13:43+01:00","created_at":"2019-04-08T11:15:02+01:00","vendor":"Amy Scott Robinson","type":"Paperback","tags":["Advent","KCLC","Kindle","Sep-19"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26427520057444,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857467898","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Image of the Invisible: Daily Bible readings from Advent to Epiphany","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857467898","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857467898-l.jpg?v=1554718505"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857467898-l.jpg?v=1554718505","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":3264872480907,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"width":426,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857467898-l.jpg?v=1554718505"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857467898-l.jpg?v=1554718505","width":426}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen you hear the name ‘God’, does an image come into your head? Do you think of him as a shining light, or with a human shape, or as an anchor in the storm, a rock, a fortress?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs we look towards celebrating the incarnation at Christmas, we consider how God chose to express himself, in a moment in history, as a tiny baby. But what other images describe God in the Bible, and what can we learn about his character through them? How does an invisible God reveal himself to us in scripture and in Jesus? Amy Scott Robinson, a poet and storyteller, answers this question with imagination and a close reading of the text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmy Scott Robinson is an author and performance storyteller. After studying English at Christ's College, Cambridge, she trained as a teacher and began writing for charities and providers of liturgical resources, before publishing her own works on puppetry and story. She is married to the rector of four rural parishes in Suffolk, where she is also the benefice children’s worker. She lives in the Rectory and has two children, two guinea pigs, and at any given moment, a half-finished cup of cold tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo read Amy's lockdown blog click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/blogs\/collections\/amy-scott-robinson-wrote-brfs-advent-book-for-2019-image-of-the-invisible-in-this-lockdown-blog-she-thinks-about-why-she-misses-being-in-church\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmy Scott Robinson’s selection of daily readings and commentary makes for a powerful and transformative Advent journey. Taking the hardest little word of all, that word 'God', a word that can be everything or nothing, a word that seems to carry no image with it and evades our understanding at every turn, Amy takes us on a journey through scripture in which she makes biblical image after image richly available to our imaginations so that we can come closer to God as he comes closer to us in Advent. I am particularly impressed by the way she thinks about the arts and engages the artistic imagination without ever losing the common touch or the simple but illuminating turn of phrase. Strongly recommended.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm Guite, priest and poet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Amy is an expert storyteller, a well of emotion and reflection, and a follower of Jesus with a deep, genuine hunger for the reality of God. This fine book, helping us reach out to the Father, is filled with who she is.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAdrian Plass, author and speaker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sometimes we need a poet’s eye to see the God of the Bible afresh. Poet, storyteller and theologian Amy Scott Robinson uses the Bible’s own metaphors of God as artisan, metalworker, consuming fire and others to lead us more deeply into our understanding of God. If you like C.S. Lewis, Malcolm Guite or Lauren Winner, you will love this outstanding book of thought-provoking, gasp-inducing, beautiful devotions to enrich your vision of God. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTanya Marlow, author of \u003cem\u003eThose Who Wait: Finding God in disappointment, doubt and delay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What a stunning gift this book is! Open it day by day as you ponder the God who reveals himself as a burning bush, weaver, gardener, shepherd, king, and, of course, baby. Amy Robinson helps us to unwrap the images of the invisible, the God who became flesh. Her book is a masterpiece of metaphor, a creative unlocking of what we might have missed. Through her creative, thought-provoking, deep and winsome writing, she leads us to the God who makes himself known.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAmy Boucher Pye, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Living Cross\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReviewed by Lucy Rycroft in her blog \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thehopefilledfamily.com\/20-best-books-to-read-during-advent\/\"\u003eThe Hope Filled Family\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis extraordinary book, one of the best Advent Bible studies I’ve seen, is for those wishing to go deeper in their discipleship this Advent, and are prepared to set some time aside for the purpose. \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/amyscottrobinson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/amyscottrobinson.com\/\"\u003eAmy Scott Robinson\u003c\/a\u003e bases her devotions on different ways God appears or is described in the Bible – such as a burning bush or pillar of cloud, a potter or weaver, bread or rock. Taking something tangible and often so closely linked to our experience is a wonderful way of helping us get to know God better this Advent season. There are questions at the end of each section, as well as small group materials and plans at the back of the book, so it would work well as an Advent study for small groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/transformingministrymagazine.co.uk\/image-of-the-invisible\/%20\"\u003eonline\u003c\/a\u003e November 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed as one of ‘four outstanding books from Advent 2019 which you may have missed and are still in print', this book '\u003cspan\u003eProvides daily readings helping us to find God using beautifully wrought scriptural metaphor.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reader online 21.11.19. Review by Roger Thornington\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an amazing book, subtitled ‘Finding God in scriptural metaphor’. After a few introductory biblical verses, Robinson transforms mundane observations from daily life into mesmerising accounts of God in action and potentially at work in our lives. The inventiveness and creativity of Robinson’s storytelling skill makes for a scintillating read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe writes – ‘the Bible is full of metaphors for God, images that help us to experience a little of his character’. Various metaphors are explored and how they take us into a deeper understanding of God’s nature and our relationship with Him. The influence of the early church’s ‘O Antiphons’ is acknowledged in Robinson’s personal selection of metaphors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer eye for the telling detail in her observations, coupled with the directness of her narrative style, make this an excellent guide for both individuals and small groups wanting a guide on the well-trodden path from Advent to Epiphany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe five weeks are explored under individual themes: ‘When God appears’, ‘God the Creator’, ‘God the Owner’, ‘Veiled in flesh’ and finally ‘Visible in Creation’. Each day has a few biblical verses relating to the particular theme. There are twenty Old Testament and seventeen New Testament verse selections. The daily comments are followed by a question to ponder, a suggestion to consider and a brief closing prayer. At the end of each week there are a couple of general questions on the theme considered. The final pages include brief suggestions and guidelines for five weekly group Bible studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI found this an exciting book with unexpected links amidst the twists and turns in the narrative. Robinson comments ‘God does not give us what we’re looking for – He gives us what we need’. If you are searching for an Advent book this year, this is what you need!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoger Thornington\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 25.10.19 Advent Books Round Up by David Wilbourne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her \u003cem\u003eImage of the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e, Amy Scott Robinson explores 37 metaphors for God-in-Christ. She crafts a prose poem, ‘the best words in the best order’, from Advent Sunday to Epiphany, imaginatively putting flesh on her chosen biblical passage. Eschatology is realised when the Mayor of Coventry, after the devastating Luftwaffe raid, is surprised by King George VI, knocking on his back door: ‘Heavens above, it’s the King. We’d better look sharp.’ Scott Robinson’s God graciously ‘reads our poetry before it deserves to be seen’, greeting us, his brides, with a tearful ‘You look amazing!’ Elijah’s God of consuming fire graciously makes a little fire on Galilee’s beach to cook his friends breakfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Richard Frost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis excellent book provides a very valuable companion for the forthcoming seasons of Advent and Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a theme of metaphors and images, Amy Scott Robinson provides many valuable insights into different facets of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with an exploration of Old Testament figures, Amy explores how the metaphors involved reveal something about God – be that through a burning bush, a pillar of cloud and even a guinea pig. We are also introduced to the creative sides of God – not just the familiar ones of potter and inspirer of poetry but also of weaver and architect. A trip through the parables not only shows God as master, landowner and king but also explores a range of challenges about day to day living. The week which includes Christmas takes a slightly different approach, considering God in comparison to the characters of the nativity. The final period to Epiphany considers images of God as bread, water, door, rock and the gifts of the Magi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach reflection – one for every day of December and then up to Epiphany – also contains a suggestion for further reflection and a prayer. There are also other points at which to review our thinking and suggestions for group discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike many authors who write about themselves but seem to do so just for the sake of it, Amy Scott Robinson knows when and how to include such examples. She writes of normal day to day life and, crucially, keeps them totally relevant to the topic. Just don’t buy her a house plant, that’s all. As the reviewer, reading a book of daily reflections one after the other without the benefit of 24 hours in-between, I look forward to re-reading it as my part of my own journey through the coming season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy and relate well to the use of metaphors and images, you will enjoy and relate well to this excellent book. If you’re one who finds using your imagination more difficult, then this book will open up that aspect of your mind to great effect. Whatever makes you you, \u003cem\u003eImage of the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e will provide a very valuable and helpful way to deepen your faith and knowledge of God this Advent and Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Frost is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/a\u003e and writes a blog at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/workrestpray.com\/\"\u003eworkrestpray.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":2439798489188,"title":"At Home in Lent: An exploration of Lent through 46 objects","handle":"at-home-in-lent-an-exploration-of-lent-through-46-objects","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is an original way of approaching Lent, one that will encourage you to consider your own faith journey in the light of the Easter story. Inspired by Neil MacGregor's Radio 4 programme, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects', Gordon Giles spends each week in a different room gleaning spiritual lessons from everyday household objects. As a result, you might discover that finding God in the normal pattern of life - even in the mundane - transforms how you approach each day. Running as a thread through it all are the seven Rs of Lent: regret, repentance, resolution, recognition, reconciliation, renewal and resurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 'At Home in Lent' Gordon Giles has elevated the everyday to the realm of spiritual reflection and meditation in a way which is both simple and profound. Gordon's reflections are helpfully reminiscent of expressions of Celtic Spirituality, where we find prayers for the cooking pot and for lighting a fire. A most accessible guide and accompaniment with which to navigate Lent, with just the right amount of challenge and affirmation, particularly for those leading busy lives. As Gordon has bravely used the toilet as an area for reflection, it is safe to say that this book might well be used in the smallest room as well on the train or in a prayer space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Revd Prebendary Dr Neil Evans, Director of Ministry, Diocese of London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 15px; float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/GordonGiles1_480x480.jpg?v=1676494801\" width=\"153\" height=\"271\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGordon Giles is Canon Chancellor of Rochester Cathedral. He is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eComings and Goings\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and \u003cem\u003eAt Home in Lent\u003c\/em\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reader website, 6 March 2019. Review by Howard Rowe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the journey of Lent through a series of 46 objects that are at large around most households. It is a great idea and an easy read, with a short daily Bible text, thoughtful and imaginative consideration of the objects concerned, and a message, bringing, in many cases, the challenge of a new way to see those items we all have around the home and how they can relate to our faith. I was particularly moved by the readings about shoes, keys, the dining table, newspapers, the alarm clock, towels and the toilet! The book would suit any individual or church group reading it through the Lenten period, and there are questions each week to prompt some good discussions. The book is well suited to picking up for a read outside Lent, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this book is more than that - it is also a super resource for preaching. While the Bible passages are well known, the relating of texts to a household object, and Gordon Giles's exploration of each object is interesting and thoughtful enough to act as a springboard to many a good sermon. I will return to it again myself, and thoroughly recommend it to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.readers.cofe.anglican.org\/resources\"\u003ewww.readers.cofe.anglican.org\/resources\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by Howard Rowe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMethodist Recorder 15.2.19 Lent book review by Adrian Burdon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor every day through Lent and Holy Week Gordon Giles brings us an everyday item to be found in our home to reflect upon. In his introduction Giles reflects upon the nature of home and upon the assertion of the abundant presence of God. While we might preserve the privacy of our space, our home, repelling all who would invade, we cannot, he suggests, resist the presence of this loving and living god. Thus, his invitation to spend time reflecting upon the presence of God in the most common and everyday of places - our home and our belongings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book which may sound a bit niche and random, but it is very well done and does cause us to open our eyes and minds to the things around us. Each chapter, each household item, is related to a spiritual theme, assigned an appropriate biblical passage, given time for substantial reflection and concluded with prayer. Our Lenten journey begins, sensibly enough, at the door of our house and then the threshold, before moving on to other items such as fireplace, mobile phone, items of clothing and furniture. Good Friday brings us to reflect upon the crucifix which might be found in our home and on Holy Saturday we reflect upon Christ in the tomb as we contemplate our bed. Easter Day breaks forth with radiance as we reflect upon the glory of light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell written and thought provoking, this really is a book for personal devotion which will enable us to make an unusual, though worthwhile, journey from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Adrian Burdon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times, 1 February 2019. Review by Philip Welsh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt Home in Lent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003etakes an everyday household object each day - mobile phone, wardrobe, spectacles - as the starting-point for wider thoughts and a prompt for prayer, and supplies in many cases curious information about the object's origins. In each case, Gordon Giles makes an ingenious link to a biblical passage - family photos and Jesus's question, 'Who is my mother?'; toothbrushes and compensation for knocking people's teeth out in Exodus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis style is easy-going, with a tendency rather to spell out connections than suggest possibilities, and on occasion the author slips from finding God in the commonplace to sounding commonplace - 'Perhaps there are short circuits your faith' (in the item on electricity).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut, overall, Giles has come up with an imaginative framework for a popular Lent book, 'an invitation to discover how [the Lord] is already in our homes'. There are questions for discussion, though the book is probably best used by individuals, and its daily sections would fit neatly into a short bus or train ride as an amiable, slightly talkative Lent companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by the Revd Philip Welsh, a retired priest in the Diocese of London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e______________________________________________\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:23:43+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:23:45+00:00","vendor":"Gordon Giles","type":"Paperback","tags":["Devotional","KCLC","Kindle","Lent"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21769746808932,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857465894","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":7436857278564,"product_id":2439798489188,"position":1,"created_at":"2019-01-18T15:23:45+00:00","updated_at":"2019-02-01T17:45:36+00:00","alt":null,"width":426,"height":650,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857465894-l.jpg?v=1549043136","variant_ids":[21769746808932]},"available":true,"name":"At Home in Lent: An exploration of Lent through 46 objects - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":899,"weight":219,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857465894","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":3238879789195,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"width":426,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857465894-l.jpg?v=1549043136"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857465894-l.jpg?v=1549043136","\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/49_f8e3ff91-bea3-43cd-a6cb-f450c01058e8.png?v=1734095698"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857465894-l.jpg?v=1549043136","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":3238879789195,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"width":426,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857465894-l.jpg?v=1549043136"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857465894-l.jpg?v=1549043136","width":426},{"alt":null,"id":63560966996348,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":2000,"width":1303,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/49_f8e3ff91-bea3-43cd-a6cb-f450c01058e8.png?v=1734095698"},"aspect_ratio":0.652,"height":2000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/49_f8e3ff91-bea3-43cd-a6cb-f450c01058e8.png?v=1734095698","width":1303}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eHere is an original way of approaching Lent, one that will encourage you to consider your own faith journey in the light of the Easter story. Inspired by Neil MacGregor's Radio 4 programme, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects', Gordon Giles spends each week in a different room gleaning spiritual lessons from everyday household objects. As a result, you might discover that finding God in the normal pattern of life - even in the mundane - transforms how you approach each day. Running as a thread through it all are the seven Rs of Lent: regret, repentance, resolution, recognition, reconciliation, renewal and resurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 'At Home in Lent' Gordon Giles has elevated the everyday to the realm of spiritual reflection and meditation in a way which is both simple and profound. Gordon's reflections are helpfully reminiscent of expressions of Celtic Spirituality, where we find prayers for the cooking pot and for lighting a fire. A most accessible guide and accompaniment with which to navigate Lent, with just the right amount of challenge and affirmation, particularly for those leading busy lives. As Gordon has bravely used the toilet as an area for reflection, it is safe to say that this book might well be used in the smallest room as well on the train or in a prayer space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Revd Prebendary Dr Neil Evans, Director of Ministry, Diocese of London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 15px; float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/GordonGiles1_480x480.jpg?v=1676494801\" width=\"153\" height=\"271\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGordon Giles is Canon Chancellor of Rochester Cathedral. He is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eComings and Goings\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and \u003cem\u003eAt Home in Lent\u003c\/em\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reader website, 6 March 2019. Review by Howard Rowe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the journey of Lent through a series of 46 objects that are at large around most households. It is a great idea and an easy read, with a short daily Bible text, thoughtful and imaginative consideration of the objects concerned, and a message, bringing, in many cases, the challenge of a new way to see those items we all have around the home and how they can relate to our faith. I was particularly moved by the readings about shoes, keys, the dining table, newspapers, the alarm clock, towels and the toilet! The book would suit any individual or church group reading it through the Lenten period, and there are questions each week to prompt some good discussions. The book is well suited to picking up for a read outside Lent, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this book is more than that - it is also a super resource for preaching. While the Bible passages are well known, the relating of texts to a household object, and Gordon Giles's exploration of each object is interesting and thoughtful enough to act as a springboard to many a good sermon. I will return to it again myself, and thoroughly recommend it to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.readers.cofe.anglican.org\/resources\"\u003ewww.readers.cofe.anglican.org\/resources\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by Howard Rowe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMethodist Recorder 15.2.19 Lent book review by Adrian Burdon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor every day through Lent and Holy Week Gordon Giles brings us an everyday item to be found in our home to reflect upon. In his introduction Giles reflects upon the nature of home and upon the assertion of the abundant presence of God. While we might preserve the privacy of our space, our home, repelling all who would invade, we cannot, he suggests, resist the presence of this loving and living god. Thus, his invitation to spend time reflecting upon the presence of God in the most common and everyday of places - our home and our belongings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book which may sound a bit niche and random, but it is very well done and does cause us to open our eyes and minds to the things around us. Each chapter, each household item, is related to a spiritual theme, assigned an appropriate biblical passage, given time for substantial reflection and concluded with prayer. Our Lenten journey begins, sensibly enough, at the door of our house and then the threshold, before moving on to other items such as fireplace, mobile phone, items of clothing and furniture. Good Friday brings us to reflect upon the crucifix which might be found in our home and on Holy Saturday we reflect upon Christ in the tomb as we contemplate our bed. Easter Day breaks forth with radiance as we reflect upon the glory of light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell written and thought provoking, this really is a book for personal devotion which will enable us to make an unusual, though worthwhile, journey from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Adrian Burdon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times, 1 February 2019. Review by Philip Welsh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt Home in Lent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003etakes an everyday household object each day - mobile phone, wardrobe, spectacles - as the starting-point for wider thoughts and a prompt for prayer, and supplies in many cases curious information about the object's origins. In each case, Gordon Giles makes an ingenious link to a biblical passage - family photos and Jesus's question, 'Who is my mother?'; toothbrushes and compensation for knocking people's teeth out in Exodus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis style is easy-going, with a tendency rather to spell out connections than suggest possibilities, and on occasion the author slips from finding God in the commonplace to sounding commonplace - 'Perhaps there are short circuits your faith' (in the item on electricity).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut, overall, Giles has come up with an imaginative framework for a popular Lent book, 'an invitation to discover how [the Lord] is already in our homes'. There are questions for discussion, though the book is probably best used by individuals, and its daily sections would fit neatly into a short bus or train ride as an amiable, slightly talkative Lent companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by the Revd Philip Welsh, a retired priest in the Diocese of London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e______________________________________________\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7363008889023,"title":"Images of Grace: A journey from darkness to light at Easter","handle":"images-of-grace","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘At the heart of the Christian message is a collection of abstract nouns: love; sin; forgiveness; grace. It is quite difficult to explain what the gospel message is without using some or all of those words. But the problem with abstract nouns is that when we use them, we assume that the person we are talking to understands them, and not only that, we assume that they have the same understanding of the word that we do…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLent is traditionally a time of repentance, fasting and prayer as we prepare to celebrate our salvation at Easter. Through daily readings and reflections from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day, Amy Scott Robinson explores different biblical images of repentance, sin, forgiveness and grace, bringing them together in Holy Week as a lens through which to view Christ’s work of reconciliation on the cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kqn_CTRCtzY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yGNTnqU6LHs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IQ0wKSf1ZEM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is rich in accessible biblical scholarship and insight. It brings the reader's attention to a variety of passages and it is refreshing to read a Lent Book that encourages the reader to look at a variety of passages from across the whole of Christian scripture. The combination of a well-considered reflection, a question and, a suitable prayer for each day make this book the perfect companion for Lent.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Rev'd Canon Michael Robinson (no relation!)\u003cbr\u003eBishops’ Chaplain \u0026amp; Canon Theologian of St Edmundsbury Cathedral\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Amy is an expert storyteller, a well of emotion and reflection, and a follower of Jesus with a deep, genuine hunger for the reality of God.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdrian Plass, author and speaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online February 2023. Review by Margaret Tinsley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe BRF Lent Book for 2023, sub-titled ‘A Journey from Darkness to Light at Easter’ takes the reader day by day on exactly that journey. Amy Scott Robinson was inspired to write this book because she felt that abstract nouns, such as sin and grace, although in frequent use, might be misunderstood – or given a different meaning - by many people. The book is based on the idea that the use of images helps this understanding. These images vary from a few words, to extended metaphors, to whole stories – but all help us to understand Christian concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into weekly sections, covering sin and repentance, forgiveness, atonement, restoration, reconciliation and ends with Holy Week. Each day has a Bible reading, commentary, a question and a prayer and, at the end of each week, there is a set of questions, which makes the book suitable for group activity. The commentary which Amy Scott Robinson gives each day is invariably pertinent and engaging and involves personal and literary examples, as well as providing a thoughtful interpretation of the passage. The question demands the reader applies the material to his\/her own life. As a Lent book I recommend this for personal or for group use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Margaret Tinsley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Richard Frost, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving previously reviewed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/image-of-the-invisible-daily-bible-readings-from-advent-to-epiphany?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=d107cbc7e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImage of the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Amy Scott-Robinson’s book for Advent through to Epiphany, I was looking forward to this offering for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. And I was not disappointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with that previous book, she uses metaphors, stories and biblical examples to open up a wide range of themes. Initially, these images explore the traditional themes of Lent: sin, repentance and forgiveness. Dipping briefly and helpfully in the theological arguments about atonement, the author then continues with images of restoration and reconciliation. A final section for Holy Week finds us encountering a donkey, turning over tables and washing feet before standing by the tomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the book, we meet characters as diverse as David and Jonah, Jesus Barabbas and Joseph of Arimathea. Each aspect, each chapter, is explored and explained, using helpful contemporary stories and images alongside the biblical ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this reviewer, reading a book of daily reflections in a shorter timescale inevitably dilutes the full benefit of it (not least also that I read it during Advent!). Thus, for me, the focus on sin during the first half has a particular effect and it is from Week 4 onwards that readers are given a flood of hope as all the images combine to provide ones of grace. Grace which is sufficient for each day and for each one of us, in all times and seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Frost is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and writes a blog at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/workrestpray.com\/\"\u003eworkrestpray.com\u003c\/a\u003e. 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It is quite difficult to explain what the gospel message is without using some or all of those words. But the problem with abstract nouns is that when we use them, we assume that the person we are talking to understands them, and not only that, we assume that they have the same understanding of the word that we do…’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLent is traditionally a time of repentance, fasting and prayer as we prepare to celebrate our salvation at Easter. Through daily readings and reflections from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day, Amy Scott Robinson explores different biblical images of repentance, sin, forgiveness and grace, bringing them together in Holy Week as a lens through which to view Christ’s work of reconciliation on the cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kqn_CTRCtzY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yGNTnqU6LHs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IQ0wKSf1ZEM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is rich in accessible biblical scholarship and insight. It brings the reader's attention to a variety of passages and it is refreshing to read a Lent Book that encourages the reader to look at a variety of passages from across the whole of Christian scripture. The combination of a well-considered reflection, a question and, a suitable prayer for each day make this book the perfect companion for Lent.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Rev'd Canon Michael Robinson (no relation!)\u003cbr\u003eBishops’ Chaplain \u0026amp; Canon Theologian of St Edmundsbury Cathedral\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Amy is an expert storyteller, a well of emotion and reflection, and a follower of Jesus with a deep, genuine hunger for the reality of God.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdrian Plass, author and speaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online February 2023. Review by Margaret Tinsley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe BRF Lent Book for 2023, sub-titled ‘A Journey from Darkness to Light at Easter’ takes the reader day by day on exactly that journey. Amy Scott Robinson was inspired to write this book because she felt that abstract nouns, such as sin and grace, although in frequent use, might be misunderstood – or given a different meaning - by many people. The book is based on the idea that the use of images helps this understanding. These images vary from a few words, to extended metaphors, to whole stories – but all help us to understand Christian concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into weekly sections, covering sin and repentance, forgiveness, atonement, restoration, reconciliation and ends with Holy Week. Each day has a Bible reading, commentary, a question and a prayer and, at the end of each week, there is a set of questions, which makes the book suitable for group activity. The commentary which Amy Scott Robinson gives each day is invariably pertinent and engaging and involves personal and literary examples, as well as providing a thoughtful interpretation of the passage. The question demands the reader applies the material to his\/her own life. As a Lent book I recommend this for personal or for group use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Margaret Tinsley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Richard Frost, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving previously reviewed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/image-of-the-invisible-daily-bible-readings-from-advent-to-epiphany?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=d107cbc7e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImage of the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Amy Scott-Robinson’s book for Advent through to Epiphany, I was looking forward to this offering for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. And I was not disappointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with that previous book, she uses metaphors, stories and biblical examples to open up a wide range of themes. Initially, these images explore the traditional themes of Lent: sin, repentance and forgiveness. Dipping briefly and helpfully in the theological arguments about atonement, the author then continues with images of restoration and reconciliation. A final section for Holy Week finds us encountering a donkey, turning over tables and washing feet before standing by the tomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the book, we meet characters as diverse as David and Jonah, Jesus Barabbas and Joseph of Arimathea. Each aspect, each chapter, is explored and explained, using helpful contemporary stories and images alongside the biblical ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this reviewer, reading a book of daily reflections in a shorter timescale inevitably dilutes the full benefit of it (not least also that I read it during Advent!). Thus, for me, the focus on sin during the first half has a particular effect and it is from Week 4 onwards that readers are given a flood of hope as all the images combine to provide ones of grace. Grace which is sufficient for each day and for each one of us, in all times and seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Frost is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and writes a blog at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/workrestpray.com\/\"\u003eworkrestpray.com\u003c\/a\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/richardfrostauthor.com\/\"\u003etwo other books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Scott Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author and performance storyteller. After studying English at Christ's College, Cambridge, she trained as a teacher and began writing for charities and providers of liturgical resources, before publishing her own works on puppetry and story. She is married to the rector of four rural parishes in Suffolk, where she is also the benefice children’s worker. She lives in the Rectory and has two children, two guinea pigs, and at any given moment, a half-finished cup of cold tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e"}
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{"id":7693234995391,"title":"Embracing Humanity: A journey towards becoming flesh","handle":"the-brf-advent-book-embracing-humanity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIsabelle Hamley explores what it meant for God to become flesh and how this enables us to understand what it means to be human. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeeing humanity in a new light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 1;\"\u003eGod became flesh at Christmas. But how does God, who created all things, live within the limitations of humanity – limitations that humanity itself often resents and tries to transcend? And what does it truly mean to be human?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs contemporary society grapples with questions of identity, justice and medical ethics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmbracing Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e deftly explores how different aspects of being human are both inhabited and transformed in the incarnation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough the lens of Advent and Christmas, Isabelle Hamley guides us through daily reflections and prayers, encouraging us to meditate on being human in the light of God's choice to reach out to us in Jesus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eIsabelle Hamley is a theologian, writer and broadcaster currently working as principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. She was previously the theological adviser to the House of Bishops in the Church of England and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. She has also worked as a probation officer, lecturer, parish priest and university chaplain.\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTransforming Ministry online 07.11.24. Review by Margaret Tinsley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe BRF Advent Book for 2024, sub-titled ‘A journey towards becoming flesh’, is divided into days, covering the Advent period up to Christmas. The material for each day consists of a Bible passage, commentary, some ideas for reflection and a prayer. In addition, at the back of the book, there are suggestions for group study, handily divided into four sections, suitable for the four weeks of Advent. The commentary is both challenging and approachable. Isabelle Hamley focuses throughout on the amazing gift God gave to the world: Jesus becoming flesh and so taking upon himself all the dangers and the joys which living as a human being involves. Each day is an examination of the way God chose and embraced the human world, shown through the human birth and life of his Son. The passages and commentary explore themes such as loneliness and relationship, lament and hope, bodily resurrection, human uniqueness and limitations, to name but a few. What is clear throughout is that salvation comes by embracing humanity – hence the title – not by trying to renounce it. One delightful touch, reminding us of this humanity, is the fingerprint which appears on the front cover and at many points in the text. I heartily recommend this book as a useful and thought-provoking preparation for Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Margaret Tinsley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChurch Times 25.10.24. Review by Mike Starkey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eThere is a nice touch on the cover of this Advent book from the Principal of the theological college Ridley Hall, Cambridge. In a starry Christmas sky above a snowy landscape, what first appears to be a moon turns out to be a human fingerprint. The fingerprint motif is continued in each of the daily Advent readings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eHamley wryly reflects in her introduction that she is writing a book on God made flesh in an era when humans seem more eager than ever to escape the flesh. Virtual reality and a growing range of options for bodily modification allow us to change our given flesh. They even hold out the hope of casting off its limitations altogether.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eHamley offers a Bible reading, reflection, questions for discussion, and a prayer for each day in Advent. At the end of the book are suggestions for group study. A core theme is the vigorous earthiness of the biblical hope. 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But how does God, who created all things, live within the limitations of humanity – limitations that humanity itself often resents and tries to transcend? And what does it truly mean to be human?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs contemporary society grapples with questions of identity, justice and medical ethics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmbracing Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e deftly explores how different aspects of being human are both inhabited and transformed in the incarnation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough the lens of Advent and Christmas, Isabelle Hamley guides us through daily reflections and prayers, encouraging us to meditate on being human in the light of God's choice to reach out to us in Jesus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eIsabelle Hamley is a theologian, writer and broadcaster currently working as principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. She was previously the theological adviser to the House of Bishops in the Church of England and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. She has also worked as a probation officer, lecturer, parish priest and university chaplain.\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTransforming Ministry online 07.11.24. Review by Margaret Tinsley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe BRF Advent Book for 2024, sub-titled ‘A journey towards becoming flesh’, is divided into days, covering the Advent period up to Christmas. The material for each day consists of a Bible passage, commentary, some ideas for reflection and a prayer. 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The fingerprint motif is continued in each of the daily Advent readings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eHamley wryly reflects in her introduction that she is writing a book on God made flesh in an era when humans seem more eager than ever to escape the flesh. Virtual reality and a growing range of options for bodily modification allow us to change our given flesh. They even hold out the hope of casting off its limitations altogether.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eHamley offers a Bible reading, reflection, questions for discussion, and a prayer for each day in Advent. At the end of the book are suggestions for group study. A core theme is the vigorous earthiness of the biblical hope. The Good News is for the whole person; the vision of eternity is bodily resurrection; in Hebrew thought, you don’t “have” a body: you are a body. Matter matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eOther themes explored include contemporary loneliness and relationality; human fragility in an anxious culture; human limitations and localities; lament and hope; the Covid pandemic and the fear of death; violence and oppression; home and global migration. The author asks the reader to reflect on what it means for faith and spirituality not to somehow hover above the solidity of the world, but to be firmly rooted in places and bodies. 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And as we recognise ourselves and our own lives in the narrative of God’s engagement with humanity and his creation, he gently challenges us to engage for God’s sake with God’s world.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Walker is Bishop of Manchester. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC radio, including the Daily Service and Sunday Programme. His interest in Christian belonging has grown from his involvement in the Housing Association movement and his membership of the Franciscan Third Order. He is also the author of God’s Belongers (BRF, 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘This is a wonderful companion for Lent by David Walker. It is short but deep, and engages the reader in both prayer and reflection. A perfect way to explore what it means for all of us to belong to Christ in a challenging world.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJustin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery day during Lent Bishop David Walker invites us to look afresh at a Biblical character or saint. We gain new insights into their lives. He helps us journey through Lent with a deeper knowledge of how much God loves and treasures us. God reminds us ‘You are mine.’ David draws on his experience as an ordinary member of a family and a friend, a theologian and a Bishop. God’s desire is for us to belong to Jesus and to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘I have a great admiration and respect for David Walker. It was so good to read these revealing reflections on the scriptures which he offers in the light of his experience. They are highly accessible while being theologically profound. I hope others will find them as illuminating and inspiring as I did.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Inge, Bishop of Worcester\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Using Lenten scriptural readings and rooted in his own personal journey, David Walker helps us to recognise the presence and activity of God in our own life, and as a consequence our connectedness and belonging to all God’s creation. This is down-to-earth, sound biblical and pastoral theology, as you would expect from Bishop David.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrother Benedict, Provincial Minister, The Society of St Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘In these thoughtful, touching and often candid reflections, David Walker reveals how he learned that we belong to God through other people. In his father, teachers, therapist, wife, parishioners, children and grandchildren, God becomes vividly present to him through fierce love, inspiring intellect, warm hospitality, quiet wisdom – and even the hatred of a suicide bomber’s attack on the city where Walker is much-loved bishop.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Vallely, author of \u003cem\u003ePope Francis: Untying the knots – the struggle for the soul of Catholicism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘In this remarkable collection of devotions, David Walker combines deeply personal reflections with refreshingly practical observations on the Christian life. The message is humble and clear: in our Lenten battles for our better selves, we belong to God and to one another. This is writing as liberating as it is demanding – full of challenge, comfort and quiet joy.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoretta Minghella, First Church Estates Commissioner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online, February 2020. Review by Sue Piper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis treasure of a Lent book has moved me deeply. David Walker, Bishop of Manchester, has given us a very personal insight into his own journey of faith as well as encouraging us to understand the meaning of scripture as it may relate our own lives. It has been very helpful to link directly with the God we worship and how He makes His presence felt to us, as individuals, each day, in all of our relationships with one another. The language is honest and straightforward, and the Lenten season will be greatly enhanced by our understanding of belonging to God and belonging to one another as family and as community, both locally and globally. There is much material for personal reflection and this book may well lend itself for study group sessions set over a period of time, not necessarily restricted to Lent. The author offers us wisdom, honesty, joy, and understanding. It teaches us to open our hearts with love for not only the chosen scriptures but will encourage us to use Bishop David’s wisdom in our everyday encounters with one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Sue Piper\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReform, February 2020. Review by Jenny Mills\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[In \u003cem\u003eYou Are Mine \u003c\/em\u003eby David Walker] each day there is a Bible text related to the theme of Christian belonging, and a reflection that is both personal and challenging, and both informative and engaging. Walker uses his wealth of faith experience. He opens with: ‘How do we belong with God and with Jesus? And how do our human lives help or hinder us along the way?’ Each day is no more than three pages. This book is relevant for the times in which we live, and addresses current topics as well as reflecting on biblical texts.\u003cem\u003eYou are Mine\u003c\/em\u003e requires setting aside a little more time [than normal Bible reading notes] in order to benefit from its content. I particularly valued the depth of [this book].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJenny Mills is Minister of Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church and West End United Church, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 17.01.20. Philip Welsh's Lent book roundup 2020 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eYou Are Mine\u003c\/em\u003e, David Walker invites his readers to join him at a popular level in the investigation of Christian belonging which has preoccupied him academically over a number of years. His daily reflections are loosely grouped into belonging with God, and belonging ‘with the people who are closest to us; with the great figures of the Bible and Christian faith; with the wider community and its special places; and with the big celebrations and events of the Christian cycle and human life’ — concluding with the events of Holy Week. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach day starts with a short Bible passage, which acts as a springboard for the notably personal reflections by the author — among other things, drawing on the experiences of his upbringing, of therapy, and of his life as parish priest, as bishop, and as grandfather. The daily prayer highlights the general theme within the individual story. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a wise, humane, and generous spirituality. At times, it is a bit more affective than some of us feel comfortable with — producing these reflections is ‘like writing a series of love letters to God’; ‘I can feel the warmth of his smile’ – but there is also a strong and sharp commitment to social issues. He does not seek to shock, but quite often is pleasingly heterodox: he applauds Sunday-afternoon christenings; respects the faith of occasional churchgoers; hates changing the words of hymns; finds his faith encouraged by adherents of other faiths; and is ‘convinced that most politicians go into that work out of a deep and genuine desire to serve their community’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a Lent book for developing daily Bible-reading. It will appeal to those looking for a \u003cem\u003eThought for the Day\u003c\/em\u003e-style piece, linked to scripture, that builds into an attractive picture of Christian life as lived by an engaging representative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Philip Welsh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Richard Frost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding on his previous book, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/gods-belongers-how-people-engage-with-god-today-and-how-the-church-can-help?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=3076f9f36\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod’s Belongers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Bishop David Walker takes explores how activities, events, places and people enable us to know that we belong with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores what it means to belong with God – note, not belong \u003cem\u003eto\u003c\/em\u003e God but \u003cem\u003ewith\u003c\/em\u003e God. Using daily reflections, the Bishop of Manchester takes us through Lent and in to Holy Week. These weekly themes are interspersed, on Sundays, with thoughts on the Lectionary Gospel reading for the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of the weekday readings follows a particular theme within the overall topic of belonging. Bishop David considers how we belong to the Father and the Son, in relationships with others, and with the saints (primarily figures in the Old and New Testament but also Francis of Assisi and Ignatius Loyola). He also turns his attention to complex issues in the society in which we belong and the importance of celebrations and festivals such as Christmas and christenings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author acknowledges early on that he reveals more about his own faith and challenges than in anything else he has written and indeed there is a significant degree of autobiography contained in the book’s pages. Reading \u003cem\u003eYou Are Mine\u003c\/em\u003e with that context in mind will enable individual readers to do so in a way they find personally helpful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this reviewer, this is a book which clergy and those in paid ministry would find especially helpful. It offers some of David Walker’s own experience of the joys, frustrations and practicalities of ‘parish life’ as well as thought-provoking ideas about how churches can enable people, whether inside or outside their walls, to feel they belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Holy Week, Bishop David takes what might be called a more ‘traditional’ Lent book approach. Following the events of the most important week in the year, he offers valuable comments and interpretations, old and new. In doing so, the book concludes on the strongest of notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Frost is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and writes a blog at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/workrestpray.com\/\"\u003eworkrestpray.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-03-16T16:01:44+00:00","created_at":"2019-04-08T11:49:34+01:00","vendor":"David Walker","type":"Paperback","tags":["KCLC","Kindle","Lent","Nov-19"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":26428169683044,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857467584","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"You Are Mine: Daily Bible readings from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857467584","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857467584-l.jpg?v=1554720628"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857467584-l.jpg?v=1554720628","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":3264873332875,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"width":426,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857467584-l.jpg?v=1554720628"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857467584-l.jpg?v=1554720628","width":426}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Again and again, as I have sought to look into both the scriptures and my own life, I have heard in the silence the one who assures me, ever more strongly, 'You are mine'. My hope and prayer is that you who read it will hear something of the same.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt this time of Lent, David Walker explores different aspects of human belonging through the medium of scripture and story in order to help us recognise the different ways in which we are God’s beloved. And as we recognise ourselves and our own lives in the narrative of God’s engagement with humanity and his creation, he gently challenges us to engage for God’s sake with God’s world.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Walker is Bishop of Manchester. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC radio, including the Daily Service and Sunday Programme. His interest in Christian belonging has grown from his involvement in the Housing Association movement and his membership of the Franciscan Third Order. He is also the author of God’s Belongers (BRF, 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘This is a wonderful companion for Lent by David Walker. It is short but deep, and engages the reader in both prayer and reflection. A perfect way to explore what it means for all of us to belong to Christ in a challenging world.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJustin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery day during Lent Bishop David Walker invites us to look afresh at a Biblical character or saint. We gain new insights into their lives. He helps us journey through Lent with a deeper knowledge of how much God loves and treasures us. God reminds us ‘You are mine.’ David draws on his experience as an ordinary member of a family and a friend, a theologian and a Bishop. God’s desire is for us to belong to Jesus and to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘I have a great admiration and respect for David Walker. It was so good to read these revealing reflections on the scriptures which he offers in the light of his experience. They are highly accessible while being theologically profound. I hope others will find them as illuminating and inspiring as I did.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Inge, Bishop of Worcester\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Using Lenten scriptural readings and rooted in his own personal journey, David Walker helps us to recognise the presence and activity of God in our own life, and as a consequence our connectedness and belonging to all God’s creation. This is down-to-earth, sound biblical and pastoral theology, as you would expect from Bishop David.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrother Benedict, Provincial Minister, The Society of St Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘In these thoughtful, touching and often candid reflections, David Walker reveals how he learned that we belong to God through other people. In his father, teachers, therapist, wife, parishioners, children and grandchildren, God becomes vividly present to him through fierce love, inspiring intellect, warm hospitality, quiet wisdom – and even the hatred of a suicide bomber’s attack on the city where Walker is much-loved bishop.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Vallely, author of \u003cem\u003ePope Francis: Untying the knots – the struggle for the soul of Catholicism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘In this remarkable collection of devotions, David Walker combines deeply personal reflections with refreshingly practical observations on the Christian life. The message is humble and clear: in our Lenten battles for our better selves, we belong to God and to one another. This is writing as liberating as it is demanding – full of challenge, comfort and quiet joy.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoretta Minghella, First Church Estates Commissioner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online, February 2020. Review by Sue Piper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis treasure of a Lent book has moved me deeply. David Walker, Bishop of Manchester, has given us a very personal insight into his own journey of faith as well as encouraging us to understand the meaning of scripture as it may relate our own lives. It has been very helpful to link directly with the God we worship and how He makes His presence felt to us, as individuals, each day, in all of our relationships with one another. The language is honest and straightforward, and the Lenten season will be greatly enhanced by our understanding of belonging to God and belonging to one another as family and as community, both locally and globally. There is much material for personal reflection and this book may well lend itself for study group sessions set over a period of time, not necessarily restricted to Lent. The author offers us wisdom, honesty, joy, and understanding. It teaches us to open our hearts with love for not only the chosen scriptures but will encourage us to use Bishop David’s wisdom in our everyday encounters with one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Sue Piper\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReform, February 2020. Review by Jenny Mills\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[In \u003cem\u003eYou Are Mine \u003c\/em\u003eby David Walker] each day there is a Bible text related to the theme of Christian belonging, and a reflection that is both personal and challenging, and both informative and engaging. Walker uses his wealth of faith experience. He opens with: ‘How do we belong with God and with Jesus? And how do our human lives help or hinder us along the way?’ Each day is no more than three pages. This book is relevant for the times in which we live, and addresses current topics as well as reflecting on biblical texts.\u003cem\u003eYou are Mine\u003c\/em\u003e requires setting aside a little more time [than normal Bible reading notes] in order to benefit from its content. I particularly valued the depth of [this book].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJenny Mills is Minister of Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church and West End United Church, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 17.01.20. Philip Welsh's Lent book roundup 2020 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eYou Are Mine\u003c\/em\u003e, David Walker invites his readers to join him at a popular level in the investigation of Christian belonging which has preoccupied him academically over a number of years. His daily reflections are loosely grouped into belonging with God, and belonging ‘with the people who are closest to us; with the great figures of the Bible and Christian faith; with the wider community and its special places; and with the big celebrations and events of the Christian cycle and human life’ — concluding with the events of Holy Week. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach day starts with a short Bible passage, which acts as a springboard for the notably personal reflections by the author — among other things, drawing on the experiences of his upbringing, of therapy, and of his life as parish priest, as bishop, and as grandfather. The daily prayer highlights the general theme within the individual story. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a wise, humane, and generous spirituality. At times, it is a bit more affective than some of us feel comfortable with — producing these reflections is ‘like writing a series of love letters to God’; ‘I can feel the warmth of his smile’ – but there is also a strong and sharp commitment to social issues. He does not seek to shock, but quite often is pleasingly heterodox: he applauds Sunday-afternoon christenings; respects the faith of occasional churchgoers; hates changing the words of hymns; finds his faith encouraged by adherents of other faiths; and is ‘convinced that most politicians go into that work out of a deep and genuine desire to serve their community’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a Lent book for developing daily Bible-reading. It will appeal to those looking for a \u003cem\u003eThought for the Day\u003c\/em\u003e-style piece, linked to scripture, that builds into an attractive picture of Christian life as lived by an engaging representative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Philip Welsh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Richard Frost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding on his previous book, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/gods-belongers-how-people-engage-with-god-today-and-how-the-church-can-help?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=3076f9f36\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod’s Belongers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Bishop David Walker takes explores how activities, events, places and people enable us to know that we belong with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores what it means to belong with God – note, not belong \u003cem\u003eto\u003c\/em\u003e God but \u003cem\u003ewith\u003c\/em\u003e God. Using daily reflections, the Bishop of Manchester takes us through Lent and in to Holy Week. These weekly themes are interspersed, on Sundays, with thoughts on the Lectionary Gospel reading for the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of the weekday readings follows a particular theme within the overall topic of belonging. Bishop David considers how we belong to the Father and the Son, in relationships with others, and with the saints (primarily figures in the Old and New Testament but also Francis of Assisi and Ignatius Loyola). He also turns his attention to complex issues in the society in which we belong and the importance of celebrations and festivals such as Christmas and christenings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author acknowledges early on that he reveals more about his own faith and challenges than in anything else he has written and indeed there is a significant degree of autobiography contained in the book’s pages. Reading \u003cem\u003eYou Are Mine\u003c\/em\u003e with that context in mind will enable individual readers to do so in a way they find personally helpful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this reviewer, this is a book which clergy and those in paid ministry would find especially helpful. It offers some of David Walker’s own experience of the joys, frustrations and practicalities of ‘parish life’ as well as thought-provoking ideas about how churches can enable people, whether inside or outside their walls, to feel they belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Holy Week, Bishop David takes what might be called a more ‘traditional’ Lent book approach. Following the events of the most important week in the year, he offers valuable comments and interpretations, old and new. In doing so, the book concludes on the strongest of notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Frost is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and writes a blog at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/workrestpray.com\/\"\u003eworkrestpray.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7537591713983,"title":"Loving My Neighbour: A Lenten Journey","handle":"loving-my-neighbour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLenten readings and reflections consider how to love in truth, love the vulnerable and the suffering, embrace difference, care for our world, love ourselves, and love to the very end. It’s never been more important to understand how much God loves us and how much he wants us to love each other. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLoving My Neighbour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e takes us on a journey through the challenging terrain of how we can truly love one another, individually and in our communities. Daily Bible readings and reflections from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day explore how we can love in truth, love the vulnerable and the suffering, embrace difference, care for our world, and love ourselves as God loves us. Holy Week brings us back to reflect on Christ on the cross, who loved us to the very end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t936eS2Q41Y?si=sWnhGUC1VFJX8ZIo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_2ceGtotHU?si=_4xIaEAN0X_OZ8H7\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online 19.02.24. Review by Cavan Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf all Christian books, one of the most difficult to write effectively is a Lent book, but this group project is a very helpful guide to the Lenten season and the personal reflection it should invoke. The book considers the topics of love: loving in truth, loving those who are vulnerable, loving those who are in suffering, loving oneself, loving those who are different, loving the world around us and finally loving to the end. It takes us on one of the most challenging of areas that we can truly love others who are not always lovable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a collection of daily Bible readings and reflections, it draws upon story and the experience of the writing team to develop its ideas. Despite having seven writers, it does cohere as a book, so credit goes to Olivia Warburton as the overall editor. It is important that we have little pen portraits of the writers so that we can understand a little of how they came to write and communicate in the way that they did. The use of Bible readings, reflections and prayers are useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonally, I would have included some questions which could be used by individuals and for home groups which could have made the text more directly influential on us as readers. The picture of the Palm Sunday entrance is not really a good summary of the wide-ranging nature of the text: if the focus had been more on Holy Week, then this might be appropriate. This will be a good guide to help you through Lent and could be a good resource for a group during the season. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Cavan Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times Lent book round up by Philip Welsh 19.01.24\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Loving My Neighbour, seven authors, from a range of Christian traditions, each take a week of daily Bible readings to immerse us in aspects of loving our neighbour, with Jonathan Swift’s sharp reminder that ‘We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanjee Perera looks at loving in truth, in freewheeling theological meditations that are by turns challenging and overwrought. John Swinton writes outstandingly about loving the vulnerable. ‘When we reflect upon the upside-down kingdom, we come to realise that the broken . . . are more important than anything else. We also discover that ‘they’ are in fact ‘us’.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEsther Kuku strides into loving those who are suffering with the confidence of the saved. ‘We have been justified and we will be delivered out of every difficult circumstance we face.’ Sister Gemma Simmonds offers mature wisdom on the importance of loving oneself, and is sensitive to the ambivalence of love: ‘Knowing someone and being known by them at depth carries both grace and potential threat.’ She draws helpfully on Catholic tradition: for St Ignatius, ‘the heart of humility is not self-denigration but gratitude.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInderjit Bhogal writes powerfully about loving those who are different. The Old Testament tells us to love our neighbour as ourselves once, but to love the stranger 40 times. His exposition of Gospel stories is exemplary and thought-provoking, along with the way drawing on his own experience within white groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Gregory is a climate scientist and Baptist minister. He writes attractively about loving the world around us: ‘Next time you see a weather forecast, give thanks for the insights of scientists that enable us to understand some of how God has shaped creation.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring Holy Week — loving to the end — Joanna Collicutt takes a fresh approach to the last words from the Cross, as showing us how to die well, ‘to say our sad goodbyes to this precious and delicious earthly life, to the people we love, and to the grudges we bear and, like him, to entrust ourselves to our heavenly Father’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA multi-author project is likely to be a mixed bag. Loving My Neighbour scores quite well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by the Revd Philip Welsh a retired priest in the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ediocese of London.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTogether magazine Jan-Feb 2024. Review by Fiona Lloyd\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoving My Neighbour – a Lenten Journey\u003c\/strong\u003e is BRF Ministries’ Lent book for 2024. Inspired by one of Jesus’ most famous parables, several well-known authors offer their perspectives on what loving our neighbour means in our modern world. Between them, they cover themes such as caring for our world, embracing difference and loving the vulnerable. I found it refreshing to have several different voices co-authoring this book, as it emphasised all the different ways we can find to love those around us. The book is set out in the form of a devotional, with a short Bible passage for each day along with a reflections and a prayer. These can easily be read in about five minutes, but still give plenty of food for thought, touching on other relevant scriptures and using personal anecdotes to paint images that linger in the mind. Warburton writes in the introduction that ‘it’s never been more important to understand how much God loves us and how much he wants us to love each other,’ and this is a book that will certainly help us in this endeavour.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-09-11T15:06:09+01:00","created_at":"2023-09-11T15:06:09+01:00","vendor":"Inderjit Bhogal, Joanna Collicutt, David Gregory, Esther Kuku, Sanjee Perera, Gemma Simmonds, John Swinton","type":"Paperback","tags":["Biblical engagement","Devotional","Easter","Glassboxx","KCLC","Lent","seasonal"],"price":999,"price_min":999,"price_max":999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43664174776511,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781800392151","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":34819104440511,"product_id":7537591713983,"position":1,"created_at":"2023-09-11T15:07:52+01:00","updated_at":"2023-09-11T15:07:54+01:00","alt":null,"width":1535,"height":2339,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/LovingMyNeighbour.jpg?v=1694441274","variant_ids":[43664174776511]},"available":true,"name":"Loving My Neighbour: A Lenten Journey - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":999,"weight":220,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781800392151","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":27499683414207,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2339,"width":1535,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/LovingMyNeighbour.jpg?v=1694441274"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/LovingMyNeighbour.jpg?v=1694441274"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/LovingMyNeighbour.jpg?v=1694441274","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":27499683414207,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2339,"width":1535,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/LovingMyNeighbour.jpg?v=1694441274"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2339,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/LovingMyNeighbour.jpg?v=1694441274","width":1535}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLenten readings and reflections consider how to love in truth, love the vulnerable and the suffering, embrace difference, care for our world, love ourselves, and love to the very end. It’s never been more important to understand how much God loves us and how much he wants us to love each other. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLoving My Neighbour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e takes us on a journey through the challenging terrain of how we can truly love one another, individually and in our communities. Daily Bible readings and reflections from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day explore how we can love in truth, love the vulnerable and the suffering, embrace difference, care for our world, and love ourselves as God loves us. Holy Week brings us back to reflect on Christ on the cross, who loved us to the very end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t936eS2Q41Y?si=sWnhGUC1VFJX8ZIo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_2ceGtotHU?si=_4xIaEAN0X_OZ8H7\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online 19.02.24. Review by Cavan Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf all Christian books, one of the most difficult to write effectively is a Lent book, but this group project is a very helpful guide to the Lenten season and the personal reflection it should invoke. The book considers the topics of love: loving in truth, loving those who are vulnerable, loving those who are in suffering, loving oneself, loving those who are different, loving the world around us and finally loving to the end. It takes us on one of the most challenging of areas that we can truly love others who are not always lovable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a collection of daily Bible readings and reflections, it draws upon story and the experience of the writing team to develop its ideas. Despite having seven writers, it does cohere as a book, so credit goes to Olivia Warburton as the overall editor. It is important that we have little pen portraits of the writers so that we can understand a little of how they came to write and communicate in the way that they did. The use of Bible readings, reflections and prayers are useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonally, I would have included some questions which could be used by individuals and for home groups which could have made the text more directly influential on us as readers. The picture of the Palm Sunday entrance is not really a good summary of the wide-ranging nature of the text: if the focus had been more on Holy Week, then this might be appropriate. This will be a good guide to help you through Lent and could be a good resource for a group during the season. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Cavan Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times Lent book round up by Philip Welsh 19.01.24\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Loving My Neighbour, seven authors, from a range of Christian traditions, each take a week of daily Bible readings to immerse us in aspects of loving our neighbour, with Jonathan Swift’s sharp reminder that ‘We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanjee Perera looks at loving in truth, in freewheeling theological meditations that are by turns challenging and overwrought. John Swinton writes outstandingly about loving the vulnerable. ‘When we reflect upon the upside-down kingdom, we come to realise that the broken . . . are more important than anything else. We also discover that ‘they’ are in fact ‘us’.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEsther Kuku strides into loving those who are suffering with the confidence of the saved. ‘We have been justified and we will be delivered out of every difficult circumstance we face.’ Sister Gemma Simmonds offers mature wisdom on the importance of loving oneself, and is sensitive to the ambivalence of love: ‘Knowing someone and being known by them at depth carries both grace and potential threat.’ She draws helpfully on Catholic tradition: for St Ignatius, ‘the heart of humility is not self-denigration but gratitude.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInderjit Bhogal writes powerfully about loving those who are different. The Old Testament tells us to love our neighbour as ourselves once, but to love the stranger 40 times. His exposition of Gospel stories is exemplary and thought-provoking, along with the way drawing on his own experience within white groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Gregory is a climate scientist and Baptist minister. He writes attractively about loving the world around us: ‘Next time you see a weather forecast, give thanks for the insights of scientists that enable us to understand some of how God has shaped creation.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring Holy Week — loving to the end — Joanna Collicutt takes a fresh approach to the last words from the Cross, as showing us how to die well, ‘to say our sad goodbyes to this precious and delicious earthly life, to the people we love, and to the grudges we bear and, like him, to entrust ourselves to our heavenly Father’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA multi-author project is likely to be a mixed bag. Loving My Neighbour scores quite well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by the Revd Philip Welsh a retired priest in the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ediocese of London.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTogether magazine Jan-Feb 2024. Review by Fiona Lloyd\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoving My Neighbour – a Lenten Journey\u003c\/strong\u003e is BRF Ministries’ Lent book for 2024. Inspired by one of Jesus’ most famous parables, several well-known authors offer their perspectives on what loving our neighbour means in our modern world. Between them, they cover themes such as caring for our world, embracing difference and loving the vulnerable. I found it refreshing to have several different voices co-authoring this book, as it emphasised all the different ways we can find to love those around us. The book is set out in the form of a devotional, with a short Bible passage for each day along with a reflections and a prayer. These can easily be read in about five minutes, but still give plenty of food for thought, touching on other relevant scriptures and using personal anecdotes to paint images that linger in the mind. Warburton writes in the introduction that ‘it’s never been more important to understand how much God loves us and how much he wants us to love each other,’ and this is a book that will certainly help us in this endeavour.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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She is passionate about encouraging others to use creative prayer and reflection methods and speaks at conferences and leads workshops on the subject of prayer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eIllustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJamie Poole. Jamie is an artist and designer who makes and sells colourful artwork. He is particular inspired by the Northamptonshire poet John Clare and the Nene Valley, where he lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘Whether you have a garden to look at, a flower box or a brick wall, this book is like a window looking out over God’s creation wherever you are. The book takes your senses to places near and far to encounter nature as God intended, for it to connect with us, whom he also created. Claire’s carefully curated devotions and Jamie’s ethereal scripture- encapsulating illustrations are a perfect pairing to complement a quiet time with the Lord.’ \u003cem\u003eGemma Hunt, CBeebies and Songs of Praise TV presenter and author of modern retellings of Bible stories See! Let’s Be A Good Friend! and See! Let’s Be ME!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘In this beautiful book, Claire offers a winsome invitation to us all to notice, to rediscover wonder, and to worship. Here is sumptuous food for the soul. As Annie Dillard says: “We are here to witness the creation… we are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Otherwise, creation would be playing to an empty house.” God is putting on a show. Let’s not miss it.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003eJeff Lucas, author, speaker, broadcaster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘Claire Daniel invites us to stroll through the seasons, paying attention to the presence of God in the created world. Her reflections and stories, gently rooted in scripture, offer encouragement and perspective for every season of life. The illustrations by Jamie Poole are a perfect companion – quiet, beautiful, and full of depth. Whether used as a family resource or a personal tool for reflection, this book offers a devotional rhythm that draws the reader into wonder, worship, and rest.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003eLeah Boden, author of Modern Miss Mason and the ‘Tales of Boldness and Faith’ series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘What a joy it has been to read Reflected in Nature, a beautiful book in every way. With great skill and insight, Claire guides us through the different seasons of the year and helps us notice God in the uniqueness of each passing month. Her love for God, and the created world, bursts from every page. The illustrations are stunning, carefully linked to each chapter. The devotional thoughts are concise and helpful, each introduced by an appropriate scripture. The reflective questions are encouraging yet penetrating, and the prayers seal each chapter with the touch of God. Here is a book to be savoured and treasured, read slowly, and returned to year after year. And of course, bought for others to help them also delight in God.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003eTony Horsfall, retreat leader and author of Attentive to God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘Reflected in Nature is a wonderful invitation to notice God’s presence in the everyday. 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Paired with Jamie Poole’s striking and unique illustrations, Reflected in Nature is a resource to return to in all seasons, offering space to pause, reflect, and realign.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003eNaomi Aidoo, author of Finding Flourishing, YouVersion Partner and creator of the TIME Framework®\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-05-07T12:33:02+01:00","created_at":"2025-03-28T12:28:46+00:00","vendor":"Claire Daniel","type":"Paperback","tags":["Caring for creation","Devotional","For individuals","For Women","KCLC","Prayer"],"price":1499,"price_min":1499,"price_max":1499,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":55065418531196,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781800393707","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Reflected in Nature: Finding God in the created world","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1499,"weight":290,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781800393707","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ReflectedinNature.jpg?v=1746617382"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ReflectedinNature.jpg?v=1746617382","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":64644115562876,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.064,"height":1831,"width":1949,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ReflectedinNature.jpg?v=1746617382"},"aspect_ratio":1.064,"height":1831,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ReflectedinNature.jpg?v=1746617382","width":1949}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections and illustrations inspired by encountering God in nature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eReflected by Nature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Claire Daniel offers forty Bible-themed reflections inspired by the natural world, alongside original artwork. A gentle companion to contemplation, helping you reflect on God every day, in every season of the year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClaire Daniel is author of 80 Reflective Prayer Ideas, Prayer Journey into Parenthood and 80 Creative Prayer Ideas. She is passionate about encouraging others to use creative prayer and reflection methods and speaks at conferences and leads workshops on the subject of prayer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eIllustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJamie Poole. Jamie is an artist and designer who makes and sells colourful artwork. He is particular inspired by the Northamptonshire poet John Clare and the Nene Valley, where he lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘Whether you have a garden to look at, a flower box or a brick wall, this book is like a window looking out over God’s creation wherever you are. The book takes your senses to places near and far to encounter nature as God intended, for it to connect with us, whom he also created. Claire’s carefully curated devotions and Jamie’s ethereal scripture- encapsulating illustrations are a perfect pairing to complement a quiet time with the Lord.’ \u003cem\u003eGemma Hunt, CBeebies and Songs of Praise TV presenter and author of modern retellings of Bible stories See! Let’s Be A Good Friend! and See! Let’s Be ME!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘In this beautiful book, Claire offers a winsome invitation to us all to notice, to rediscover wonder, and to worship. Here is sumptuous food for the soul. As Annie Dillard says: “We are here to witness the creation… we are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Otherwise, creation would be playing to an empty house.” God is putting on a show. Let’s not miss it.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003eJeff Lucas, author, speaker, broadcaster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘Claire Daniel invites us to stroll through the seasons, paying attention to the presence of God in the created world. Her reflections and stories, gently rooted in scripture, offer encouragement and perspective for every season of life. The illustrations by Jamie Poole are a perfect companion – quiet, beautiful, and full of depth. Whether used as a family resource or a personal tool for reflection, this book offers a devotional rhythm that draws the reader into wonder, worship, and rest.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003eLeah Boden, author of Modern Miss Mason and the ‘Tales of Boldness and Faith’ series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘What a joy it has been to read Reflected in Nature, a beautiful book in every way. With great skill and insight, Claire guides us through the different seasons of the year and helps us notice God in the uniqueness of each passing month. Her love for God, and the created world, bursts from every page. The illustrations are stunning, carefully linked to each chapter. The devotional thoughts are concise and helpful, each introduced by an appropriate scripture. The reflective questions are encouraging yet penetrating, and the prayers seal each chapter with the touch of God. Here is a book to be savoured and treasured, read slowly, and returned to year after year. And of course, bought for others to help them also delight in God.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003eTony Horsfall, retreat leader and author of Attentive to God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003e‘Reflected in Nature is a wonderful invitation to notice God’s presence in the everyday. Claire’s reflections are thoughtful and grounded, gently drawing out spiritual truth from the world around us as well as the day-to-day circumstances we face. What especially struck me is the way in which I felt as though I was journeying through different seasons and places in Claire's own life, many of which felt relatable and comforting. Paired with Jamie Poole’s striking and unique illustrations, Reflected in Nature is a resource to return to in all seasons, offering space to pause, reflect, and realign.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro',sans-serif;\"\u003eNaomi Aidoo, author of Finding Flourishing, YouVersion Partner and creator of the TIME Framework®\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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With 111 practical eco-tips to select from, you’ll find inspiration and encouragement too, with pauses in the busyness for moments of biblical reflection that speak of God’s love for his creation – people and planet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlivia Warburton\u003c\/strong\u003e believes that everyone can make a difference to help our world flourish, however tiny our efforts may seem. 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Hodson, director of theology and education, The John Ray Initiative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.45pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.85pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘Packed full of practical suggestions, and rooted in biblical wisdom, Olivia has managed to help\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eus\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethink\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eabout\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egreening\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eour\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChristmases\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewithout\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elots\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehandwringing\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eguilt.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehighly\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaccessible guide, especially for busy households, which will give you the confidence to take\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaction. As she says, we can’t do everything. But we can do THIS.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSarah\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEdwards,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.3pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexecutive\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edirector,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.3pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJustMoney\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMovement\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.3pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e(justmoney.org.uk)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.7pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘This book is brimming with inspiration and tips to help you reduce your impact on the\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplanet at Christmas, while having fun and pausing to reflect on the “reason for the season”.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHighly\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecommended!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCaroline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .3pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ePomeroy,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .35pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003edirector,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .35pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eClimate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .3pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eStewards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.95pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘This book is for life, not just for Christmas! Packed with ideas about how to give a gift to the\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eworld, and rooted in scripture, this easy-to-read book has something for everyone, from eco-\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewarriors to those just starting a green journey. Perfect for families, individuals, Eco Churches\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egroups.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDebbie,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDavid\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJamie\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHawker,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eauthors\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChanging\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClimate\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(BRF\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMinistries,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e2021)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 3.6pt;\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.85pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘Olivia’s book offers a rare and wonderful moment when love of God, his word and his world\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eall come together. Her reflections are thought-provoking and her advice accessible. I would\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecommend to anyone wanting to worship God afresh, through practical acts of love for his\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egood creation at Christmas.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHannah\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMann,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eenvironment\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprogramme\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emanager,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ediocese\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003eOxford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.9pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ewide-ranging,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003erealistic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ecompassionate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eguide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ethat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eincludes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ereflective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003esections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003efeed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eyour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003esoul,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoesn’t\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eassume\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eone-size-fits-all\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esolution.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThere’s\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplenty\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehere\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eget\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eeco-curious\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estarted,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewell\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eideas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethose\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebit\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efurther\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealong\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etheir\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esustainability\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejourney.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMany\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eideas can be taken forward into the rest of the year.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRuth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBancewicz,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003echurch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eengagement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; 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mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eFaraday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eInstitute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003efor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .15pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eReligion, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCambridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.9pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘Olivia’s book helps us to think beyond a “White Christmas” and take steps towards a green,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esustainable one. Full of hints to help you build new Christmas traditions that celebrate God’s\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egift\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elife\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJesus\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshare\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eit\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enot\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eonly\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efamily\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efriends\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhole\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplanet.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDon’t\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejust\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edream of a “Green Christmas” – begin to live it!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRevd\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDr\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDave\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGregory,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBaptist\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eminister\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMissioner\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eScience\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e Environment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePremier Christianity online 15.12.25. \u003ca href=\"Premier%20Christianity%20online%20Reviews%20Discover%20the%20joy%20of%20a%20simpler,%20more%20sustainable%20Christmas%20By%20Estelle%20Uba%2015%20December%202025%20Olivia%20Warburton%E2%80%99s%20Dreaming%20of%20a%20Green%20Christmas:%20Sustainability%20and%20creation%20care%20for%20busy%20people%20(The%20Bible%20Reading%20Fellowship)%20walks%20readers%20through%20every%20part%20of%20the%20festive%20season,%20from%20decorations%20and%20gift-giving%20to%20travel%20and%20family%20traditions,%20while%20reminding%20us%20that%20caring%20for%20the%20planet%20is%20an%20act%20of%20faith%20as%20much%20as%20it%20is%20an%20act%20of%20stewardship.%20This%20is%20a%20rare%20combination%20of%20ecological%20wisdom%20and%20theological%20depth.%20The%20book%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20just%20tell%20readers%20how%20to%20reduce%20waste;%20it%20calls%20them%20to%20reconnect%20with%20the%20heart%20of%20the%20Christmas%20story,%20one%20that%20celebrates%20humility,%20simplicity%20and%20generosity.%20In%20a%20chapter%20on%20decluttering,%20Warburton%20draws%20a%20striking%20parallel%20between%20material%20clutter%20and%20spiritual%20attachment.%20She%20quotes%20Matthew%206:19%E2%80%9321:%20%E2%80%9CDo%20not%20store%20up%20for%20yourselves%20treasures%20on%20earth,%20where%20moths%20and%20vermin%20destroy,%20and%20where%20thieves%20break%20in%20and%20steal.%20But%20store%20up%20for%20yourselves%20treasures%20in%20heaven%20[%E2%80%A6]%20for%20where%20your%20treasure%20is,%20there%20your%20heart%20will%20be%20also.%E2%80%9D%20Clearing%20physical%20space%20can%20also%20clear%20spiritual%20space.%20The%20author%E2%80%99s%20reflections%20transform%20ordinary%20acts%20like%20tidying%20or%20recycling%20into%20moments%20of%20worship,%20opportunities%20to%20loosen%20our%20grip%20on%20possessions%20and%20refocus%20our%20hearts%20on%20God.%20Although%20resolute,%20Warburton%E2%80%99s%20approach%20is%20refreshingly%20gentle.%20Rather%20than%20guilt-tripping%20readers%20for%20their%20choices,%20she%20writes%20with%20compassion,%20encouraging%20small%20but%20meaningful%20changes:%20renting%20a%20Christmas%20tree%20instead%20of%20buying%20one,%20making%20homemade%20decorations,%20choosing%20recycled%20wrapping%20paper,%20and%20even%20reconsidering%20how%20we%20travel%20during%20the%20holidays.%20Her%20tone%20is%20not%20moralising%20but%20mindful,%20inviting%20us%20to%20think%20deeply%20about%20what%20we%20treasure%20and%20why.%20In%20one%20reflection,%20she%20reminds%20us%20not%20to%20condemn%20others%20for%20indulging%20in%20luxuries,%20stating%20that:%20%E2%80%9CJesus%E2%80%99%20first%20miracle%20was%20turning%20water%20into%20top-quality%20wine%20at%20a%20wedding%E2%80%9D%20and%20that%20%E2%80%9Che%20commended%20a%20woman%20who%20anointed%20him%20liberally%20with%20expensive%20perfume,%20an%20action%20which%20others%20saw%20as%20wasteful%20and%20mis-directed%E2%80%9D.%20She%20continues:%20%E2%80%9CIn%20all%20our%20careful%20stewardship%20of%20resources,%20let%E2%80%99s%20try%20not%20to%20judge%20others%20or%20become%20legalistic%20and%20anxious.%20Let%E2%80%99s%20live%20as%20lightly%20on%20this%20planet%20as%20we%20can.%20But%20where%20we%20need%20to%20invest%20resources%20to%20bless%20others,%20let%E2%80%99s%20do%20so%20freely%20and%20joyfully,%20as%20the%20Messiah%20did.%E2%80%9D%20Readers%20are%20invited%20to%20pause,%20reflect,%20and%20even%20write%20their%20thoughts%20directly%20onto%20its%20pages.%20Warburton%20includes%20questions%20and%20journaling%20prompts%20alongside%20a%20%E2%80%98Resources%20and%20Links%E2%80%99%20section,%20pointing%20to%20sustainable%20brands,%20pre-loved%20marketplaces%20and%20organisations%20working%20to%20combat%20climate%20injustice.%20It%E2%80%99s%20a%20creative%20way%20of%20making%20environmental%20responsibility%20feel%20both%20achievable%20and%20communal.%20Where%20the%20book%20shines%20most%20is%20in%20its%20honesty%20about%20our%20resistance%20to%20change.%20Warburton%20challenges%20readers%20to%20confront%20familiar%20excuses%20such%20as:%20%E2%80%9CAny%20lifestyle%20changes%20I%20make%20won%E2%80%99t%20make%20a%20difference%E2%80%9D%20or:%20%E2%80%98Environmentalism%20distracts%20from%20more%20important%20issues.%E2%80%99%20These%20candid%20admissions%20hold%20a%20mirror%20to%20the%20reader,%20exposing%20how%20easy%20it%20is%20for%20privilege%20and%20apathy%20to%20make%20us%20neglect%20our%20collective%20duty%20to%20protect%20the%20planet.%20%20It%E2%80%99s%20not%20a%20call%20to%20perfection%20but%20to%20participation,%20to%20see%20stewardship%20as%20worship%20and%20to%20rediscover%20joy%20in%20simplicity.%20Even%20readers%20who%20don%E2%80%99t%20consider%20themselves%20particularly%20%E2%80%9Ceco-conscious%E2%80%9D%20will%20find%20wisdom%20here,%20from%20the%20suggestion%20to%20use%20reusable%20decorations%20to%20the%20call%20to%20declutter%20both%20home%20and%20heart.%20Warburton%E2%80%99s%20vision%20of%20a%20%E2%80%98green%20Christmas%E2%80%99%20is,%20ultimately,%20one%20of%20hope.%20It%E2%80%99s%20about%20returning%20to%20the%20essence%20of%20the%20incarnation,%20God%E2%80%99s%20choice%20to%20enter%20creation%20rather%20than%20escape%20it.%20In%20doing%20so,%20she%20gently%20reminds%20us%20that%20to%20care%20for%20the%20earth%20is%20to%20care%20for%20the%20creator%E2%80%99s%20handiwork,%20and%20to%20honour%20the%20one%20whose%20birth%20we%20celebrate.%20https:\/\/www.premierchristianity.com\/reviews\/discover-the-joy-of-a-simpler-more-sustainable-christmas\/20402.article\"\u003eReviewed by Estelle Uba\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOlivia Warburton’s Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Sustainability and creation care for busy people (The Bible Reading Fellowship) walks readers through every part of the festive season, from decorations and gift-giving to travel and family traditions, while reminding us that caring for the planet is an act of faith as much as it is an act of stewardship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is a rare combination of ecological wisdom and theological depth. The book doesn’t just tell readers how to reduce waste; it calls them to reconnect with the heart of the Christmas story, one that celebrates humility, simplicity and generosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn a chapter on decluttering, Warburton draws a striking parallel between material clutter and spiritual attachment. She quotes Matthew 6:19–21: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven […] for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eClearing physical space can also clear spiritual space. The author’s reflections transform ordinary acts like tidying or recycling into moments of worship, opportunities to loosen our grip on possessions and refocus our hearts on God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlthough resolute, Warburton’s approach is refreshingly gentle. Rather than guilt-tripping readers for their choices, she writes with compassion, encouraging small but meaningful changes: renting a Christmas tree instead of buying one, making homemade decorations, choosing recycled wrapping paper, and even reconsidering how we travel during the holidays. Her tone is not moralising but mindful, inviting us to think deeply about what we treasure and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn one reflection, she reminds us not to condemn others for indulging in luxuries, stating that: “Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into top-quality wine at a wedding” and that “he commended a woman who anointed him liberally with expensive perfume, an action which others saw as wasteful and mis-directed”. She continues: “In all our careful stewardship of resources, let’s try not to judge others or become legalistic and anxious. Let’s live as lightly on this planet as we can. But where we need to invest resources to bless others, let’s do so freely and joyfully, as the Messiah did.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eReaders are invited to pause, reflect, and even write their thoughts directly onto its pages. Warburton includes questions and journaling prompts alongside a ‘Resources and Links’ section, pointing to sustainable brands, pre-loved marketplaces and organisations working to combat climate injustice. It’s a creative way of making environmental responsibility feel both achievable and communal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhere the book shines most is in its honesty about our resistance to change. Warburton challenges readers to confront familiar excuses such as: “Any lifestyle changes I make won’t make a difference” or: ‘Environmentalism distracts from more important issues.’ These candid admissions hold a mirror to the reader, exposing how easy it is for privilege and apathy to make us neglect our collective duty to protect the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt’s not a call to perfection but to participation, to see stewardship as worship and to rediscover joy in simplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEven readers who don’t consider themselves particularly “eco-conscious” will find wisdom here, from the suggestion to use reusable decorations to the call to declutter both home and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWarburton’s vision of a ‘green Christmas’ is, ultimately, one of hope. It’s about returning to the essence of the incarnation, God’s choice to enter creation rather than escape it. In doing so, she gently reminds us that to care for the earth is to care for the creator’s handiwork, and to honour the one whose birth we celebrate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Estelle Uba for Premier Christianity online.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-03-28T09:34:54+00:00","created_at":"2025-03-28T09:34:54+00:00","vendor":"Olivia Warburton","type":"Paperback","tags":["Advent","Caring for creation","Christmas","KCLC"],"price":699,"price_min":699,"price_max":699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":55064882708860,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781800394308","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Sustainability and creation care for busy people","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":699,"weight":98,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781800394308","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Dreaming_Green_Christmas.jpg?v=1743154421"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Dreaming_Green_Christmas.jpg?v=1743154421","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":64271499854204,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1748,"width":1748,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Dreaming_Green_Christmas.jpg?v=1743154421"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1748,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Dreaming_Green_Christmas.jpg?v=1743154421","width":1748}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWouldn’t it be great if we could make Christmas greener, less wasteful, less stressful, more enjoyable, and with more space to focus on what it’s really all about? Written for families to work through, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreaming of a Green Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an essential companion as you prepare for the festive season. With 111 practical eco-tips to select from, you’ll find inspiration and encouragement too, with pauses in the busyness for moments of biblical reflection that speak of God’s love for his creation – people and planet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlivia Warburton\u003c\/strong\u003e believes that everyone can make a difference to help our world flourish, however tiny our efforts may seem. Currently co-editor of BRF Ministries’ Guidelines Bible reading notes and most recently head of content creation and Living Faith ministry lead, she has worked in a number of editorial roles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'I’ve just offered to host family K-B Christmas this year and am already dipping into ‘Green Christmas’ for some top tips on how to be a good steward of all that God has given us. With 111 ideas, there’s something that every Messy Church can try to encourage a more sustainable festive period.' \u003cstrong\u003eAike Kennett-Brown, Messy Church lead\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.85pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘This is the perfect book to help us all celebrate and enjoy Christmas in ways that also take\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecare\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eworld\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJesus\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eentered\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einto.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNo\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eneed\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeel\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eguilty\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estressed\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e–\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOlivia\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eguides\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eus\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elightly\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethrough the maze. So get reading and get on with it!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDr\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRuth\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eValerio,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eenvironmentalist,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etheologian,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esocial\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eactivist\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003eauthor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.95pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘Grounded in biblical wisdom and filled with practical ideas, this book serves as a catalyst for\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econversations about creating a slower approach to Christmas with more time for what truly\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ematters.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSo\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhen\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshops\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estart\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efill\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estuff\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edon’t\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eneed,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etrue\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecost\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhich\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecan’t\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esee, dare to dream that there is another, greener way. Make a cuppa and start here…’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHelen\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStephens,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echurch\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erelations\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emanager,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRocha\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003eUK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.45pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘Have\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eyou\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eever\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elonged\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edo\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChristmas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edifferently\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enot\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebeen\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esure\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehow\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emake\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echange?\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIf so, this wonderful book is just for you. Olivia will help you to declutter your Christmas of\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunsustainable (and often stressful) features, to fill it with more simplicity, joy and laughter.’\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe Revd Margot R. Hodson, director of theology and education, The John Ray Initiative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.45pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.85pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘Packed full of practical suggestions, and rooted in biblical wisdom, Olivia has managed to help\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eus\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethink\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eabout\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egreening\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eour\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChristmases\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewithout\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elots\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehandwringing\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eguilt.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehighly\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaccessible guide, especially for busy households, which will give you the confidence to take\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaction. As she says, we can’t do everything. But we can do THIS.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSarah\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEdwards,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.3pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexecutive\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edirector,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.3pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJustMoney\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMovement\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.3pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e(justmoney.org.uk)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.7pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘This book is brimming with inspiration and tips to help you reduce your impact on the\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplanet at Christmas, while having fun and pausing to reflect on the “reason for the season”.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHighly\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecommended!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCaroline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .3pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ePomeroy,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .35pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003edirector,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .35pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eClimate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .3pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eStewards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.95pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘This book is for life, not just for Christmas! Packed with ideas about how to give a gift to the\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eworld, and rooted in scripture, this easy-to-read book has something for everyone, from eco-\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewarriors to those just starting a green journey. Perfect for families, individuals, Eco Churches\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egroups.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDebbie,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDavid\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJamie\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHawker,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eauthors\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChanging\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClimate\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(BRF\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMinistries,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.05pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e2021)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 3.6pt;\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.85pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘Olivia’s book offers a rare and wonderful moment when love of God, his word and his world\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eall come together. Her reflections are thought-provoking and her advice accessible. I would\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecommend to anyone wanting to worship God afresh, through practical acts of love for his\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egood creation at Christmas.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHannah\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMann,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eenvironment\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprogramme\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emanager,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ediocese\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003eOxford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.9pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ewide-ranging,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003erealistic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ecompassionate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eguide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ethat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eincludes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ereflective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003esections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003efeed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.25pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eyour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%; letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003esoul,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoesn’t\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eassume\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eone-size-fits-all\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esolution.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThere’s\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplenty\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehere\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eget\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.45pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eeco-curious\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estarted,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewell\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eideas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethose\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebit\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efurther\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealong\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etheir\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esustainability\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejourney.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMany\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eideas can be taken forward into the rest of the year.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRuth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBancewicz,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003echurch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eengagement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003edirector,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eFaraday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eInstitute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; 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mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: .1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.2pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eReligion, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'; letter-spacing: -.1pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCambridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 116%; margin: 0cm 30.9pt .0001pt 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 116%;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e‘Olivia’s book helps us to think beyond a “White Christmas” and take steps towards a green,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esustainable one. Full of hints to help you build new Christmas traditions that celebrate God’s\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egift\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elife\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJesus\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshare\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eit\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enot\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eonly\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efamily\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efriends\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhole\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplanet.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDon’t\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejust\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edream of a “Green Christmas” – begin to live it!’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 31.2pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro SemiBold',sans-serif; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Source Sans Pro';\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRevd\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDr\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDave\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGregory,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBaptist\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eminister\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMissioner\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eScience\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e Environment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePremier Christianity online 15.12.25. \u003ca href=\"Premier%20Christianity%20online%20Reviews%20Discover%20the%20joy%20of%20a%20simpler,%20more%20sustainable%20Christmas%20By%20Estelle%20Uba%2015%20December%202025%20Olivia%20Warburton%E2%80%99s%20Dreaming%20of%20a%20Green%20Christmas:%20Sustainability%20and%20creation%20care%20for%20busy%20people%20(The%20Bible%20Reading%20Fellowship)%20walks%20readers%20through%20every%20part%20of%20the%20festive%20season,%20from%20decorations%20and%20gift-giving%20to%20travel%20and%20family%20traditions,%20while%20reminding%20us%20that%20caring%20for%20the%20planet%20is%20an%20act%20of%20faith%20as%20much%20as%20it%20is%20an%20act%20of%20stewardship.%20This%20is%20a%20rare%20combination%20of%20ecological%20wisdom%20and%20theological%20depth.%20The%20book%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20just%20tell%20readers%20how%20to%20reduce%20waste;%20it%20calls%20them%20to%20reconnect%20with%20the%20heart%20of%20the%20Christmas%20story,%20one%20that%20celebrates%20humility,%20simplicity%20and%20generosity.%20In%20a%20chapter%20on%20decluttering,%20Warburton%20draws%20a%20striking%20parallel%20between%20material%20clutter%20and%20spiritual%20attachment.%20She%20quotes%20Matthew%206:19%E2%80%9321:%20%E2%80%9CDo%20not%20store%20up%20for%20yourselves%20treasures%20on%20earth,%20where%20moths%20and%20vermin%20destroy,%20and%20where%20thieves%20break%20in%20and%20steal.%20But%20store%20up%20for%20yourselves%20treasures%20in%20heaven%20[%E2%80%A6]%20for%20where%20your%20treasure%20is,%20there%20your%20heart%20will%20be%20also.%E2%80%9D%20Clearing%20physical%20space%20can%20also%20clear%20spiritual%20space.%20The%20author%E2%80%99s%20reflections%20transform%20ordinary%20acts%20like%20tidying%20or%20recycling%20into%20moments%20of%20worship,%20opportunities%20to%20loosen%20our%20grip%20on%20possessions%20and%20refocus%20our%20hearts%20on%20God.%20Although%20resolute,%20Warburton%E2%80%99s%20approach%20is%20refreshingly%20gentle.%20Rather%20than%20guilt-tripping%20readers%20for%20their%20choices,%20she%20writes%20with%20compassion,%20encouraging%20small%20but%20meaningful%20changes:%20renting%20a%20Christmas%20tree%20instead%20of%20buying%20one,%20making%20homemade%20decorations,%20choosing%20recycled%20wrapping%20paper,%20and%20even%20reconsidering%20how%20we%20travel%20during%20the%20holidays.%20Her%20tone%20is%20not%20moralising%20but%20mindful,%20inviting%20us%20to%20think%20deeply%20about%20what%20we%20treasure%20and%20why.%20In%20one%20reflection,%20she%20reminds%20us%20not%20to%20condemn%20others%20for%20indulging%20in%20luxuries,%20stating%20that:%20%E2%80%9CJesus%E2%80%99%20first%20miracle%20was%20turning%20water%20into%20top-quality%20wine%20at%20a%20wedding%E2%80%9D%20and%20that%20%E2%80%9Che%20commended%20a%20woman%20who%20anointed%20him%20liberally%20with%20expensive%20perfume,%20an%20action%20which%20others%20saw%20as%20wasteful%20and%20mis-directed%E2%80%9D.%20She%20continues:%20%E2%80%9CIn%20all%20our%20careful%20stewardship%20of%20resources,%20let%E2%80%99s%20try%20not%20to%20judge%20others%20or%20become%20legalistic%20and%20anxious.%20Let%E2%80%99s%20live%20as%20lightly%20on%20this%20planet%20as%20we%20can.%20But%20where%20we%20need%20to%20invest%20resources%20to%20bless%20others,%20let%E2%80%99s%20do%20so%20freely%20and%20joyfully,%20as%20the%20Messiah%20did.%E2%80%9D%20Readers%20are%20invited%20to%20pause,%20reflect,%20and%20even%20write%20their%20thoughts%20directly%20onto%20its%20pages.%20Warburton%20includes%20questions%20and%20journaling%20prompts%20alongside%20a%20%E2%80%98Resources%20and%20Links%E2%80%99%20section,%20pointing%20to%20sustainable%20brands,%20pre-loved%20marketplaces%20and%20organisations%20working%20to%20combat%20climate%20injustice.%20It%E2%80%99s%20a%20creative%20way%20of%20making%20environmental%20responsibility%20feel%20both%20achievable%20and%20communal.%20Where%20the%20book%20shines%20most%20is%20in%20its%20honesty%20about%20our%20resistance%20to%20change.%20Warburton%20challenges%20readers%20to%20confront%20familiar%20excuses%20such%20as:%20%E2%80%9CAny%20lifestyle%20changes%20I%20make%20won%E2%80%99t%20make%20a%20difference%E2%80%9D%20or:%20%E2%80%98Environmentalism%20distracts%20from%20more%20important%20issues.%E2%80%99%20These%20candid%20admissions%20hold%20a%20mirror%20to%20the%20reader,%20exposing%20how%20easy%20it%20is%20for%20privilege%20and%20apathy%20to%20make%20us%20neglect%20our%20collective%20duty%20to%20protect%20the%20planet.%20%20It%E2%80%99s%20not%20a%20call%20to%20perfection%20but%20to%20participation,%20to%20see%20stewardship%20as%20worship%20and%20to%20rediscover%20joy%20in%20simplicity.%20Even%20readers%20who%20don%E2%80%99t%20consider%20themselves%20particularly%20%E2%80%9Ceco-conscious%E2%80%9D%20will%20find%20wisdom%20here,%20from%20the%20suggestion%20to%20use%20reusable%20decorations%20to%20the%20call%20to%20declutter%20both%20home%20and%20heart.%20Warburton%E2%80%99s%20vision%20of%20a%20%E2%80%98green%20Christmas%E2%80%99%20is,%20ultimately,%20one%20of%20hope.%20It%E2%80%99s%20about%20returning%20to%20the%20essence%20of%20the%20incarnation,%20God%E2%80%99s%20choice%20to%20enter%20creation%20rather%20than%20escape%20it.%20In%20doing%20so,%20she%20gently%20reminds%20us%20that%20to%20care%20for%20the%20earth%20is%20to%20care%20for%20the%20creator%E2%80%99s%20handiwork,%20and%20to%20honour%20the%20one%20whose%20birth%20we%20celebrate.%20https:\/\/www.premierchristianity.com\/reviews\/discover-the-joy-of-a-simpler-more-sustainable-christmas\/20402.article\"\u003eReviewed by Estelle Uba\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOlivia Warburton’s Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Sustainability and creation care for busy people (The Bible Reading Fellowship) walks readers through every part of the festive season, from decorations and gift-giving to travel and family traditions, while reminding us that caring for the planet is an act of faith as much as it is an act of stewardship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is a rare combination of ecological wisdom and theological depth. The book doesn’t just tell readers how to reduce waste; it calls them to reconnect with the heart of the Christmas story, one that celebrates humility, simplicity and generosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn a chapter on decluttering, Warburton draws a striking parallel between material clutter and spiritual attachment. She quotes Matthew 6:19–21: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven […] for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eClearing physical space can also clear spiritual space. The author’s reflections transform ordinary acts like tidying or recycling into moments of worship, opportunities to loosen our grip on possessions and refocus our hearts on God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlthough resolute, Warburton’s approach is refreshingly gentle. Rather than guilt-tripping readers for their choices, she writes with compassion, encouraging small but meaningful changes: renting a Christmas tree instead of buying one, making homemade decorations, choosing recycled wrapping paper, and even reconsidering how we travel during the holidays. Her tone is not moralising but mindful, inviting us to think deeply about what we treasure and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn one reflection, she reminds us not to condemn others for indulging in luxuries, stating that: “Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into top-quality wine at a wedding” and that “he commended a woman who anointed him liberally with expensive perfume, an action which others saw as wasteful and mis-directed”. She continues: “In all our careful stewardship of resources, let’s try not to judge others or become legalistic and anxious. Let’s live as lightly on this planet as we can. But where we need to invest resources to bless others, let’s do so freely and joyfully, as the Messiah did.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eReaders are invited to pause, reflect, and even write their thoughts directly onto its pages. Warburton includes questions and journaling prompts alongside a ‘Resources and Links’ section, pointing to sustainable brands, pre-loved marketplaces and organisations working to combat climate injustice. It’s a creative way of making environmental responsibility feel both achievable and communal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhere the book shines most is in its honesty about our resistance to change. Warburton challenges readers to confront familiar excuses such as: “Any lifestyle changes I make won’t make a difference” or: ‘Environmentalism distracts from more important issues.’ These candid admissions hold a mirror to the reader, exposing how easy it is for privilege and apathy to make us neglect our collective duty to protect the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt’s not a call to perfection but to participation, to see stewardship as worship and to rediscover joy in simplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEven readers who don’t consider themselves particularly “eco-conscious” will find wisdom here, from the suggestion to use reusable decorations to the call to declutter both home and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWarburton’s vision of a ‘green Christmas’ is, ultimately, one of hope. It’s about returning to the essence of the incarnation, God’s choice to enter creation rather than escape it. In doing so, she gently reminds us that to care for the earth is to care for the creator’s handiwork, and to honour the one whose birth we celebrate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Estelle Uba for Premier Christianity online.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7353371885759,"title":"Messy Easter: Three complete sessions and a treasure trove of ideas for Lent, Holy Week and Easter","handle":"messy-easter-three-complete-sessions-and-a-treasure-trove-of-ideas-for-lent-holy-week-and-easter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree complete sessions for Lent, Holy Week and Easter, together with a wealth of activities to extend the range of excitingly messy activities for your Messy Church – creative prayers, games, food crafts, and ideas for organising an Easter trail. Craft templates and a session planning grid are included.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMessy Church is a way of being church, for families and others. It is Christ-centred, for all ages, and based on creativity, hospitality and celebration. It is primarily designed for people who don’t already belong to another form of church – no matter how ‘messy’ they feel their lives are. Research has shown that 40% of Messy Church families have had little or no prior contact with church and 61% of Messy Church families wouldn’t otherwise be at church. BRF supports a global network of around 4,000 Messy Churches in six continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost recently part of the BRF Messy Church team, Jane Leadbetter has worked as a primary school teacher and was Children’s Work Adviser in the Diocese of Liverpool for twelve years. She runs L19: Messy Church once a month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransforming Ministry online February 2023. Review by Rosie Medhurst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you don’t already do ‘Messy Church’, read the Page 1 summary of it is about. It is succinct and persuasive. If you do already do Messy Church, this re-issue of Messy Easter will add to the collection of resource books you probably have for planning your sessions. The ideas are arranged for the Messy Church elements: Bible-related crafts and activities; gathering for celebration and story; meal with conversation; and take-home suggestions. As the introduction says, this is a ‘pick n’ mix’ collection: you choose. You decide what will engage the interest of a very diverse potential group, and what might enable all to engage with Jesus in the Easter sequence of events. Would they be engaged by a version of Man the Lifeboats with Easter commands, or a Palm Sunday food activity making palm trees out of fruit? Would a simple Kim’s game version with objects to remember relating to the Easter story provoke reflection on the world-changing Easter events? The ideas for meal conversation prompt cards are particularly good: ‘Have you ever been tempted and found it hard to resist?’ or ‘Where is your favourite praying place?’. Also not to be neglected are the take-home ideas – encountering Jesus extends so much beyond any session in church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Rosy Medhurst\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-09-23T14:43:53+01:00","created_at":"2022-09-23T12:23:46+01:00","vendor":"Jane Leadbetter","type":"Paperback","tags":["Easter","Families Easter","Glassboxx","KCLC","Messy Church","Messy Church books","seasonal"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41960656175295,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781800391703","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":33321740894399,"product_id":7353371885759,"position":1,"created_at":"2022-09-23T12:56:29+01:00","updated_at":"2022-09-23T12:56:30+01:00","alt":null,"width":2480,"height":2480,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/MessyEasterNEW.jpg?v=1663934190","variant_ids":[41960656175295]},"available":true,"name":"Messy Easter: Three complete sessions and a treasure trove of ideas for Lent, Holy Week and Easter - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":899,"weight":221,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781800391703","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":25909428519103,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"width":2480,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/MessyEasterNEW.jpg?v=1663934190"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/MessyEasterNEW.jpg?v=1663934190"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/MessyEasterNEW.jpg?v=1663934190","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":25909428519103,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"width":2480,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/MessyEasterNEW.jpg?v=1663934190"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2480,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/MessyEasterNEW.jpg?v=1663934190","width":2480}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThree complete sessions for Lent, Holy Week and Easter, together with a wealth of activities to extend the range of excitingly messy activities for your Messy Church – creative prayers, games, food crafts, and ideas for organising an Easter trail. Craft templates and a session planning grid are included.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMessy Church is a way of being church, for families and others. It is Christ-centred, for all ages, and based on creativity, hospitality and celebration. It is primarily designed for people who don’t already belong to another form of church – no matter how ‘messy’ they feel their lives are. Research has shown that 40% of Messy Church families have had little or no prior contact with church and 61% of Messy Church families wouldn’t otherwise be at church. BRF supports a global network of around 4,000 Messy Churches in six continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost recently part of the BRF Messy Church team, Jane Leadbetter has worked as a primary school teacher and was Children’s Work Adviser in the Diocese of Liverpool for twelve years. She runs L19: Messy Church once a month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransforming Ministry online February 2023. Review by Rosie Medhurst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you don’t already do ‘Messy Church’, read the Page 1 summary of it is about. It is succinct and persuasive. If you do already do Messy Church, this re-issue of Messy Easter will add to the collection of resource books you probably have for planning your sessions. The ideas are arranged for the Messy Church elements: Bible-related crafts and activities; gathering for celebration and story; meal with conversation; and take-home suggestions. As the introduction says, this is a ‘pick n’ mix’ collection: you choose. You decide what will engage the interest of a very diverse potential group, and what might enable all to engage with Jesus in the Easter sequence of events. Would they be engaged by a version of Man the Lifeboats with Easter commands, or a Palm Sunday food activity making palm trees out of fruit? Would a simple Kim’s game version with objects to remember relating to the Easter story provoke reflection on the world-changing Easter events? The ideas for meal conversation prompt cards are particularly good: ‘Have you ever been tempted and found it hard to resist?’ or ‘Where is your favourite praying place?’. Also not to be neglected are the take-home ideas – encountering Jesus extends so much beyond any session in church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Rosy Medhurst\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7537586372799,"title":"Holding Onto Hope: 40 days of God’s encouragement through art and reflections","handle":"holding-onto-hope-40-days-of-god-s-encouragement-through-art-and-reflections","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmy Boucher Pye and Leo Boucher return with a 40-day journey exploring the themes of hope and new life through vivid biblical images, Holding onto Hope can be used through Lent or during any 40-day period. We start with how all creation praises God, from the flowers of the field to the streams in the desert and the trees clapping their hands. We then explore the agricultural pattern of sowing, growing and harvesting before moving to the gracious promises and invitations God makes to his people, such as how he writes eternity onto our hearts. Next come compelling images of God as our help and refuge, including God being our shade and rear guard, before seeing how God changes his people – he clothes us, renews our minds and strengthens us. Finally, we focus on our new life in Christ through images such as new wineskins, the imperishable seed and the city to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Boucher-Pye \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"116\" width=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/AmyBoucherPye_480x480.jpg?v=1676495733\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 20px; float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"preserve-white-space\"\u003eAmy is a writer and speaker with a thousand devotional reflections in print, including with New Daylight and Our Daily Bread. She has previously written The Living Cross and Celebrating Christmas for BRF Ministries.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"preserve-white-space\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amyboucherpye.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.amyboucherpye.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeo Boucher \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeo is a retired data systems analyst who paints in his art shack and volunteers with his church and other organisations, including teaching art to seniors at retirement communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online 19.02.24. Review by Betty Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a beautiful book in so many ways! The binding is tactile and eye-catching, and the pages are a delight to turn. The small, hardback artistic cover immediately attracts our attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor each of forty days we have a painting to absorb, an accompanying reflection and a relevant prayer. There are also questions for further thought, and for possible discussion if the book is used in a group situation.\u003cbr\u003eSix topics are divided mainly on a weekly basis, covering creation, agriculture, God’s promises, his help, how he changes people and brings new life in Christ. All is enveloped in faith, hope, love and joy as we are taken on a journey filled with personal snippets, historic moments, and biblical references. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a world where so many are weary and burdened, this lovely book brings encouragement for rest and renewal in God’s love and care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe talents of a father and daughter partnership are richly displayed as Amy Boucher Pye brings imagery through carefully chosen words, and Leo Boucher through his illuminating artwork. The two combine to knit together the concept of a God who reaches out to us and longs for us to reach out to Him in return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHolding on to Hope seeks to be an inspiration for God’s voice to be heard in a troubled world and to bring a sense of peace and security. Let us pray it does just that, becoming a treasured companion for all who delve into its pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Betty Taylor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTogether magazine Jan-Feb 2024. Review by Daryl Wearring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful Lent devotional includes stunning artwork, alongside encouraging writing, as we journey through Lent to Easter. Each week focuses on a different aspect of God’s character, from his creation to the different ways he beckons and encourages us, through to our new life in Christ. Each day’s text is accompanied by a beautiful painting to aid reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Anne le Tissier, writer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHolding Onto Hope is a timely gift to a world that attempts to steal hope through conflicts, natural disasters, economic pressures, broken relationships, sickness, memory loss, disappointment, grief… and so much more. Written to be read over forty days, Amy gently encourages us to grasp hold of the hope God gives through his truth and promises, while Leo’s simple yet vivid and poignant paintings, draw us to another level of engaging with God’s love and reassurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach devotion settles our heart and focuses our mind by starting with a painting and an engaging story. Both dovetail with insights that Amy then provides from scripture, conveying the hope we have in God through life’s varied experiences, before she concludes the day with a short prayer; prayers which often resonated deeply in my heart. There are also daily questions to reflect on individually or discuss as part of a group, plus a guide to \u003cem\u003evisio divina\u003c\/em\u003e to help readers pray with the paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHolding Onto Hope is a beautifully crafted book to read and ponder, helping us grasp tight to God’s presence and truth when hope feels out of reach. As Amy says, \u003cem\u003e‘We can put our hope in [God], trusting him to follow through on the promises he made to his people centuries ago, because we know him to be faithful and true.’ (page 126)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Anne le Tissier author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/the-mirror-that-speaks-back-looking-at-listening-to-and-reflecting-your-worth-in-jesus\"\u003eThe Mirror that Speaks Back\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-09-11T14:46:37+01:00","created_at":"2023-09-11T14:46:37+01:00","vendor":"Amy Boucher Pye \/ Leo Boucher","type":"Hardback","tags":["Biblical engagement","Devotional","Easter","Glassboxx","KCLC","Lent","Pastoral care","Spirituality"],"price":1299,"price_min":1299,"price_max":1299,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43664151380159,"title":"Hardback","option1":"Hardback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781800392007","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":34819061874879,"product_id":7537586372799,"position":1,"created_at":"2023-09-11T14:46:37+01:00","updated_at":"2023-09-11T14:46:39+01:00","alt":null,"width":1949,"height":1831,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/HoldingontoHope.jpg?v=1694439999","variant_ids":[43664151380159]},"available":true,"name":"Holding Onto Hope: 40 days of God’s encouragement through art and reflections - Hardback","public_title":"Hardback","options":["Hardback"],"price":1299,"weight":492,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781800392007","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":27499625840831,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.064,"height":1831,"width":1949,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/HoldingontoHope.jpg?v=1694439999"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/HoldingontoHope.jpg?v=1694439999"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/HoldingontoHope.jpg?v=1694439999","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":27499625840831,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.064,"height":1831,"width":1949,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/HoldingontoHope.jpg?v=1694439999"},"aspect_ratio":1.064,"height":1831,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/HoldingontoHope.jpg?v=1694439999","width":1949}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmy Boucher Pye and Leo Boucher return with a 40-day journey exploring the themes of hope and new life through vivid biblical images, Holding onto Hope can be used through Lent or during any 40-day period. We start with how all creation praises God, from the flowers of the field to the streams in the desert and the trees clapping their hands. We then explore the agricultural pattern of sowing, growing and harvesting before moving to the gracious promises and invitations God makes to his people, such as how he writes eternity onto our hearts. Next come compelling images of God as our help and refuge, including God being our shade and rear guard, before seeing how God changes his people – he clothes us, renews our minds and strengthens us. Finally, we focus on our new life in Christ through images such as new wineskins, the imperishable seed and the city to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Boucher-Pye \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"116\" width=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/files\/AmyBoucherPye_480x480.jpg?v=1676495733\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 20px; float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"preserve-white-space\"\u003eAmy is a writer and speaker with a thousand devotional reflections in print, including with New Daylight and Our Daily Bread. She has previously written The Living Cross and Celebrating Christmas for BRF Ministries.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"preserve-white-space\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amyboucherpye.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.amyboucherpye.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeo Boucher \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeo is a retired data systems analyst who paints in his art shack and volunteers with his church and other organisations, including teaching art to seniors at retirement communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online 19.02.24. Review by Betty Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a beautiful book in so many ways! The binding is tactile and eye-catching, and the pages are a delight to turn. The small, hardback artistic cover immediately attracts our attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor each of forty days we have a painting to absorb, an accompanying reflection and a relevant prayer. There are also questions for further thought, and for possible discussion if the book is used in a group situation.\u003cbr\u003eSix topics are divided mainly on a weekly basis, covering creation, agriculture, God’s promises, his help, how he changes people and brings new life in Christ. All is enveloped in faith, hope, love and joy as we are taken on a journey filled with personal snippets, historic moments, and biblical references. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a world where so many are weary and burdened, this lovely book brings encouragement for rest and renewal in God’s love and care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe talents of a father and daughter partnership are richly displayed as Amy Boucher Pye brings imagery through carefully chosen words, and Leo Boucher through his illuminating artwork. The two combine to knit together the concept of a God who reaches out to us and longs for us to reach out to Him in return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHolding on to Hope seeks to be an inspiration for God’s voice to be heard in a troubled world and to bring a sense of peace and security. Let us pray it does just that, becoming a treasured companion for all who delve into its pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Betty Taylor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTogether magazine Jan-Feb 2024. Review by Daryl Wearring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful Lent devotional includes stunning artwork, alongside encouraging writing, as we journey through Lent to Easter. Each week focuses on a different aspect of God’s character, from his creation to the different ways he beckons and encourages us, through to our new life in Christ. Each day’s text is accompanied by a beautiful painting to aid reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Anne le Tissier, writer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHolding Onto Hope is a timely gift to a world that attempts to steal hope through conflicts, natural disasters, economic pressures, broken relationships, sickness, memory loss, disappointment, grief… and so much more. Written to be read over forty days, Amy gently encourages us to grasp hold of the hope God gives through his truth and promises, while Leo’s simple yet vivid and poignant paintings, draw us to another level of engaging with God’s love and reassurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach devotion settles our heart and focuses our mind by starting with a painting and an engaging story. Both dovetail with insights that Amy then provides from scripture, conveying the hope we have in God through life’s varied experiences, before she concludes the day with a short prayer; prayers which often resonated deeply in my heart. There are also daily questions to reflect on individually or discuss as part of a group, plus a guide to \u003cem\u003evisio divina\u003c\/em\u003e to help readers pray with the paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHolding Onto Hope is a beautifully crafted book to read and ponder, helping us grasp tight to God’s presence and truth when hope feels out of reach. As Amy says, \u003cem\u003e‘We can put our hope in [God], trusting him to follow through on the promises he made to his people centuries ago, because we know him to be faithful and true.’ (page 126)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Anne le Tissier author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/the-mirror-that-speaks-back-looking-at-listening-to-and-reflecting-your-worth-in-jesus\"\u003eThe Mirror that Speaks Back\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}
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It also lets you sense what it could have been like to be one of those involved in the twists and turns of one of the most extraordinary stories in the whole of history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5xNDQII1o_U?si=LjZYnbVmjFl-bM17\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MQMabxaet8?si=XZSEKe3yflgTl6ht\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row avoid-break\" data-v-5a160260=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col\" data-v-5a160260=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\" id=\"productCardContributors\" data-v-5a160260=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdd class=\"col-sm-10\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Kitchen is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, teacher and storyteller who has been making the Bible come alive for longer than he cares to remember. In Bible in Ten he combines his down-to-earth writing skills with almost 50 years’ experience in church leadership and worship. His hobbies include music, poetry and playing crawling-up-stairs games with his grandson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Dave Kitchen is a genius! He has a knack for helping us see old stories with new eyes. Dave’s great insight is that he knows that there is a massive difference between being outside a story and inside one. His talent is to present to us the old and familiar stories of the Bible in a way that enables us to enter them in our imaginations. As we get inside the story, we notice things we never noticed before; the stories become richer, deeper and more meaningful. This book is a great resource for Christians and churches to use during Lent. It is also accessible for readers with no prior knowledge or experience in reading the Bible. The Easter story has been one of the foundational stories of western civilisation, here we have a resource that will help people to enter that story, to feel its significance and meaning, and, even more excitingly, to explore what their own response to that story might be!’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd Stephen March, pioneer priest in Leicester Diocese\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘The greatest story ever told with an invitation to not just read it – but step into it. Get ready for an incredible journey.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eRob Parsons, founder of Care for the Family\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘In this very helpful book, David Kitchen brings us imaginatively into the events of Holy Week and Easter through a wide variety of witnesses. There is new insight on every page. Both individual readers and those who lead worship or study groups will find much to inspire.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd Donald P. Ker, former secretary and president of the Methodist Church in Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Dave Kitchen has done it again. Having brought characters from scripture to life in Bible in Ten, Easter Inside Out does the same for the most significant week in history. If we ever forgot that Easter was about real people at a real time in a real country, Easter Inside Out reminds us in a lively, readable, creative and captivating way.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd Dr Jennifer A. Hurd, chair of Wales Synod Cymru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Dave Kitchen has been getting inside the hearts and minds of the first followers of Jesus and those he encountered for more than 50 years, enlightening and inspiring so many people through in the process. Now he has done it again with Easter Inside Out in which we are invited to journey with Jesus and those who knew him from Palm Sunday to Good Friday and then to Easter and beyond. Suitable for personal reflection and devotion, it will also make an excellent small group resource during Lent or even as a one-off book group read, with stimulating questions provided for both.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd David Mullins, retired Methodist minister\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Holy Week is the most significant week in the Christian faith that has literally trans- formed the course of human history. Dave Kitchen approaches the gospel stories of this crucial week with creativity and imagination. In a series of vignettes, he brings the story to life and locates the overarching narrative on the hustling and bustling streets of Jerusalem. He does so in a way that is always accessible and engaging. It is my hope that Easter Inside Out would enable anyone to think afresh about this story and the impact it can have on our lives.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd Andrew Charlesworth, chair of Wales Synod Cymru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Easter Inside Out does exactly what the tag line says: it’s a fascinating retelling of the Easter story as if you were there. David weaves together biblical and imagined characters to take the reader through the events of Easter week in their own words, bringing them to life as they deal with all the ups and downs of their being part of the days that changed the world. A detailed timeline helps the reader keep pace with the fast moving moments. David has given us a truly original version of the greatest story.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eRoger Aubrey, PhD, MTh, writer and international Bible teacher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransforming Ministry online April 2025. Review by Betty Taylor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnother wonderful book by David Kitchen, written in his unique style, and published in the same appealing format as \u003ci\u003eBible in Ten\u003c\/i\u003e. This offering tells the Easter story from the perspective of the many characters involved, and his readers are drawn into each scenario as though taking part in the story itself. Senses are alerted and emotions heightened as a very familiar account takes on new meaning, and a wide variety of personalities take their turn on centre stage. Some are crucial and well-known, others on the margins and brought to life by careful research and considered assumption. Useful Bible references accompany each section. Complementing the narrative are the illustrations by Jonathan Williams. Black and white and probably of charcoal origin, they evoke a deep passion as the reader is drawn into each of the frames. David’s inspirational book will bring a blessing for all readers, including groups who are looking for a fresh approach to Lenten study. Maybe in the past you’ve been acquainted with these biblical characters on a surface level. Now you have the opportunity to dig deeper and come to know them in a more familiar way!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Betty Taylor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresbyterian Herald April 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis latest offering from David Kitchen looks at the Easter story in a different way – imagining how it must have felt from those caught up in the events. As he explains: ‘When so many centuries have passed by, it’s easy to feel a sense of distance and to treat the story simply as a place to find lessons about faith and life. But these events took place. People’s lives played out with all their hopes and doubts, their faith and fears. I wanted to give people today a chance to sense what it could have been like if only we had been able to be there.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrom a soldier watching Jesus’ procession into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, to accounts from the disciples and Caiaphas, the high priest who presided over Jesus’ trial, \u003ci\u003eEaster InsideOut \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an opportunity to step into the story afresh, and consider how those involved must have felt without the perspective of knowing how it turns out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI found the chapter ‘Dark skies: Johan takes Mary home’ particularly poignant. In it, the author imagines what it must have been like to have been present at the crucifixion and has John leading Jesus’ mother away from the frightful scene, saying, ‘As we walked slowly home, I couldn’t help thinking how grand and wonderful the hope had been, and how horrific and dismal this ending was.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKitchen recognises that with the gap of 2000 years, people have slightly different timelines, however, he has based his descriptions on the evidence or reasonable assumptions. He also helpfully includes appropriate Bibel references at the end of each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaptist Times online 14.04.25. Review by Jeannie Kendall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRetelling the Bible stories as if we were there is a technique a few of us use in sermons or books. As David Kitchen points out however, it goes back at least as far as Ignatius of Loyola. Like any way of engaging with scripture, some personality types will find it easier or more appealing than others, but many people find it a refreshing way to engage with the bible, particularly the more well-known stories which are all too easy to gloss over in their familiarity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat David has done here is slightly different. He has taken each day from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday (and a little beyond) and told the story not just through the eyes of the wider group of disciples (male and female), but also through others such as Caiaphas, and a soldier called Albus – as a named character he is of course imagined but there were many soldiers who formed part of the Easter story. Some days have more accounts than others, Good Friday and Easter Sunday understandably having the most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInevitably in a book of this kind there will be some accounts we warm to more than others – I was slightly disappointed that ‘Honest Thomas’ (as I call him) was not named in a chapter heading but instead his meeting with Jesus and extraordinary outburst of faith come in one entitled ‘Doubt, Matthew anticipates a problem’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat aside, this is a very good book which would be excellent to use for devotions in Holy Week, although with six group study sessions outlined plus questions for a book club it could also be used in group settings, and the texts behind each section are listed. The background to the stories is carefully woven in without interrupting the narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the cover says, it is an opportunity to ‘see the story in your head, feel it in your heart and know that dead men don’t eat fish’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf this kind of retelling scripture is something you have never tried, this is a great place to start, during this key time in the church’s year. If you already know it is something you enjoy, it is equally one to recommend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Jeannie Kendall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Church Times 07.02.25 Lent book round up by Peter McGeary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe author is known as a storyteller of some distinction. Here, he tries to reimagine the story of Holy Week and Easter through the perspectives of those caught up in the narrative. 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If you want to understand who might have been where and doing what as the Easter story unfolds, this book gives you answers. It also lets you sense what it could have been like to be one of those involved in the twists and turns of one of the most extraordinary stories in the whole of history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5xNDQII1o_U?si=LjZYnbVmjFl-bM17\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MQMabxaet8?si=XZSEKe3yflgTl6ht\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row avoid-break\" data-v-5a160260=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col\" data-v-5a160260=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\" id=\"productCardContributors\" data-v-5a160260=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdl class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdd class=\"col-sm-10\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Kitchen is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, teacher and storyteller who has been making the Bible come alive for longer than he cares to remember. In Bible in Ten he combines his down-to-earth writing skills with almost 50 years’ experience in church leadership and worship. His hobbies include music, poetry and playing crawling-up-stairs games with his grandson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Dave Kitchen is a genius! He has a knack for helping us see old stories with new eyes. Dave’s great insight is that he knows that there is a massive difference between being outside a story and inside one. His talent is to present to us the old and familiar stories of the Bible in a way that enables us to enter them in our imaginations. As we get inside the story, we notice things we never noticed before; the stories become richer, deeper and more meaningful. This book is a great resource for Christians and churches to use during Lent. It is also accessible for readers with no prior knowledge or experience in reading the Bible. The Easter story has been one of the foundational stories of western civilisation, here we have a resource that will help people to enter that story, to feel its significance and meaning, and, even more excitingly, to explore what their own response to that story might be!’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd Stephen March, pioneer priest in Leicester Diocese\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘The greatest story ever told with an invitation to not just read it – but step into it. Get ready for an incredible journey.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eRob Parsons, founder of Care for the Family\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘In this very helpful book, David Kitchen brings us imaginatively into the events of Holy Week and Easter through a wide variety of witnesses. There is new insight on every page. Both individual readers and those who lead worship or study groups will find much to inspire.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd Donald P. Ker, former secretary and president of the Methodist Church in Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Dave Kitchen has done it again. Having brought characters from scripture to life in Bible in Ten, Easter Inside Out does the same for the most significant week in history. If we ever forgot that Easter was about real people at a real time in a real country, Easter Inside Out reminds us in a lively, readable, creative and captivating way.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd Dr Jennifer A. Hurd, chair of Wales Synod Cymru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Dave Kitchen has been getting inside the hearts and minds of the first followers of Jesus and those he encountered for more than 50 years, enlightening and inspiring so many people through in the process. Now he has done it again with Easter Inside Out in which we are invited to journey with Jesus and those who knew him from Palm Sunday to Good Friday and then to Easter and beyond. Suitable for personal reflection and devotion, it will also make an excellent small group resource during Lent or even as a one-off book group read, with stimulating questions provided for both.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd David Mullins, retired Methodist minister\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Holy Week is the most significant week in the Christian faith that has literally trans- formed the course of human history. Dave Kitchen approaches the gospel stories of this crucial week with creativity and imagination. In a series of vignettes, he brings the story to life and locates the overarching narrative on the hustling and bustling streets of Jerusalem. He does so in a way that is always accessible and engaging. It is my hope that Easter Inside Out would enable anyone to think afresh about this story and the impact it can have on our lives.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe Revd Andrew Charlesworth, chair of Wales Synod Cymru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Easter Inside Out does exactly what the tag line says: it’s a fascinating retelling of the Easter story as if you were there. David weaves together biblical and imagined characters to take the reader through the events of Easter week in their own words, bringing them to life as they deal with all the ups and downs of their being part of the days that changed the world. A detailed timeline helps the reader keep pace with the fast moving moments. David has given us a truly original version of the greatest story.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eRoger Aubrey, PhD, MTh, writer and international Bible teacher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransforming Ministry online April 2025. Review by Betty Taylor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnother wonderful book by David Kitchen, written in his unique style, and published in the same appealing format as \u003ci\u003eBible in Ten\u003c\/i\u003e. This offering tells the Easter story from the perspective of the many characters involved, and his readers are drawn into each scenario as though taking part in the story itself. Senses are alerted and emotions heightened as a very familiar account takes on new meaning, and a wide variety of personalities take their turn on centre stage. Some are crucial and well-known, others on the margins and brought to life by careful research and considered assumption. Useful Bible references accompany each section. Complementing the narrative are the illustrations by Jonathan Williams. Black and white and probably of charcoal origin, they evoke a deep passion as the reader is drawn into each of the frames. David’s inspirational book will bring a blessing for all readers, including groups who are looking for a fresh approach to Lenten study. Maybe in the past you’ve been acquainted with these biblical characters on a surface level. Now you have the opportunity to dig deeper and come to know them in a more familiar way!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Betty Taylor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePresbyterian Herald April 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis latest offering from David Kitchen looks at the Easter story in a different way – imagining how it must have felt from those caught up in the events. As he explains: ‘When so many centuries have passed by, it’s easy to feel a sense of distance and to treat the story simply as a place to find lessons about faith and life. But these events took place. People’s lives played out with all their hopes and doubts, their faith and fears. I wanted to give people today a chance to sense what it could have been like if only we had been able to be there.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrom a soldier watching Jesus’ procession into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, to accounts from the disciples and Caiaphas, the high priest who presided over Jesus’ trial, \u003ci\u003eEaster InsideOut \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an opportunity to step into the story afresh, and consider how those involved must have felt without the perspective of knowing how it turns out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI found the chapter ‘Dark skies: Johan takes Mary home’ particularly poignant. In it, the author imagines what it must have been like to have been present at the crucifixion and has John leading Jesus’ mother away from the frightful scene, saying, ‘As we walked slowly home, I couldn’t help thinking how grand and wonderful the hope had been, and how horrific and dismal this ending was.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eKitchen recognises that with the gap of 2000 years, people have slightly different timelines, however, he has based his descriptions on the evidence or reasonable assumptions. He also helpfully includes appropriate Bibel references at the end of each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaptist Times online 14.04.25. Review by Jeannie Kendall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRetelling the Bible stories as if we were there is a technique a few of us use in sermons or books. As David Kitchen points out however, it goes back at least as far as Ignatius of Loyola. Like any way of engaging with scripture, some personality types will find it easier or more appealing than others, but many people find it a refreshing way to engage with the bible, particularly the more well-known stories which are all too easy to gloss over in their familiarity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat David has done here is slightly different. He has taken each day from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday (and a little beyond) and told the story not just through the eyes of the wider group of disciples (male and female), but also through others such as Caiaphas, and a soldier called Albus – as a named character he is of course imagined but there were many soldiers who formed part of the Easter story. Some days have more accounts than others, Good Friday and Easter Sunday understandably having the most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInevitably in a book of this kind there will be some accounts we warm to more than others – I was slightly disappointed that ‘Honest Thomas’ (as I call him) was not named in a chapter heading but instead his meeting with Jesus and extraordinary outburst of faith come in one entitled ‘Doubt, Matthew anticipates a problem’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat aside, this is a very good book which would be excellent to use for devotions in Holy Week, although with six group study sessions outlined plus questions for a book club it could also be used in group settings, and the texts behind each section are listed. The background to the stories is carefully woven in without interrupting the narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the cover says, it is an opportunity to ‘see the story in your head, feel it in your heart and know that dead men don’t eat fish’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf this kind of retelling scripture is something you have never tried, this is a great place to start, during this key time in the church’s year. If you already know it is something you enjoy, it is equally one to recommend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Jeannie Kendall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Church Times 07.02.25 Lent book round up by Peter McGeary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003eThe author is known as a storyteller of some distinction. Here, he tries to reimagine the story of Holy Week and Easter through the perspectives of those caught up in the narrative. 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{"id":2439777583204,"title":"The Living Cross: Exploring God's gift of forgiveness and new life","handle":"the-living-cross-exploring-gods-gift-of-forgiveness-and-new-life","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the freeing, life-changing nature of forgiveness...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we move from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day, daily reflections and prayers help us to experience the living power of the cross of Christ through biblical and modern-day stories of wrongdoing and forgiveness. Our journey through Lent will deepen our response to God's love and, as we allow the Holy Spirit to do his work, we will see spiritual transformation in our lives today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is quite the best of all the Lent books I've ever read. I just loved the way Amy takes us through the Bible, revealing God's forgiving heart and His burning desire that we should forgive one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Jennifer Rees Larcombe \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew topics are more central to the Christian life - and life in general - than forgiveness. In this Lenten guide, Amy Boucher Pye traces the forgiveness theme through the length and breadth of scripture, finding it in both expected and surprising places. Combining deep insight and practical exercises, The Living Cross will help you live free from offences both committed and suffered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Sheridan Voysey, Resurrection Year \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fresh approach to a timeless necessity to remain healthy as a child of God. A book that helps you to bring forgiveness home to your heart and life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Russ Parker, Forgiveness is Healing \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading this book was, for me, as if Amy had taken a highlighter pen to the Bible and skilfully brought colour and clarification to so many passages where forgiveness and hope are found. Every page is like another journey into the grace of God. Also, the prayers and creative responses are so helpful for both individuals and small groups - this really is a wonderful resource for the Lent season and beyond. Cathy Madavan, Digging for Diamonds Amy has a distinct knack of distilling great thought and insight into just a few words. Her study of the excerpts of both the Old and New Testaments will help any reader reflect on the concept of forgiveness in an age where this can be a struggle. Amy will lead you on a journey of discovery, where you will be led to the cross of Jesus Christ. You will be confronted by God's great generosity, where you find your true identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The Rt Revd Rob Wickham, the Bishop of Edmonton \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Lenten journey you won't want to miss. From the Fall to the Cross and beyond, Amy Boucher Pye walks us down the centuries to meet the One she calls the \"Father of outstretched arms.\" With captivating writing and inspiring biblical insight, we are reassured from the stories of fallen heroes, fallible leaders and plain ordinary sinners that God's lavish forgiveness is available to each one of us. The more I read the more excited I became, and the more thankful I am for God's \"scandalous grace and love poured out.\" Simply superb. I can't wait to read it again!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Catherine Campbell, Chasing the Dawn \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book pleasantly surprised me. While it is essentially a book of daily reflections for Lent it is also a sensitive probing of the painful experiences people face and how the love of God through Christ can transform situations. The writer explores the depth and breadth of pain and hurt in life for many if not all. She crafts ancient Biblical stories with contemporary experience and draws insightful spiritual lessons and principles. While each day's reflection is brief there is depth in her understanding. The activities and questions mean this is a helpful resource for groups and individuals as well as hard pressed clergy or worship leaders looking for new ways to walk familiar paths. This could be a good resource for a discipleship course - Lent or not. It carefully exposes the human condition of brokenness before God and also presents the way forward in Christ by the Spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Dianne Tidball, The Message of Women\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmy Boucher Pye is a writer, speaker and editor, and the author of Finding Myself in Britain: Our Search for Faith, Home \u0026amp; True Identity (Authentic Media, 2015). She runs the Woman Alive book club and enjoys writing Bible reading notes for Day by Day with God and Our Daily Bread, among others. She blogs at amyboucherpye.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"\u003eHas it ever grated when you've been overlooked? Or when a close friend has betrayed you? Or when you struggle to guide unwilling children to the best course of life? If you have - and these are instances from this helpful book - you will appreciate Amy Boucher Pye's engagement with biblical guidance on living out forgiveness. In this Lent book, we are invited to shake the complacency which may have crept into our view of forgiveness, which is God's gift to be sought and lived as a recipe for effective Christian witness, as well as a good life. The book draws on the life experience and biblical knowledge of Amy Boucher Pye, who is styled as a 'writer, speaker and editor' and is a contributor to the Bible Reading Fellowship study notes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This study chooses six weeks' worth of daily Bible passages for Lent reading, linked to forgiveness. They range across the Testaments from the sibling rivalry of Cain and Abel in Genesis, to the embrace of convert Paul by Ananias in the Acts of the Apostles. To serve the nature of a Lent book, study of the events of Holy Week are placed last. This section contains a day-by-day meditation on the forgiveness established by the cross, 'the living cross', so named to emphasise the dynamic that flows by the Spirit through repentance and faith. This title is picked up in Bishop Chartres' foreword, quoting the Common Worship psalm prayer for Psalm 136: 'seeing the shadow of the life-giving cross in the turbulence of our time for his sake who died for all'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e There are some graphic stories of forgiveness, or lack of it, from outside of the Bible including a salute to \u003cem\u003eThe Forgiveness Project\u003c\/em\u003e and its founder Marina Cantacuzimo who rightly says, 'Christians have no monopoly on forgiveness'. The author provides a good variety of leads like this into her Bible reflections, which are broken down into six groups, each concluded by imaginative spiritual exercises for individual or group use e.g. wiping a slate clean or using a palm cross as a meditative sword: 'Pray for nations... suffering from war... think of ways you've held a sword out against others... through piercing words or a sulking stare'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The author mentions the value of the penitential psalms (6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143) and produces an excellent reflection on Psalm 32, drawing out three definitions of forgiveness. In addressing practical means of living in forgiveness, there is no mention of the value of one-to-one sacramental confession, though there is mention of the sacrament of communion among the spiritual exercises suggested.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Living Cross\u003c\/em\u003e is a wake-up call on forgiveness suited to Lent, which should enrich its readers and deepen their reliance on the mercy that thrills through Scripture and should thrill more through Christian allegiance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanon John Twisleton, Rector of St Giles, Horsted Keynes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePopular author Amy Boucher Pye will take you through the Bible this Lend, revealing God's forgiving heart and His burning desire that we should forgive one another. 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The author provides a good variety of leads like this into her Bible reflections, which are broken down into six groups, each concluded by imaginative spiritual exercises for individual or group use e.g. wiping a slate clean or using a palm cross as a meditative sword: 'Pray for nations... suffering from war... think of ways you've held a sword out against others... through piercing words or a sulking stare'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The author mentions the value of the penitential psalms (6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143) and produces an excellent reflection on Psalm 32, drawing out three definitions of forgiveness. 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Did you read Bible stories together at home? How did your parents encourage you to pray? Was God ever mentioned in everyday life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll current research on faith development affirms that if faith isn't passed on, lived out and nurtured in the home, we can't then reasonably expect children and grandchildren to catch that faith. For too long, particularly in the Protestant Church, we have over-relied on our Sunday worship as the key way to pass on the good news to the next generation. But how on earth can 40 minutes of Sunday school once a week and the occasional family service ever be expected to nurture a deep and real encounter with God for our children? Unless we experience God's presence in the everyday of our weekday lives, faith is highly likely to remain sheltered, shallow and vulnerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBRF has been building on these insights for some years now and, in partnership with others, has sought to put faith nurture back in the hands of parents and carers. The publication this autumn of The Barnabas Family Bible will be a huge help in this respect. For each of its 110 key Bible stories there is a wealth of support material designed to equip parents and carers to explore those stories creatively with children in the home environment. There are suggestions for family activities and ideas for prayer and visual aids, as well as a short commentary on each passage that applies its teaching to the cut and thrust of family life today. As such it will be an invaluable resource to those parents and carers who long to help their children enjoy the Bible and who also, along with their children, want to hear how God can speak to them and be with them seven days a week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis publication from BRF also contains helpful guidelines for parents and carers about passing on our faith within the family, on topics such as prayer, reading the Bible together and handling difficult questions. It will also, we believe, prove to be a really useful tool for leaders of all-age worship who are looking for inspiration to bring Bible stories to life when children are present in services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoses advised all the people of God to talk about his laws together and 'to tell them to your children over and over again. Talk about them all the time, whether you're at home or walking on the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning' (Deuteronomy 6:7, CEV). This is the way to pass on our Christian faith - not necessarily needing to find more hours in an already overstretched schedule but to find God in your existing life pattern; to find God in the everyday. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Barnabas Family Bible\u003c\/strong\u003e offers to help parents and children today to do just that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\nBible Society believes that every child has the right to experience the Bible for themselves and that's why we're excited to be partnering with BRF in the publication of The Barnabas Family Bible. This book encourages families to sit and explore the riches of the Bible together, reading the Bible text of 110 popular stories while delving deeper through activities, questions and prayers. Millions of people around the world have grown up with the Bible stories. It is our hope that The Barnabas Family Bible will enable families to keep the Bible alive for another generation. James Catford, Group Chief Executive, Bible Society\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview from April\/May 2015 Childrenswork magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Barnabas Family Bible is for parents, grandparents, carers and anyone of a similar nature, but this resource would still work in a small group setting. The book provides 100 stories with an activity idea, a visual aid, key verse and questions for each story. It's a refreshing change to see a few stories in here that other resources haven't explored such as sill-sleeping Eutychus, Rahab and the spies and Revelation. The bright cover is unfortunately where the bold colours stop as each story is displayed using only black and white text. The activities and visual aid section for each story gives you detailed ideas of what to use to fill this gap but requires a little more preparation time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI used this resource with my own children who are four, seven and ten. With that wide an age range it was clear that there was something for each of them in each story but that some elements are a bit advanced for younger children. The visual aids and activities however do provide a chance for them to all do something together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere isn't a suggested time for each story which is fine because some stories needed more time to unpack and some needed to be picked up again at another time. The commentaries for each story are great if you need to better summarise the story but can't do so in your own words. There is a helpful section at the back if you are trying something like this for the first time, with tips on how to pray as a family and ideas on how to establish a time for these activities. This is a solid resource, making these stories relatable and easier to understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLloyd Kinsley, Premier Childrenswork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Pobl Dewi, Diocese of St David's March 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a fantastic gem to have in your homes, churches, Sunday schools and children's clubs - it's a book to be used and not left on the shelf. The Barnabas Family Bible is an excellent resource and contains 110 essential Bible stories for families - grandparents, parents, carers or anyone who has the privilege and responsibility of caring for children - which they can share together. It contains a superb range of stories from the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation. Each story is presented on a double page with the reading on one side and, on the other, a variety of different ways to engage with the biblical passage which includes a short commentary and questions that can be used around the food table or in a group. Other suggestions are also included under the headings 'visual aid', 'activity idea' and 'prayer idea', with an Old or New Testament story link. There doesn't seem to be a suggested time limit on the activities or how many days you spend on a particular story and this would have been beneficial, especially for different age ranges. This vibrant, colourful cover catches the eye immediately and gives the impression that the book contains a fluidity of colour. Unfortunately, when you open it up the vibrant colour disappears and you are left with grayscale throughout; for toddlers there do not seem to be any pictures that could captivate their imagination and engage with the story. What I found encouraging was, at the back of the book, there is a section called 'Guidance and Support'. It is written for adults to be inspired and to play an active role in sharing and exploring their faith with their children, and the way in which faith is lived out. The guidance and support engages with reading the Bible together, handling difficult questions, praying as a family and more. There is also a section that covers best-loved Bible passages and a page with further resources for you to explore. This is a simple, fun and engaging resource that can be used to nurture families in the faith. Although it lacks in presentation I recommend this book and encourage you to share it with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Revd Victoria Jon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the STAR News - Diocese of Peterborough November 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a wonderful Bible for the whole family to enjoy together. The stories are easy to read and have a commentary alongside them, and a number of reflective questions to consider. These are all really useful, as they help to put the story into context, allowing children to understand why it was written and how it may be relevant to us today. There is also a suggestion for a visual aid, an activity related to the story, and a prayer idea. The Bible is written for adults to read with their children, as it has no pictures and may be hard for younger children to read themselves. Having read and enjoyed some of the activities with my children, my 8 year old daughter, Molly, said that this Bible is 'Outstanding, because it has lots of really fun activities to do. Can we keep it?' It would also be useful for Children's and Families workers to use when planning services and Sunday school lessons. Well worth investing in!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Evie McNally (and Molly, aged 8)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Well - Autumn 2014 Methodist Church\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction says, 'Family is a big idea... Wherever children are being nurtured in love by significant adults in their lives, there is family.' 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Differing from a children's Bible in that it is written to promote an interactive family study time, it contains 110 key extracts, using the Contemporary English Version of the Bible text and spanning the whole Bible narrative. Each section includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommentary on the passage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuestions to discuss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisual aid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eActivity idea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrayer idea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKey verse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld or New Testament story link\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuidance and support for sharing faith as a family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA family-friendly overview of the Bible story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA selection of best-loved Bible passages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurther resources to support families and family Bible study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"interview\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJane and Martyn introduce the Barnabas Family Bible\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI wonder how the Christian faith was passed on to you. Did you read Bible stories together at home? How did your parents encourage you to pray? Was God ever mentioned in everyday life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll current research on faith development affirms that if faith isn't passed on, lived out and nurtured in the home, we can't then reasonably expect children and grandchildren to catch that faith. For too long, particularly in the Protestant Church, we have over-relied on our Sunday worship as the key way to pass on the good news to the next generation. But how on earth can 40 minutes of Sunday school once a week and the occasional family service ever be expected to nurture a deep and real encounter with God for our children? Unless we experience God's presence in the everyday of our weekday lives, faith is highly likely to remain sheltered, shallow and vulnerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBRF has been building on these insights for some years now and, in partnership with others, has sought to put faith nurture back in the hands of parents and carers. The publication this autumn of The Barnabas Family Bible will be a huge help in this respect. For each of its 110 key Bible stories there is a wealth of support material designed to equip parents and carers to explore those stories creatively with children in the home environment. There are suggestions for family activities and ideas for prayer and visual aids, as well as a short commentary on each passage that applies its teaching to the cut and thrust of family life today. As such it will be an invaluable resource to those parents and carers who long to help their children enjoy the Bible and who also, along with their children, want to hear how God can speak to them and be with them seven days a week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis publication from BRF also contains helpful guidelines for parents and carers about passing on our faith within the family, on topics such as prayer, reading the Bible together and handling difficult questions. It will also, we believe, prove to be a really useful tool for leaders of all-age worship who are looking for inspiration to bring Bible stories to life when children are present in services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoses advised all the people of God to talk about his laws together and 'to tell them to your children over and over again. Talk about them all the time, whether you're at home or walking on the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning' (Deuteronomy 6:7, CEV). This is the way to pass on our Christian faith - not necessarily needing to find more hours in an already overstretched schedule but to find God in your existing life pattern; to find God in the everyday. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Barnabas Family Bible\u003c\/strong\u003e offers to help parents and children today to do just that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\nBible Society believes that every child has the right to experience the Bible for themselves and that's why we're excited to be partnering with BRF in the publication of The Barnabas Family Bible. This book encourages families to sit and explore the riches of the Bible together, reading the Bible text of 110 popular stories while delving deeper through activities, questions and prayers. Millions of people around the world have grown up with the Bible stories. It is our hope that The Barnabas Family Bible will enable families to keep the Bible alive for another generation. James Catford, Group Chief Executive, Bible Society\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview from April\/May 2015 Childrenswork magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Barnabas Family Bible is for parents, grandparents, carers and anyone of a similar nature, but this resource would still work in a small group setting. The book provides 100 stories with an activity idea, a visual aid, key verse and questions for each story. It's a refreshing change to see a few stories in here that other resources haven't explored such as sill-sleeping Eutychus, Rahab and the spies and Revelation. The bright cover is unfortunately where the bold colours stop as each story is displayed using only black and white text. The activities and visual aid section for each story gives you detailed ideas of what to use to fill this gap but requires a little more preparation time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI used this resource with my own children who are four, seven and ten. With that wide an age range it was clear that there was something for each of them in each story but that some elements are a bit advanced for younger children. The visual aids and activities however do provide a chance for them to all do something together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere isn't a suggested time for each story which is fine because some stories needed more time to unpack and some needed to be picked up again at another time. The commentaries for each story are great if you need to better summarise the story but can't do so in your own words. There is a helpful section at the back if you are trying something like this for the first time, with tips on how to pray as a family and ideas on how to establish a time for these activities. This is a solid resource, making these stories relatable and easier to understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLloyd Kinsley, Premier Childrenswork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Pobl Dewi, Diocese of St David's March 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a fantastic gem to have in your homes, churches, Sunday schools and children's clubs - it's a book to be used and not left on the shelf. The Barnabas Family Bible is an excellent resource and contains 110 essential Bible stories for families - grandparents, parents, carers or anyone who has the privilege and responsibility of caring for children - which they can share together. It contains a superb range of stories from the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation. Each story is presented on a double page with the reading on one side and, on the other, a variety of different ways to engage with the biblical passage which includes a short commentary and questions that can be used around the food table or in a group. Other suggestions are also included under the headings 'visual aid', 'activity idea' and 'prayer idea', with an Old or New Testament story link. There doesn't seem to be a suggested time limit on the activities or how many days you spend on a particular story and this would have been beneficial, especially for different age ranges. This vibrant, colourful cover catches the eye immediately and gives the impression that the book contains a fluidity of colour. Unfortunately, when you open it up the vibrant colour disappears and you are left with grayscale throughout; for toddlers there do not seem to be any pictures that could captivate their imagination and engage with the story. What I found encouraging was, at the back of the book, there is a section called 'Guidance and Support'. It is written for adults to be inspired and to play an active role in sharing and exploring their faith with their children, and the way in which faith is lived out. The guidance and support engages with reading the Bible together, handling difficult questions, praying as a family and more. There is also a section that covers best-loved Bible passages and a page with further resources for you to explore. This is a simple, fun and engaging resource that can be used to nurture families in the faith. Although it lacks in presentation I recommend this book and encourage you to share it with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Revd Victoria Jon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the STAR News - Diocese of Peterborough November 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a wonderful Bible for the whole family to enjoy together. The stories are easy to read and have a commentary alongside them, and a number of reflective questions to consider. These are all really useful, as they help to put the story into context, allowing children to understand why it was written and how it may be relevant to us today. There is also a suggestion for a visual aid, an activity related to the story, and a prayer idea. The Bible is written for adults to read with their children, as it has no pictures and may be hard for younger children to read themselves. Having read and enjoyed some of the activities with my children, my 8 year old daughter, Molly, said that this Bible is 'Outstanding, because it has lots of really fun activities to do. Can we keep it?' It would also be useful for Children's and Families workers to use when planning services and Sunday school lessons. Well worth investing in!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Evie McNally (and Molly, aged 8)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Well - Autumn 2014 Methodist Church\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction says, 'Family is a big idea... Wherever children are being nurtured in love by significant adults in their lives, there is family.' And this book of Bible stories, commentary and activities gives a brilliant opportunity for families of all kinds to explore God's word together in an interesting, accessible and interactive way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStories span the whole Bible narrative, taken from the Old and New Testament, from the flood in Genesis to the battle of Jericho, through the story of Nehemiah to the life of Jesus and the early Church. Alongside each one a brief commentary is offered as well as some questions to reflect on, prayer and activity suggestions and a visual aid. It gives a helpful and creative selection of ways to engage with the story meaningfully, allowing you to 'pick and mix' ideas depending on time available, ages of family members and how deep everyone wants to explore the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTowards the end there's also a valuable section that offers guidance and support in\u003cbr\u003eusing the book, suggesting ways to set time aside, engaging with the stories as part of a regular family routine and reminding adults that we don't have to know all the answers! There's much on these pages that parents, carers, grandparents or readers of any kind will find hugely beneficial when engaging with the Bible and its stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's worth mentioning that whilst it covers a significant number of stories there are no\u003cbr\u003ereferences to Psalms or Paul's letters, but despite this it takes families on a superb\u003cbr\u003ejourney through God's big story. This is a fantastic addition to any family's library\u003cbr\u003eand comes highly recommended for those working with them too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGail Adcock - Family Ministries Development Officer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e"}
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Except the ones that are.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eClergy inhabit a fantastic, pressurised, privileged, frustrating and humbling role. They get to join in the highest and lowest points of people's lives, often on the same day. They have experiences. If they are very skilled they learn from them as well as laugh about them.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n \r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is for to clergy like me, and anyone who does anything like the job of a parish priest. You might just recognise a few things, and you'll probably be able to think of some more. And it's for everyone we work with, minister among, share with, pray for and meet with. Normal people. 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From Easter, through the changing seasons to the following Easter, we are led to consider: What is it like spiritually to stop wearing masks? What does a beach say to us after coronavirus? How has Zoom affected us during lockdown and how do we now relate to technology as a medium of fellowship? 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In Writes of the Church, the locals bicker, complain and wonder; the vicar is overworked and occasionally lets them know they're pushing him over the edge.But through it all, we learn something valuable about ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's an unusual and loving angle on the Church of England. The characters are odd, aggressive, frustrated or sometimes just plain stupid. But the depth of their love for the church comes through the threats to boycott the church over a tea towel, the obsession over saving money and the complaints that children are allowed into the church during an act of worship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough laughing at ourselves, we learn about what really makes us tick. 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When I finished laughing out loud I realised that I had learned something. We all live in Tremlett.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e The Church Mouse \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'm still giggling about your book, which is CLASSIC!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Eve Poole, author 'Leadersmithing' and Third Church Estates Commissioner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGary Alderson studied Chemistry at Oxford, went into retail and has been a priest since 2009. He is currently working part-time in two churches in Wellingborough. He is married to Sharon, with two teenage sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e"}
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{"id":2439794655332,"title":"The Prince of Peace in a World of Wars: Applying the message of God's love to a needy world","handle":"the-prince-of-peace-in-a-world-of-wars-applying-the-message-of-gods-love-to-a-needy-world","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Kerrigan sees the coming of Jesus at Christmas as central to the divine plan to bring peace to the world. Through daily reflection on biblical texts and mission stories, he locates God at the centre of our mission and encourages us to restore the peace, joy and hope that come from accompanying Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe biblical title 'Prince of Peace' leaves us in no doubt that God's purpose in Jesus Christ is to bring peace - universal peace, both with God and with our neighbours. But have we really understood what this peace might look like, especially in a world of wars and suffering?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a slim book which contains substantial material to make us think in new ways and may well lead us to act differently. The Methodist Recorder, November 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil 2017, David Kerrigan was General Director of BMS World Mission. Previously, he and his wife Janet worked as missionaries in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He also pastored a church in Exeter. He is an elder in his local church, the Chair of the Council at Spurgeon's College, London, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Baptist World Alliance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaptist Times, 30.10.18. Review by Andrew Kleissner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'David Kerrigan's excellent and realistic book takes its readers on an unusual Advent journey which offers no trite answers.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Kerrigan was eight years old and he was scared. For it was 1962 and the Cuban missile crisis threatened to destroy the world. He cuddled his baby brother while listening to the radio and found his childhood peace being profoundly disturbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subject of peace is in the forefront of our minds as we commemorate the end of World War 1. Yet our world is not at peace: even in places where warfare is not raging there is conflict within nations, families and ourselves - alongside moments of great joy. In this short book of Advent reflections David shows us that peace is not just a fragile stillness but something which can envelop us as we ride the rollercoaster of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe begins with a section entitled 'Understanding peace'; this unexpectedly starts on the night of the Last Supper. But this is a strange night which exemplifies tension and unease, with the sense that a storm is about to break and the fear that Jesus will soon leave his disciples. To them - and to us - he promises his continuous peace-giving presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe then return to the beginning, to God who promises peace 'which passes all understanding'. The author challenges our small preconceptions by stating that this encompasses every atom and molecule, man and woman, animal and plant, mountain and river, every pale blue dot representing planet Earth in the cosmos and every other dot flung into the far reaches of space. The whole of creation has become unbalanced and only the coming of Jesus makes it possible for equilibrium to be restored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second section of this book invites us to consider a variety of Bible characters who experienced divine peace. Among others we meet Joseph, who suffered the cruelty of his brothers; Ruth, who had to make life-changing decisions; Hannah, who found peace amidst her heartbreak; and Paul, who knew peace even when deserted and facing death. In each of these encounters the author leads us beyond the stories to broader principles which relate to life today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe continue with a progression through the story of the coming of the Prince of Peace. This naturally reaches a climax with the study for Christmas Day. But the author notes the irony of the situation: the arrival of a baby is universally welcomed, yet its midnight crying and incessant demands for attention destroy a family's peace. And we are brought firmly down to earth with the reading for Boxing Day, where we hear Simeon telling Mary that her new-born son will be the cause of a 'sword piercing her heart. Peace has to be sought even in pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with a series of suggestions as to how Christians may bring peace in practical ways, including relationships, justice, politics and the care of creation: all very suitable for New Year's resolutions!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis excellent and realistic book takes its readers on an unusual Advent journey which offers no trite answers. Its author draws on his vast mission experience and knowledge to both challenge and encourage us. I commend it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Kleissner is the minister of Christchurch United Church, Llanedeyrn, Cardiff \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reader \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.readers.cofe.anglican.org\/resources.php\"\u003ewebsite\u003c\/a\u003e. Review by Nick Mayhew-smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Advent-themed collection of Bible readings and contemplations, this book offers a Christian perspective on our heavily troubled world that takes the reader from 1 December to 6 January, inviting personal reflection on issues both big (war) and small (personal regrets). It encourages the reader towards a spiritual response rather than a practical set of suggestions: if we fall out with people we should pray for them and try to see the good in them, we should respond to an influx of refugees with 'compassion'. As such, a little more of the author's own hands-on experience as a missionary leader in some of the world's most troubled areas would have been good, although it becomes clear he has seen and practised faith at the sharp end. A publication of the Bible Reading Fellowship, this book is well-founded in scripture, although readers might find it a little inconvenient to have to stop and turn to their Bible to find the day's reading before going back to this commentary. But some extracts are printed in full, and opening the New Testament, both literally and metaphorically, is the key to understanding a thoughtful book such as this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by NICK MAYHEW-SMITH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Church Times 28 10.18. Advent book round-up by Lavinia Byrne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Baptist David Kerrigan's book, The Prince of Peace in a World of Wars, takes as its starting-point the need to understand peace. It moves on to seek out saints who have found peace; then the place of the Prince of Peace; and, finally, 11 days, leading up to the Epiphany, of hard-hitting reflections on creation, the poor, politics, justice, gender, race, and rank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReform Advent book round-up November 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCeltic Advent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Prince of Peace in a World of Wars \u003c\/em\u003e(and third title by another publisher: Pathway to the Stable by Ivor Thomas Rees)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWanting a new challenge for Advent? Then look no further. 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Through daily reflection on biblical texts and mission stories, he locates God at the centre of our mission and encourages us to restore the peace, joy and hope that come from accompanying Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe biblical title 'Prince of Peace' leaves us in no doubt that God's purpose in Jesus Christ is to bring peace - universal peace, both with God and with our neighbours. But have we really understood what this peace might look like, especially in a world of wars and suffering?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a slim book which contains substantial material to make us think in new ways and may well lead us to act differently. The Methodist Recorder, November 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil 2017, David Kerrigan was General Director of BMS World Mission. Previously, he and his wife Janet worked as missionaries in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He also pastored a church in Exeter. He is an elder in his local church, the Chair of the Council at Spurgeon's College, London, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Baptist World Alliance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaptist Times, 30.10.18. Review by Andrew Kleissner \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'David Kerrigan's excellent and realistic book takes its readers on an unusual Advent journey which offers no trite answers.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Kerrigan was eight years old and he was scared. For it was 1962 and the Cuban missile crisis threatened to destroy the world. He cuddled his baby brother while listening to the radio and found his childhood peace being profoundly disturbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subject of peace is in the forefront of our minds as we commemorate the end of World War 1. Yet our world is not at peace: even in places where warfare is not raging there is conflict within nations, families and ourselves - alongside moments of great joy. In this short book of Advent reflections David shows us that peace is not just a fragile stillness but something which can envelop us as we ride the rollercoaster of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe begins with a section entitled 'Understanding peace'; this unexpectedly starts on the night of the Last Supper. But this is a strange night which exemplifies tension and unease, with the sense that a storm is about to break and the fear that Jesus will soon leave his disciples. To them - and to us - he promises his continuous peace-giving presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe then return to the beginning, to God who promises peace 'which passes all understanding'. The author challenges our small preconceptions by stating that this encompasses every atom and molecule, man and woman, animal and plant, mountain and river, every pale blue dot representing planet Earth in the cosmos and every other dot flung into the far reaches of space. The whole of creation has become unbalanced and only the coming of Jesus makes it possible for equilibrium to be restored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second section of this book invites us to consider a variety of Bible characters who experienced divine peace. Among others we meet Joseph, who suffered the cruelty of his brothers; Ruth, who had to make life-changing decisions; Hannah, who found peace amidst her heartbreak; and Paul, who knew peace even when deserted and facing death. 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Peace has to be sought even in pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with a series of suggestions as to how Christians may bring peace in practical ways, including relationships, justice, politics and the care of creation: all very suitable for New Year's resolutions!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis excellent and realistic book takes its readers on an unusual Advent journey which offers no trite answers. Its author draws on his vast mission experience and knowledge to both challenge and encourage us. I commend it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Kleissner is the minister of Christchurch United Church, Llanedeyrn, Cardiff \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reader \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.readers.cofe.anglican.org\/resources.php\"\u003ewebsite\u003c\/a\u003e. 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It moves on to seek out saints who have found peace; then the place of the Prince of Peace; and, finally, 11 days, leading up to the Epiphany, of hard-hitting reflections on creation, the poor, politics, justice, gender, race, and rank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReform Advent book round-up November 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCeltic Advent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Prince of Peace in a World of Wars \u003c\/em\u003e(and third title by another publisher: Pathway to the Stable by Ivor Thomas Rees)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWanting a new challenge for Advent? Then look no further. These ... books have a wealth of knowledge, sound biblical teaching, informative challenges to our thinking and reflecting, and relevance to our lives in this 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e-century world...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCeltic Advent \u003c\/em\u003eoffers us a 40-day trip, beginning on 15 November. It leads us through the story whilst sharing the beliefs and experiences of Celtic Christians, alongside scripture. Every day, there is an introductory comment, a contemplation on what has been introduced, a Bible reading and a prayer. The book is interesting, enlightening and accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Prince of Peace in a World of Wars \u003c\/em\u003eoffers us a different way to approach Advent. It begins on 1 December, ends on 6 January and is a book about peace. 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He wrote for C4's TFI Friday revival, and script-edits sitcoms across various UK television channels. He has written several books including So a Comedian Walks into a Church, recommended by The Independent as one of their top eight comedy books for Christmas 2013. As a stand-up comedian, he performs in comedy clubs and churches, and won ITV's Take The Mike Award. He's taken seven solo shows to the Edinburgh Festival and has visited Montreal Comedy Festival and various other international venues.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Baptist Times, 16 Jan 2019. Review by Moira Kleissner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today there are quite a few excellent mainline stand-up comics and comedy writers who are Christians. Paul Kerensa is one such and is internationally known at festivals such as Edinburgh and Montreal. He also performs in comedy clubs and churches throughout Britain. As a writer, he has co-written \u003cem\u003eBBC's Miranda, Top Gear \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Not Going Out\u003c\/em\u003e. A regular on BBC Radios Sussex and Surrey and Radio 2, a recent venture was a tour for the Bible Society. Added to that, he has just completed his first book for children. It makes me exhausted just writing the list of things he has been involved in. Paul Kerensa is a very busy man with what seems like an unlimited supply of funny stories and one liners. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis small gem adds to his body of work. The book is split into a variety of sections that defy classification. On each page there is one joke\/story. It will keep you giggling throughout the dullest of sermons or church meetings!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sections cover - 'Wisdom of Fools', 'The World Today', 'The Church', 'Happy Special Occasions - Christening Christmas and Cremations', 'There's a U and an I in Community', 'The Genesis of It All', 'The New(-ish) Testament (relatively speaking)', 'History the Later Years', 'Relationships, Family Life and Other Daily Pitfalls', 'The Future, where applicable' and 'Finally, some Passive-Aggressive Motivational Slogans'. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The illustrations which are sprinkled throughout are by Dave Walker. I am a fan of his calendars, cartoons in a variety of different publications, including The Church Times and his on-line work. The book is split into a variety of sections that defy classification. On each page there is one joke\/story. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For a laugh out loud, groan and a good belly laugh, this is well worth buying. Great material for sermons! It should be prescribed on the NHS. Sorry can't tell you any of the jokes now, I'm off to have another giggle...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMrs Moira Kleissner is a retired Primary Deputy Head, storyteller and minister's wife \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e_____________________________________________________________________\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:25:27+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:25:29+00:00","vendor":"Paul Kerensa","type":"Paperback","tags":["Gift","KCLC","Oct-18"],"price":799,"price_min":799,"price_max":799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21770184196196,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857466938","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"What ARE They Doing Down There?: A God's Eye View of the World, or What's Left of It - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":799,"weight":120,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857466938","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466938-l.jpg?v=1549043118"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466938-l.jpg?v=1549043118","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":3238881722507,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.365,"height":650,"width":887,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466938-l.jpg?v=1549043118"},"aspect_ratio":1.365,"height":650,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/9780857466938-l.jpg?v=1549043118","width":887}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eVia jokes, quips, observations and short thoughts, comedian and writer Paul Kerensa shines a light on the bits of everyday life we probably wish we'd forgotten, or been glad no one was looking - except, well, God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mGPjNVSUQLM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nPaul is a British Comedy Award-winning co-writer of BBC's Miranda, Not Going Out and Top Gear. He wrote for C4's TFI Friday revival, and script-edits sitcoms across various UK television channels. He has written several books including So a Comedian Walks into a Church, recommended by The Independent as one of their top eight comedy books for Christmas 2013. As a stand-up comedian, he performs in comedy clubs and churches, and won ITV's Take The Mike Award. He's taken seven solo shows to the Edinburgh Festival and has visited Montreal Comedy Festival and various other international venues.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Baptist Times, 16 Jan 2019. Review by Moira Kleissner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today there are quite a few excellent mainline stand-up comics and comedy writers who are Christians. Paul Kerensa is one such and is internationally known at festivals such as Edinburgh and Montreal. He also performs in comedy clubs and churches throughout Britain. As a writer, he has co-written \u003cem\u003eBBC's Miranda, Top Gear \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Not Going Out\u003c\/em\u003e. A regular on BBC Radios Sussex and Surrey and Radio 2, a recent venture was a tour for the Bible Society. Added to that, he has just completed his first book for children. It makes me exhausted just writing the list of things he has been involved in. Paul Kerensa is a very busy man with what seems like an unlimited supply of funny stories and one liners. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis small gem adds to his body of work. The book is split into a variety of sections that defy classification. On each page there is one joke\/story. It will keep you giggling throughout the dullest of sermons or church meetings!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sections cover - 'Wisdom of Fools', 'The World Today', 'The Church', 'Happy Special Occasions - Christening Christmas and Cremations', 'There's a U and an I in Community', 'The Genesis of It All', 'The New(-ish) Testament (relatively speaking)', 'History the Later Years', 'Relationships, Family Life and Other Daily Pitfalls', 'The Future, where applicable' and 'Finally, some Passive-Aggressive Motivational Slogans'. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The illustrations which are sprinkled throughout are by Dave Walker. I am a fan of his calendars, cartoons in a variety of different publications, including The Church Times and his on-line work. The book is split into a variety of sections that defy classification. On each page there is one joke\/story. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For a laugh out loud, groan and a good belly laugh, this is well worth buying. Great material for sermons! It should be prescribed on the NHS. Sorry can't tell you any of the jokes now, I'm off to have another giggle...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMrs Moira Kleissner is a retired Primary Deputy Head, storyteller and minister's wife \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e_____________________________________________________________________\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The first days from Ash Wednesday bring context and challenge looking at the different players and groups engaged in some of the events of Holy Week. The next four weeks use the perspectives of John, Peter, Judas and Mary in turn, attending to passages of scripture in which they are involved from throughout the gospels. In Lent 5 there is a specific focus on the acts of faith shown by different people around the cross. At the culmination, through Holy Week, the author looks at the seven words of Jesus from the cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach daily devotion leads with a passage of scripture which is followed by a personal narrative connecting us to emotions and insights related to the events chosen. The narrative is reflective and questioning, challenging us to ask where we are in our openness to God, serving him and receiving from him. Each day’s reading closes with a prayer and reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are several ways to use this book. 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Each day there is the opportunity to stop and reflect on the gospel story, drawing insight from the experiences of those who were there during the events of the first Easter, finding inspiration and strength for the greater journey of our lives. Suffering and glory are intermingled in real human experience in this book, which is designed for personal and group use, for Christians of all traditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBrother Ramon SSF was an Anglican Franciscan friar and a writer on everyday spirituality. His numerous books include \u003cem\u003eFranciscan Spirituality, The Heart of Prayer, My Questions – God’s Questions\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Flame of Sacred Love\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Christmas through the Keyhole is sure to turn Advent into a time of gratitude and worship as we think through these songs afresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch2\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the hope of the needy\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 December: Daughter of grace\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e4 December: Warrior God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e5 December: Holy God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e6 December: Merciful God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e7 December: Searching God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e8 December: Revolutionary God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e9 December: Faithful God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the redeemer of the world\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 December: Inspired song\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e11 December: Servant king\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e12 December: Promising prophets\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e13 December: Sacred covenant\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e14 December: Willing servants\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e15 December: Pioneering prophet\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e16 December: Radical salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e17 December: Spreading light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the joy of the earth\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 December: Angels\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e19 December: Glory\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e20 December: Heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e21 December: Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e22 December: Peace\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e23 December: Favour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the light of the nations\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 December: Longing for salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e25 December: The arrival of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e26 December: Witness to salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e27 December: The transparency of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e28 December: The scope of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e29 December: The cost of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e30 December: Confirmation of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the splendour of the creation\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e31 December: In the beginning\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e1 January: The embodied Word\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e2 January: Firstborn of all creation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e3 January: The pre-eminent one\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e4 January: God has spoken\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e5 January: The radiance of God's glory\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e6 January: Worship Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nDerek Tidball is a Baptist pastor. 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Christmas through the Keyhole is sure to turn Advent into a time of gratitude and worship as we think through these songs afresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch2\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the hope of the needy\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 December: Daughter of grace\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e4 December: Warrior God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e5 December: Holy God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e6 December: Merciful God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e7 December: Searching God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e8 December: Revolutionary God\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e9 December: Faithful God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the redeemer of the world\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 December: Inspired song\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e11 December: Servant king\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e12 December: Promising prophets\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e13 December: Sacred covenant\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e14 December: Willing servants\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e15 December: Pioneering prophet\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e16 December: Radical salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e17 December: Spreading light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the joy of the earth\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 December: Angels\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e19 December: Glory\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e20 December: Heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e21 December: Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e22 December: Peace\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e23 December: Favour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the light of the nations\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 December: Longing for salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e25 December: The arrival of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e26 December: Witness to salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e27 December: The transparency of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e28 December: The scope of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e29 December: The cost of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e30 December: Confirmation of salvation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eJesus - the splendour of the creation\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e31 December: In the beginning\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e1 January: The embodied Word\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e2 January: Firstborn of all creation\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e3 January: The pre-eminent one\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e4 January: God has spoken\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e5 January: The radiance of God's glory\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e6 January: Worship Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nDerek Tidball is a Baptist pastor. He was formerly the Principal of London Bible College (now London School of Theology), the President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Chair of the Evangelical Alliance Council. He is a prolific writer and a speaker in demand around the world.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n"}
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He has been in full-time Christian ministry for over 40 years, is Principal of Moorlands College, holds a PhD in theology, and serves as a trustee of the Keswick Convention. He has authored several books, including BRF's Advent title, The Incredible Journey: Christmas from Genesis to Jesus. He is married to Brenda, and they have two children and four grandchildren.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times (19 Jan 2018). Review by Peter McGeary, vicar of St Mary's, Cable Street, London and a Priest-Vicar of Westminster Abbey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLent is a journey on many levels towards, and the narrative of Holy Week pulls us into, the city of Jerusalem. Steve Brady engages in such a multi-layered journey in 'Towards Jerusalem'... 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{"id":2439758774372,"title":"Dust and Glory: Daily Bible readings from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day","handle":"dust-and-glory-daily-bible-readings-from-ash-wednesday-to-easter-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eLent is one of the three forty-day 'seasons' in the Church's year, besides Advent and the period from Easter to Pentecost. The name itself, Lent, derives from an ancient word meaning 'spring' or 'long', referring to the time of year when days are beginning to lengthen and the world is turning from winter cold and dark to the warmth and promise of spring. During this time, the Church calls us to a special period of prayer, self-examination and teaching - and this book has been written to accompany you through that period, a time of turning from winter to spring, from death to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust and Glory ranges across the whole business of living and believing, where the questions are as important as the answers, and may call us to deep heart-searching. The goal is always to draw us to authentic faith; a way of living and believing that is real and vulnerable, strong in knowing its limits, rooted in joy and wonder, blessed with the healing and merciful presence of God. Such faith acknowledges both the dust of our mortality and the glory that keeps breaking in with unexpected life, hope and new beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of you will be familiar with David Runcorn's writing, and I am delighted to commend his new book Dust and Glory to accompany us on our journey through Lent. The path from Ash Wednesday to Easter day is one in which our frail humanity is met by God's immense love and grace. Questions continually rise within us and this book invites us to discover more of Self and God as we seek to live authentic lives as followers of Christ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Right Reverend Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are looking for a companion for your journey through Lent this year, you can do no better than this book. Packed with gentle, rich and sustaining wisdom it really will provide deep nourishment as you journey onwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Paula Gooder, author and Theologian in Residence, Bible Society \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Runcorn is a popular writer, speaker, teacher, retreat leader and spiritual guide. His books include The Spirituality Workbook - a guide for pilgrims, explorers and seekers and Fear and Trust - God-centred leadership. He lives in Gloucester where he is involved with the selection, training and support of people called to Christian ministry of all kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have read \u003cem\u003eNew Daylight\u003c\/em\u003e - a BRF publication - for a number of years and have enjoyed the daily dialogue, so much so, that I wanted to develop my reading experiences further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDust \u0026amp; Glory\u003c\/em\u003e by David Runcorn seemed a very appropriate book to follow during the lead up to Easter. BRF published the first few extracts separately and the immediate reaction was - terrific. This was different, it spoke to me and I warmed to it. Result was ordering a copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe daily format for a specific date, the printed extract from the Bible, David's commentary and following prayer\/reflection all came together in a flowing manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, I would say this book is aimed more at a group rather than an individual. The questions at the end of each week were useful stimulations for me, but I wonder how much I was getting out of it, or indeed understanding ? Of course, I attempted to answer the questions but was left wondering what other people might have said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were also places where 'the going got tough' - Week 5 ? - where the philosophical ideas seemed to have dominated. It is a pity that I have waited until finishing the book before starting to write this review, but I did not wish to be too presumptuous in the early days of reading this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, the idea of such a reader has increased my knowledge, and hopefully my understanding of \/ thinking through Biblical issues, as well as that personal contact with God. Consequently, I am ordering another book from BRF that covers the period from Easter to Pentecost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have enjoyed reading and walking with God \u0026amp; David Runcorn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Johannes Buchanan \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom goodbookreviews.org.uk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust \u0026amp; Glory takes a wide ranging journey through the Bible in these 40 Lenten contemplations, and on that journey we really look at a wide range of questions that life puts before us and yet sometimes we don't stop to ponder on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe format of the book starts with a lovely short Bible passage (short enough to be used as a lectio divina even for a busy person), and then a contemplation I'd call it rather than a commentary on the passage that looks at its context in our lives as much as its meaning, and rounds out with either a one line prayer, a 'for reflection' , or both! My favourite 'for reflection' consisted of... 'Yes!'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is enough thought in these daily readings to last a day, but they can take only a couple of minutes to read if your life is very pressing on the time front... A very handy Lent book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Melanie Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 15 January 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Runcorn in \u003cem\u003eDust and Glory\u003c\/em\u003e provides us with 47 easy-to-read but substantial biblical reflections, loosely based on six intriguing themes: Becoming who I am; Excitement; In the midst of life; Hidden and revealed; Habits, reflexes and responses; and The shadow of the Cross. He tackles a wide-ranging selection of biblical material with a sure touch, with a galaxy of incisive quotations and conclusions. One of those quotes, from C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is as apposite for Runcorn as it is for Aslan: 'Course he's not safe. But he's good.' Runcorn is very good indeed: a worthy companion for Lent and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rt Revd David Wilbourne \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch of England Newspaper 5 February 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDust and Glory\u003c\/em\u003e by David Runcorn offers a reading for each day of the six weeks of Lent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuncorn says this is a book to accompany the work of 'turning'-'the journey from death to life', with an emphasis on self-examination, rather than a 'how to' of living and believing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is easy to read, and offers reading and reflection in a none-too laborious way, with passages that could easily be read in a daily pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e","published_at":"2024-12-13T17:52:36+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:21:10+00:00","vendor":"David Runcorn","type":"Paperback","tags":["KCLC","Kindle","Lent"],"price":799,"price_min":799,"price_max":799,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21769170845796,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857463579","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":36764972875967,"product_id":2439758774372,"position":1,"created_at":"2024-08-30T15:39:03+01:00","updated_at":"2024-08-30T15:39:04+01:00","alt":null,"width":1535,"height":2339,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/DustandGlory.jpg?v=1725028744","variant_ids":[21769170845796]},"available":false,"name":"Dust and Glory: Daily Bible readings from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":799,"weight":129,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857463579","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":29472352075967,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2339,"width":1535,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/DustandGlory.jpg?v=1725028744"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/DustandGlory.jpg?v=1725028744"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/DustandGlory.jpg?v=1725028744","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":29472352075967,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2339,"width":1535,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/DustandGlory.jpg?v=1725028744"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2339,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/DustandGlory.jpg?v=1725028744","width":1535}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eLent is one of the three forty-day 'seasons' in the Church's year, besides Advent and the period from Easter to Pentecost. The name itself, Lent, derives from an ancient word meaning 'spring' or 'long', referring to the time of year when days are beginning to lengthen and the world is turning from winter cold and dark to the warmth and promise of spring. During this time, the Church calls us to a special period of prayer, self-examination and teaching - and this book has been written to accompany you through that period, a time of turning from winter to spring, from death to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust and Glory ranges across the whole business of living and believing, where the questions are as important as the answers, and may call us to deep heart-searching. The goal is always to draw us to authentic faith; a way of living and believing that is real and vulnerable, strong in knowing its limits, rooted in joy and wonder, blessed with the healing and merciful presence of God. Such faith acknowledges both the dust of our mortality and the glory that keeps breaking in with unexpected life, hope and new beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of you will be familiar with David Runcorn's writing, and I am delighted to commend his new book Dust and Glory to accompany us on our journey through Lent. The path from Ash Wednesday to Easter day is one in which our frail humanity is met by God's immense love and grace. Questions continually rise within us and this book invites us to discover more of Self and God as we seek to live authentic lives as followers of Christ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Right Reverend Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are looking for a companion for your journey through Lent this year, you can do no better than this book. Packed with gentle, rich and sustaining wisdom it really will provide deep nourishment as you journey onwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Paula Gooder, author and Theologian in Residence, Bible Society \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Runcorn is a popular writer, speaker, teacher, retreat leader and spiritual guide. His books include The Spirituality Workbook - a guide for pilgrims, explorers and seekers and Fear and Trust - God-centred leadership. He lives in Gloucester where he is involved with the selection, training and support of people called to Christian ministry of all kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have read \u003cem\u003eNew Daylight\u003c\/em\u003e - a BRF publication - for a number of years and have enjoyed the daily dialogue, so much so, that I wanted to develop my reading experiences further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDust \u0026amp; Glory\u003c\/em\u003e by David Runcorn seemed a very appropriate book to follow during the lead up to Easter. BRF published the first few extracts separately and the immediate reaction was - terrific. This was different, it spoke to me and I warmed to it. Result was ordering a copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe daily format for a specific date, the printed extract from the Bible, David's commentary and following prayer\/reflection all came together in a flowing manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, I would say this book is aimed more at a group rather than an individual. The questions at the end of each week were useful stimulations for me, but I wonder how much I was getting out of it, or indeed understanding ? Of course, I attempted to answer the questions but was left wondering what other people might have said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were also places where 'the going got tough' - Week 5 ? - where the philosophical ideas seemed to have dominated. It is a pity that I have waited until finishing the book before starting to write this review, but I did not wish to be too presumptuous in the early days of reading this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, the idea of such a reader has increased my knowledge, and hopefully my understanding of \/ thinking through Biblical issues, as well as that personal contact with God. Consequently, I am ordering another book from BRF that covers the period from Easter to Pentecost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have enjoyed reading and walking with God \u0026amp; David Runcorn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Johannes Buchanan \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom goodbookreviews.org.uk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust \u0026amp; Glory takes a wide ranging journey through the Bible in these 40 Lenten contemplations, and on that journey we really look at a wide range of questions that life puts before us and yet sometimes we don't stop to ponder on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe format of the book starts with a lovely short Bible passage (short enough to be used as a lectio divina even for a busy person), and then a contemplation I'd call it rather than a commentary on the passage that looks at its context in our lives as much as its meaning, and rounds out with either a one line prayer, a 'for reflection' , or both! My favourite 'for reflection' consisted of... 'Yes!'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is enough thought in these daily readings to last a day, but they can take only a couple of minutes to read if your life is very pressing on the time front... A very handy Lent book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Melanie Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 15 January 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Runcorn in \u003cem\u003eDust and Glory\u003c\/em\u003e provides us with 47 easy-to-read but substantial biblical reflections, loosely based on six intriguing themes: Becoming who I am; Excitement; In the midst of life; Hidden and revealed; Habits, reflexes and responses; and The shadow of the Cross. He tackles a wide-ranging selection of biblical material with a sure touch, with a galaxy of incisive quotations and conclusions. One of those quotes, from C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is as apposite for Runcorn as it is for Aslan: 'Course he's not safe. But he's good.' Runcorn is very good indeed: a worthy companion for Lent and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rt Revd David Wilbourne \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch of England Newspaper 5 February 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDust and Glory\u003c\/em\u003e by David Runcorn offers a reading for each day of the six weeks of Lent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuncorn says this is a book to accompany the work of 'turning'-'the journey from death to life', with an emphasis on self-examination, rather than a 'how to' of living and believing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is easy to read, and offers reading and reflection in a none-too laborious way, with passages that could easily be read in a daily pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e"}
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{"id":15719290569084,"title":"Donkey Roads and Camel Treks: A pilgrim’s guide for Advent","handle":"donkey-roads-and-camel-treks-a-pilgrim-s-guide-for-advent-1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDigital eBook Only -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe lectionary readings for Advent speak of making a straight path towards God, but many of us find our own route decidedly winding. Biblical characters in the story of the incarnation are called to set out on the road to discipleship using any means of carriage they can. This book offers user-friendly encouragement (with the occasional spur onwards) to explore what helps and what hinders us in this journey to deeper encounter with the flesh and blood God whom we find in scripture, in our lived experience and in the least of his sisters and brothers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available in paperback format, click \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/collections\/new-titles\/products\/donkey-roads-and-camel-treks-a-pilgrim-s-guide-for-advent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/collections\/new-titles\/products\/donkey-roads-and-camel-treks-a-pilgrim-s-guide-for-advent\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGemma Simmonds is a Roman Catholic sister of the Congregation of Jesus. 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Gemma draws us into the heart of the story with gentleness and challenge in equal measure, closer to the God who holds us with tenderness and leads us into transformation.’ \u003cem\u003eThe Revd Preb Dr Isabelle Hamley, principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge and author of Embracing Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Advent is a time of great anticipation, and as Gemma says in her charming, inspiring and frequently profound new book, one of her favourite times of year. But what happens when all our plans for a spiritual Advent, filled with deep prayer and peaceful meditation, run into the reality of our often complicated and complex lives? 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Indeed, the journey might even be richer if shared with a group of friends.’ \u003cem\u003eBernadette Flanagan, spiritual director and co-founder of The Spirituality Institute for Research and Education\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Whether you want to find fresh ways to connect with God, with each other, with nature or with your own deepest desires, this book will inspire you. I do not know a wiser spiritual guide to ordinary Christian living than Gemma Simmonds. Here, from her life of immersion in prayer, wisdom-seeking, formation of individuals and communities, and practical service in some extremely demanding situations, she offers a deeply attractive distillation, focused through key biblical texts. This is far more than an imaginative, thoughtful and practical way to approach Christmas; it gives the essentials for a lifetime following Jesus.’ \u003cem\u003eDavid F. Ford OBE, Regius professor of divinity emeritus, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview by Richard Frost., author of \u003cem\u003eLife with St Benedict.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca name=\"_Hlk47607762\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is the best Advent book I have read in a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn fact, that one line could almost be the extent of this review!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGemma Simmonds has provided a deeply enriching set of daily readings to guide us the rough and smooth terrain, the donkey roads and camel treks, that is often the period leading up to Christmas. From the outset, the author makes it clear that, like riding a camel or a donkey, the reflections she offers in this pilgrim’s guide for Advent may not always be comfortable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer own experience of the season reflects that. On the one hand, she expresses a positive liking for the period of Advent but also, like many of us I suspect, a profound dislike of all the ‘stuff’ that goes with Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAdvent is often seen as a time of waiting. ‘The fact that it (Christmas) hasn’t come yet isn’t bad news of frustration…but good news of our capacity for growth,’ she writes. ‘That capacity is what fuels our desire for God, and the waiting can actually increase our capacity.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDrawing on a wealth of theological and biblical knowledge, Gemma Simmonds conveys it in a non-academic, relatable way. With daily reflections running from 1-25 December, each begins with a Bible passage and offers a variety of ways and examples to explore the theme for the day. Refreshingly, the author uses modern-day examples to do this – often referring to the day to day of 2025 living, movies, care for creation, shopping and other contemporary issues, joys and challenges alongside some powerful stories of human experience. There is time for personal reflection and group discussion material too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOn this pilgrim’s journey, we are encouraged to be ‘revolutionaries of tenderness’. This is a book which is relevant for today and I for one will be using it in the coming time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Frost is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/a\u003e and writes a blog at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/workrestpray.com\/\"\u003eworkrestpray.com\u003c\/a\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/richardfrostauthor.com\/\"\u003esix \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eother books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0563c1; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-11-17T14:58:54+00:00","created_at":"2025-11-17T14:49:21+00:00","vendor":"Gemma Simmonds","type":"eBook","tags":["Advent","Biblical engagement","Christmas","Glassboxx","KCLC","seasonal"],"price":999,"price_min":999,"price_max":999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":55985773281660,"title":"eBook","option1":"eBook","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781800393486","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":77960654422396,"product_id":15719290569084,"position":1,"created_at":"2025-11-17T14:53:11+00:00","updated_at":"2025-11-17T14:53:16+00:00","alt":null,"width":1410,"height":2000,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Donkeyroadsandcameltreks_148x210mm.png?v=1763391196","variant_ids":[55985773281660]},"available":true,"name":"Donkey Roads and Camel Treks: A pilgrim’s guide for Advent - eBook","public_title":"eBook","options":["eBook"],"price":999,"weight":185,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781800393486","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":66440636498300,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.705,"height":2000,"width":1410,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Donkeyroadsandcameltreks_148x210mm.png?v=1763391196"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Donkeyroadsandcameltreks_148x210mm.png?v=1763391196"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Donkeyroadsandcameltreks_148x210mm.png?v=1763391196","options":["Format"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":66440636498300,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.705,"height":2000,"width":1410,"src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Donkeyroadsandcameltreks_148x210mm.png?v=1763391196"},"aspect_ratio":0.705,"height":2000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.brfresources.org.uk\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Donkeyroadsandcameltreks_148x210mm.png?v=1763391196","width":1410}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDigital eBook Only -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe lectionary readings for Advent speak of making a straight path towards God, but many of us find our own route decidedly winding. Biblical characters in the story of the incarnation are called to set out on the road to discipleship using any means of carriage they can. This book offers user-friendly encouragement (with the occasional spur onwards) to explore what helps and what hinders us in this journey to deeper encounter with the flesh and blood God whom we find in scripture, in our lived experience and in the least of his sisters and brothers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available in paperback format, click \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/collections\/new-titles\/products\/donkey-roads-and-camel-treks-a-pilgrim-s-guide-for-advent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/collections\/new-titles\/products\/donkey-roads-and-camel-treks-a-pilgrim-s-guide-for-advent\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGemma Simmonds is a Roman Catholic sister of the Congregation of Jesus. An ecumenical canon of the Church in Wales, she has trained candidates for religious life and ordination in the Catholic and Anglican churches, working as a spiritual director and retreat giver for over 30 years. She is a regular broadcaster on religious matters on the BBC and other radio and television networks, and speaks internationally. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Donkey Roads and Camel Treks is a wonderful, witty and deeply pastoral journey through Advent. Gemma draws us into the heart of the story with gentleness and challenge in equal measure, closer to the God who holds us with tenderness and leads us into transformation.’ \u003cem\u003eThe Revd Preb Dr Isabelle Hamley, principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge and author of Embracing Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Advent is a time of great anticipation, and as Gemma says in her charming, inspiring and frequently profound new book, one of her favourite times of year. But what happens when all our plans for a spiritual Advent, filled with deep prayer and peaceful meditation, run into the reality of our often complicated and complex lives? In these beautifully written and artfully presented meditations, Gemma reminds us that the first Christmas also took place in a complicated and complex world, and that God is ready to accompany us in our messy lives, whether we’re in a car, at our desk, in our living room or, yes, atop a camel.’ \u003cem\u003eJames Martin, SJ, author of Learning to Pray\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘An attractive and inspiring travel invitation. I immediately wanted to get a special journal to walk with the reflections through Advent. The questions at the end of each section are real gems – places to pause to consider the invitations hidden in the reflections. Indeed, the journey might even be richer if shared with a group of friends.’ \u003cem\u003eBernadette Flanagan, spiritual director and co-founder of The Spirituality Institute for Research and Education\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e‘Whether you want to find fresh ways to connect with God, with each other, with nature or with your own deepest desires, this book will inspire you. I do not know a wiser spiritual guide to ordinary Christian living than Gemma Simmonds. Here, from her life of immersion in prayer, wisdom-seeking, formation of individuals and communities, and practical service in some extremely demanding situations, she offers a deeply attractive distillation, focused through key biblical texts. This is far more than an imaginative, thoughtful and practical way to approach Christmas; it gives the essentials for a lifetime following Jesus.’ \u003cem\u003eDavid F. Ford OBE, Regius professor of divinity emeritus, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview by Richard Frost., author of \u003cem\u003eLife with St Benedict.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca name=\"_Hlk47607762\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is the best Advent book I have read in a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn fact, that one line could almost be the extent of this review!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGemma Simmonds has provided a deeply enriching set of daily readings to guide us the rough and smooth terrain, the donkey roads and camel treks, that is often the period leading up to Christmas. From the outset, the author makes it clear that, like riding a camel or a donkey, the reflections she offers in this pilgrim’s guide for Advent may not always be comfortable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer own experience of the season reflects that. On the one hand, she expresses a positive liking for the period of Advent but also, like many of us I suspect, a profound dislike of all the ‘stuff’ that goes with Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAdvent is often seen as a time of waiting. ‘The fact that it (Christmas) hasn’t come yet isn’t bad news of frustration…but good news of our capacity for growth,’ she writes. ‘That capacity is what fuels our desire for God, and the waiting can actually increase our capacity.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDrawing on a wealth of theological and biblical knowledge, Gemma Simmonds conveys it in a non-academic, relatable way. With daily reflections running from 1-25 December, each begins with a Bible passage and offers a variety of ways and examples to explore the theme for the day. Refreshingly, the author uses modern-day examples to do this – often referring to the day to day of 2025 living, movies, care for creation, shopping and other contemporary issues, joys and challenges alongside some powerful stories of human experience. There is time for personal reflection and group discussion material too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOn this pilgrim’s journey, we are encouraged to be ‘revolutionaries of tenderness’. This is a book which is relevant for today and I for one will be using it in the coming time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Frost is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brfonline.org.uk\/products\/life-with-st-benedict-the-rule-re-imagined-for-everyday-living\"\u003eLife with St Benedict\u003c\/a\u003e and writes a blog at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/workrestpray.com\/\"\u003eworkrestpray.com\u003c\/a\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/richardfrostauthor.com\/\"\u003esix \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eother books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0563c1; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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It encourages groups and individuals, whether existing readers of New Daylight or those who are new to using Bible reading notes, to share their experience and reflect together on the Lent journey as a church community. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRachel Boulding\u003c\/strong\u003e - The sermon on the mount\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Julian CSF\u003c\/strong\u003e - Feasting and fasting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Cottrell\u003c\/strong\u003e - Jesus' wisdom in Luke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Horsfall\u003c\/strong\u003e - 1 Corinthians 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrother Ramon\u003c\/strong\u003e - From upper room to Easter Day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for Lent with New Daylight:\u003c\/em\u003e 'People are saying it's the best Lent book they've had and are asking for more! It brought them together across 7 small, rural churches and faith journeys were shared in a new way.' Church leader, Severn Loop Parishes, Shrewsbury\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor Information\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSally Welch is the editor of BRF's New Daylight Bible reading notes. She is Vicar of Charlbury with Shorthampton and Area Dean of Chipping Norton in the Diocese of Oxford. A writer and lecturer on spirituality, she is particularly interested in pilgrimage and labyrinth and has made many pilgrimages both in England and Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransforming Ministry online, February 2020. Review by Sue Piper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pocket sized Lent book has five well known contributors who provide us with a varied perspective of the weeks leading to Easter. Each day we focus on a different short piece of scripture followed by a reflection from the contributor who then offers a prayer. At the end of each week we are offered several questions to ponder and pray about. This structure lends itself well to group study, with weekly time to discuss and reflect together about the preceding week’s focus. One of the joys of this little treasure of a book is that it can suit an individual or a group. Another is that we are offered a variety of very personal thoughts from a spread of churchmanship; here is wisdom to learn for everyone who wants to grow in their discipleship during Lent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Sue Piper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReform, February 2020. Review by Jenny Mills\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJourneying through Lent\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of five writers: Stephen Cottrell, the incoming Archbishop of York; Helen Julian, a Franciscan sister; Tony Horsfall, a spiritual retreat leader and trainer; the late Rachel Boulding, who was Deputy Editor of Church Times; and the late Brother Ramon, who was a Franciscan friar. The themes of these writers’ contributions are, according to Sally Welch, the book’s editor, ‘some of the most important elements of our faith’: feasting and fasting, the Beatitudes, the wisdom of Christ, the love poem of 1 Corinthians 13 and Holy Week. The book is a small one, with the text and reflection taking up no more than two pages each day. At the end of each week’s reflections there is a page of questions for group study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Jenny Mills, Minister of Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church and West End United Church, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChurch Times 17.01.20. Philip Welsh's Lent book round up 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJourneying through Lent \u003c\/em\u003eprovides reflections by five ‘old friends of the Bible Reading Fellowship’ on short Bible passages under the themes: feasting and fasting, the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’s wisdom in Luke, 1 Corinthians 13, and Holy Week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe disparity of themes and the fact that two of the contributors have died — one of them two decades ago — suggest that we have here an ingenious repurposing of material that has been used elsewhere, which might explain occasional overlaps: the late Rachel Boulding and Stephen Cottrell both write on the Lord’s Prayer and on the lilies of the field, albeit in different versions. 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