Bücher von Andrew Davison

Blessing is one of the most used but least understood of Christian terms. Yet blessing is a rich biblical concept history reaching back to the earliest Old Testament writings. It is everywhere in our liturgies and is frequently on the lips of young people today ('Bless!'). This engaging introduction unpacks this rich, many-layered word and aims to inform current debates around blessing within the Church of England, where attention is focused on what is being blessing, rather than the nature of blessing. It explores: - What it means to 'Bless the Lord' - Blessing as a way of recognising the proper relation of people, things and situations to God - The effect of blessing - does it work? - The absence of blessing - when lives feel more cursed than blessed - How blessing enters our lives - dedication of lives, homes, new ministries etc - Christ as the promise of blessing for all.

God's Church in the World: The Gift of Catholic Mission presents a confident and joyful assertion of the Catholic character of Christian mission and its sacramental nature, exploring the transforming role the Catholic tradition can play in evangelism.

This valuable handbook for Christian ministry addresses the practical, spiritual and emotional needs of dying patients and their relatives. Combining insights from palliative care, pastoral experience and theological reflection, it will increase the courage and confidence of anyone fearful of what to do or say in such circumstances.

This book looks at the two most popular ways of using Java SE 6 to write 3D games on PCs: Java 3D (a high-level scene graph API) and JOGL (a Java layer over OpenGL).

The BlackBerry: not as clumsy or as random as a blaster-an elegant device, for a more civilized age. In this book, Carol and Andrew give you the professional techniques you need to use music, 2D and 3D graphics, maps, and game design patterns to build peer-to-peer games, role playing games, and more for the BlackBerry.