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A resource to deepen the understanding of the Eucharist, this companion contains the full text of "Common Worship" Order One and the different eucharistic prayers with explanatory notes throughout. Fuller explanations of key biblical and theological subjects are included.

Offers some of the most recent, richest and cutting edge reflection on the nature of Anglican identity at the beginning of the 21st century. Originating from The Society for the Study of Anglicanism, it includes contributions from leading international scholars.

Sam Wells reflects on the challenges to our understanding of Christ's crucifixion that arise today. Exploring contemporary ideas in history, biblical studies and philosophy, he reflects on six biblical stories and discovers that in the face of these challenges, the cross has an enduring power to shape how we live.

The seasonal liturgies at the heart of the Christian year have the ability to touch individuals and whole church communities in a way that changes lives. This practical and theological companion to Lent, Holy Week and Easter offers advice on creatively using the church's most dramatic and transformative liturgies.

Taking on a leadership role does not always come naturally. Lack of confidence, self-doubt, apprehension and fear of failure all hold many gifted people back. In The Reluctant Leader, coaching experts Peter Shaw and Hillary Douglas will help you turn your natural hesitation into a confident use of your leadership gifts.

In this Advent book with a difference, striking reflections and images combine to teach us to discover light in dark times, open ourselves to the possibility of newness and to become bearers of light ourselves.

Dreamers and Stargazers is an imaginative and original collection of liturgical worship material for the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas, offering a wealth of new words and inspiration for a well-trodden time of year.

Grasping the Heel of Heaven honours the immense legacy to the church of Michael Perham. In this volume, friends and colleagues bring their own expertise to reflect on some of the topics and themes that were most important to him: liturgy, women's ministry and full inclusion, unity, and the gospel as good news for all.

Over a period of three years, well-known names from the media, journalism, the arts, politics and the church took part in the Winchester Dialogues, speaking in an open and wide-ranging way about their understanding of faith and its place in the public square. Now, in response to demand, the conversations are collected together in this volume.

With her customary grace, intelligence and wit, Barbara Brown Taylor explores what quantum physics, the new biology and chaos theory can teach people of faith and why scientists sound like poets and why physicists use the language of imagination, ambiguity, and mystery that is also found in scripture.

This much-requested follow-up to Sounding the Seasons offers a sequence of 50 sonnets that focus on many passages in the Gospels: the Beatitudes, parables and miracles, teachings on the Kingdom, and the 'hard sayings' - Jesus' challenging demands with which we wrestle.

Dave Walker, cartoonist and former youth worker has become the UK'S leading cartoon commentator on the state of the Church. This fifth collection of cartoons offers advice on everything from saving chairs in church to avoiding deanery synod. Anyone who finds themselves in church each week will find Dave's original and observant humour spot-on.

Offers a comprehensive new selection of 120 carols, combining traditional carols with newer favourites, plus folk and children's classics like Mary's Boy Child and Little Donkey that rarely get into hymn books. There is also a selection especially suited to small choirs and unaccompanied singers. Words edition.

For those exploring a sense of call - to ordained ministry, another vocation or to a change of direction in life, spiritual director and vocations advisor Julia Mourant offers thirty simple spiritual exercises for exploration and discernment. Each one is rooted in intuitive understanding and God-given inner wisdom.

Reflecting on Matthew's Gospel, renowned preacher Barbara Brown Taylor takes timeless stories of seeds, weeds, doubt, risk, family fights, shame and glory, and explores how they resonate with the hopes, fears and questions of contemporary readers, enabling them to discover God's truth in their own lives.

What does it really mean to be a parish priest in today's pressurised and changing church? A range of contributors explore first-hand the contradictions and paradoxes of a priest's daily life, focusing on presence and prayer. Urgent yet optimistic, they seek a renewed understanding of ministry and mission in our current cultural landscape.

The world constantly throws up new challenges about what it means to be Christian and to live a distinctively Christian lifestyle. The priest, broadcaster, writer and ethicist, Sam Wells considers some of the biggest contemporary political, social and moral challenges and grapples with them in the light of Christian hope and wisdom.

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.

How can we live wisely today, attuned to God and to other people amid the ups and downs of modern life with its complexities, conflicts and distractions? Renowned theologian David Ford offers reflective and practical insights into living wisely and well, rooted in the Spirit.

Ordained pioneer ministry is a significant and growing presence in the Church of England and the Methodist Church and in denominations around the world. Here leading practitioners and theologians in the pioneer movement reflect on emerging trends, practices and key theological challenges.

Ian Adams is one of the most original voices in contemporary Christian spirituality. His poems are short, arresting, richly textured and deceptively simple. The title of this collection, Unfurling, is indicative of what Ian's poetry is about: seeing the world as it truly is, recovering our sense of who we are, and the revelation of the divine.

These striking poems take the powerful themes of the Psalms and transpose them from a distant and ancient culture to a contemporary one with recognizable images and metaphors. Combining raw honesty with beauty and depth, they explore every human experience from rage at life's cruelty to joy at life's blessings.

Call the Chaplain is a passionate, first-hand account of life as a hospital chaplain, accompanying people of all ages and backgrounds as they experience some of the most intense moments of their lives. Kate McClelland's stories of the highs and lows of working in a busy hospital reflect moments of love, loss, hope, joy, grace and forgiveness.

A book of Bible readings, meditations and prayers based on each of the mysteries of the Rosary - 20 in all - with each being set specifically at a different place in the vicinity of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. It comes complete with an illustrated guide to praying the Rosary and all the Bible readings and prayers are printed out in full.

Offers a classical understanding of the Church of England's identity and its place as part of the wider Church. It explores the theological principles behind Anglo-Catholic views of the ordination of women, articulating with creative courtesy the theological and ecclesiological reasoning why some cannot accept it.

Covering the liturgical year outside Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter, this collection of reflections, readings, poems and prayers focuses on the life and ministry of Jesus - the rich subject matter of the lectionary readings during Ordinary Time. This is a subtantial, original and varied resource for the longest liturgical season.

A wise and practical guide to preaching in the Anglican tradition, illustrated with examples, that will inspire confidence and hone skills. It explores key aspects of preaching including: the importance of Scripture, the use of story, preaching at rites of passage, preaching through the liturgical year, and engagement with the wider world.

A strikingly original guide to the what, the why, and the how of practising meditation today. Drawing extensively on the teachings of Jesus and other biblical narratives, it explores what meditation really involves as well as its ultimate purpose.

In this collection of captivating poems, the acclaimed writer Eugene Peterson explores the unexpected nature of the kingdom of God, its reversals and surprises. Arising out of his vocation as a pastor, these poems invite a radical renewal of our imaginations and show us how to embrace and live a holy life.