Canterbury Book of Spiritual Quotations

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Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781853118272
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)

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Book Synopsis Canterbury Book of Spiritual Quotations by : Sykes

Download or read book Canterbury Book of Spiritual Quotations written by Sykes and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2007 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a popular and affordable paperback edition of "The Eternal Vision" which contains 500 pages and thousands of quotes drawn from an incredibly wide range of sources including: the Bible, spiritual writing, literature, humour, the sayings of the witty and wise. This versatile collection will have many uses. Thematically arranged, it includes over 200 subjects from: Acceptance, Action, Adoration, Anxiety, Art, Aspirations, Awareness to Wholeness, Wisdom, Wonder, Work and Worship. In between is a feast of quotations on Contemplation, Friendship, Healing, Meditation and much more. This collection was developed at Oxford University over twenty years where the editor, a college chaplain, holds weekly reflection groups for students based on his still growing collection of quotations.

All's Well That Ends Well

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1786223546
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis All's Well That Ends Well by : Peter Graystone

Download or read book All's Well That Ends Well written by Peter Graystone and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few writers have a deeper understanding of the foibles of human nature and life’s absurdities and tragedies than William Shakespeare. This makes him a fascinating companion for the season of Lent, a traditional time for a spot of self-examination. This engaging, wise and often amusing Lent book sets quotations from Shakespeare’s characters and poems alongside biblical passages and reflects on the resonance between them – one reflection for each day of the season. It starts with dust on Ash Wednesday (‘Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust’, from Cymbeline) and ends with resurrection as Easter Sunday approaches (‘It is required you do awake your faith’, from The Winter’s Tale). In between, it considers many rich spiritual themes: mercy, love, loyalty, trust, good vs evil, guilt, forgiveness, ageing, grief, death, hope and more. Each day’s reflection opens with a quotation from Shakespeare and explores its ideas in conversation with the Bible and Christian thought.

A Pilgrimage to Eternity

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735225249
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis A Pilgrimage to Eternity by : Timothy Egan

Download or read book A Pilgrimage to Eternity written by Timothy Egan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "the world's greatest tour guide," a deeply-researched, captivating journey through the rich history of Christianity and the winding paths of the French and Italian countryside that will feed mind, body, and soul (New York Times). "What a wondrous work! This beautifully written and totally clear-eyed account of his pilgrimage will have you wondering whether we should all embark on such a journey, either of the body, the soul or, as in Egan's case, both." --Cokie Roberts "Egan draws us in, making us feel frozen in the snow-covered Alps, joyful in valleys of trees with low-hanging fruit, skeptical of the relics of embalmed saints and hopeful for the healing of his encrusted toes, so worn and weathered from their walk."--The Washington Post Moved by his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church, Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers to force a reckoning with his own beliefs. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity to explore the religion in the world that it created. Egan sets out along the Via Francigena, once the major medieval trail leading the devout to Rome, and travels overland via the alpine peaks and small mountain towns of France, Switzerland and Italy, accompanied by a quirky cast of fellow pilgrims and by some of the towering figures of the faith--Joan of Arc, Henry VIII, Martin Luther. The goal: walking to St. Peter's Square, in hopes of meeting the galvanizing pope who is struggling to hold together the church through the worst crisis in half a millennium. A thrilling journey, a family story, and a revealing history, A Pilgrimage to Eternity looks for our future in its search for God.

The Lion's World

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199975736
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Book Synopsis The Lion's World by : Rowan Williams

Download or read book The Lion's World written by Rowan Williams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams offers fascinating insight into The Chronicles of Narnia, the popular series of novels by one of the most influential Christian authors of the modern era, C. S. Lewis. Lewis once referred to certain kinds of book as a "mouthwash for the imagination." This is what he attempted to provide in the Narnia stories, argues Williams: an unfamiliar world in which we could rinse out what is stale in our thinking about Christianity--"which is almost everything," says Williams--and rediscover what it might mean to meet the holy. Indeed, Lewis's great achievement in the Narnia books is just that-he enables readers to encounter the Christian story "as if for the first time." How does Lewis makes fresh and strange the familiar themes of Christian doctrine? Williams points out that, for one, Narnia itself is a strange place: a parallel universe, if you like. There is no "church" in Narnia, no religion even. The interaction between Aslan as a "divine" figure and the inhabitants of this world is something that is worked out in the routines of life itself. Moreover, we are made to see humanity in a fresh perspective, the pride or arrogance of the human spirit is chastened by the revelation that, in Narnia, you may be on precisely the same spiritual level as a badger or a mouse. It is through these imaginative dislocations that Lewis is able to communicate--to a world that thinks it knows what faith is--the character, the feel, of a real experience of surrender in the face of absolute incarnate love. This lucid, learned, humane, and beautifully written book opens a new window onto Lewis's beloved stories, revealing the moral wisdom and passionate faith beneath their perennial appeal.

Compass and Stars

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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1596270489
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (962 download)

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Book Synopsis Compass and Stars by : Martin L. Smith

Download or read book Compass and Stars written by Martin L. Smith and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of short, informal pieces that are both theologically substantial and genuinely popular is aimed at helping us get our bearings in the life of the spirit today. These essays reveal the staleness and oppressive nature of many of our spiritual practices at a time when, more than ever, we need to stand back and let the fresh winds of the Spirit blow through our lives and surprise us. Whether about the spirituality of shopping or social justice, discernment or channel-surfing, these pieces will delight you and make you think. Ideal for retreats and as a source for sermon ideas, the book can be read in one day, or spread over a month or more.

Parable and Paradox

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848258593
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis Parable and Paradox by : Malcolm Guite

Download or read book Parable and Paradox written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication of the bestselling Sounding the Seasons, Malcolm Guite has repeatedly been asked for more sonnets. This new collection 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. In addition this collection includes: •A sequence of seven sonnets on 'The Wilderness', exploring mysterious stories of divine encounter such as Jacob’s wrestling with the angel. •Poetic reflections on music, hospitality and ecology. •Seven short poems celebrating the days of creation. •A biblical index pairing the poems with scripture readings for use in worship.

For All That Has Been, Thanks

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848254482
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis For All That Has Been, Thanks by : Rowan Williams

Download or read book For All That Has Been, Thanks written by Rowan Williams and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rowan Williams, writing in partnership with the bestselling American Benedictine author, Joan Chittister, explores the meaning of a word often spoken in Christian worship, but rarely considered. What are we doing when we say the word 'Alleluia'? In the Old Testament, it is a summons to praise - when it feels appropriate and when it doesn't. In the New Testament it becomes part of the language of praise, used at all times, even to this day in the funeral liturgies in the Eastern Orthodox church. Here then is a clue - it is a call to see the whole of life 'as one long Alleluia moment' as the authors put it, to discover the richness and manifestations of God even when they are hidden from us. Some things we naturally feel grateful for - life, health, comfort, pleasure - but how is it possible to say 'Alleluia' to the parts of life that weigh us down and drain our spirits dry? This book aims to give some very practical answers to how we cultivate 'an Alleluia view' of every present moment, to find the meaning in Dag Hammerskold's famous words: 'For all that has been, thanks - for all that shall be, yes.'

Cries for a Lost Homeland

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1786223856
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis Cries for a Lost Homeland by : Guli Francis-Dehqani

Download or read book Cries for a Lost Homeland written by Guli Francis-Dehqani and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guli Francis-Dehqani was born in Isfahan, Iran, to a family who were part of the tiny Anglican Church established by 19th century missionaries. Her father, a Muslim convert, became the first indigenous Persian bishop. As the Islamic Revolution of 1979 swept across the country, church properties were raided, confiscated or closed down. Guli’s father was briefly imprisoned before surviving an attack on his life, which injured his wife. Soon after, whilst he was out of the country for meetings, Guli’s 24 year-old brother, Bahram, a university teacher in Tehran, was murdered. No one was ever brought to justice and the family were advised to leave Iran. Guli was 14. They eventually settled in England with refugee status. Drawing on the riches of Persian culture and her own dramatic experience of loss of a homeland, Guli offers memorable and perceptive reflections on Jesus’ seven final sayings from the cross, opening up for Western readers fresh and arresting insights from a Middle Eastern perspective.

The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039334178X
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Book Synopsis The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation by : Geoffrey Chaucer

Download or read book The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fisher's work is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England's premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer's rhyme and meter and faithfully articulating his poetic voice, Fisher makes Chaucer's tales accessible to a contemporary ear.

Walking to Canterbury

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307417662
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Walking to Canterbury by : Jerry Ellis

Download or read book Walking to Canterbury written by Jerry Ellis and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than six hundred years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered by King Henry II’s knights. Before the Archbishop’s blood dried on the Cathedral floor, the miracles began. The number of pilgrims visiting his shrine in the Middle Ages was so massive that the stone floor wore thin where they knelt to pray. They came seeking healing, penance, or a sign from God. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, one of the greatest, most enduring works of English literature, is a bigger-than-life drama based on the experience of the medieval pilgrim. Power, politics, friendship, betrayal, martyrdom, miracles, and stories all had a place on the sixty mile path from London to Canterbury, known as the Pilgrim’s Way. Walking to Canterbury is Jerry Ellis’s moving and fascinating account of his own modern pilgrimage along that famous path. Filled with incredible details about medieval life, Ellis’s tale strikingly juxtaposes the contemporary world he passes through on his long hike with the history that peeks out from behind an ancient stone wall or a church. Carrying everything he needs on his back, Ellis stops at pubs and taverns for food and shelter and trades tales with the truly captivating people he meets along the way, just as the pilgrims from the twelfth century would have done. Embarking on a journey that is spiritual and historical, Ellis reveals the wonders of an ancient trek through modern England toward the ultimate goal: enlightenment.

The Contented Life

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Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848250762
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis The Contented Life by : Robert Atwell

Download or read book The Contented Life written by Robert Atwell and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 60 really is the new 40 - and the over 60s are the largest grouping in all churches. With humour, honesty and monastic insights, this guide explores the spirituality of growing older and the gifts that wait to be discovered.

The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism

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Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1506486843
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism by : Carl McColman

Download or read book The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism written by Carl McColman and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2023 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From beloved spiritual teacher Carl McColman comes a book about big possibility: the hope of achieving authentic, blissful, experiential union with God. He reveals the various ways Christian mysticism and contemplation have been in dynamic practice through the centuries, proving inspirational for today's seekers, regardless of faith tradition.

Door to Silence

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Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781853117497
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (174 download)

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Book Synopsis Door to Silence by : John Main

Download or read book Door to Silence written by John Main and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short quotes, which are intended as springboards for contemplation, are drawn from his talks, letters, journals and other unpublished sources. They are gathered around a number of themes relating to the practice of Christian meditation including: Peace, Purity of heart, Contacting the centre, Truth, Expectations, Distractions, Union with God, and Hope. As well as being a rich spiritual treasury for meditation, this is a resource for anyone looking for profound and beautiful spiritual quotations.

An Advent Book of Days

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Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 178622268X
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis An Advent Book of Days by : Gregory K. Cameron

Download or read book An Advent Book of Days written by Gregory K. Cameron and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Advent Book of Days tells the stories of all the characters and creatures that make up the Christmas story, with daily prayers and reflections based on their experiences. Fully illustrated in colour, this rich seasonal companion combines the bible, history, art and legend to explore the story of the incarnation. For each day of Advent, we meet a character caught up in the drama of the nativity, from the archangel Gabriel to the ox and ass in the stable. We discover what their portrayal in scripture reveals about them, how they have been understood in history, what folk legends have accrued around them, and what their stories offer for faith and devotion today. This is a book to engage all the senses and the imagination, to be enjoyed slowly and to shed new light on the most famous and familiar story of all.

The Book of Margery Kempe

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0140432515
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Margery Kempe written by Margery Kempe and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1985 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the eventful and controversial life of Margery Kempe - wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Here Kempe (c.1373-c.1440) recounts in vivid, unembarrassed detail the madness that followed the birth of the first of her fourteen children, the failure of her brewery business, her dramatic call to the spiritual life, her visions and uncontrollable tears, the struggle to convert her husband to a vow of chastity and her pilgrimages to Europe and the Holy Land. Margery Kempe could not read or write, and dictated her remarkable story late in life. It remains an extraordinary record of human faith and a portrait of a medieval woman of unforgettable character and courage.

A Season for the Spirit

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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781596280069
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis A Season for the Spirit by : Martin L. Smith

Download or read book A Season for the Spirit written by Martin L. Smith and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritually hungry readers who want to breakthrough to a deeper experience of prayer and want practical help for Lent need look no further than to Martin Smith's A Season for the Spirit. Originally commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1991, A Season for the Spirit provides forty daily meditations for Lent, leading us on a journey of discovery in which we find that Christ, through the Spirit, embraces every aspect of our humanity. Each meditation concludes with a prayer and passage of scripture or quotation for further reflection and study. While it aims to assist a daily practice of personal prayer, it is also widely used by groups who pledge to meet regularly so that members can share their thoughts, reactions, and spiritual experiences.

A Seven Day Journey with Thomas Merton

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Publisher : Servant Books
ISBN 13 : 9780892837892
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (378 download)

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Book Synopsis A Seven Day Journey with Thomas Merton by : Esther De Waal

Download or read book A Seven Day Journey with Thomas Merton written by Esther De Waal and published by Servant Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey with Thomas Merton for 7 days, meditating on the best of his contemplative writings and savor-ing striking black and white photos taken my Merton himself. Let this book bring you to a greater aware-ness of yourself and Christ's presence in your world.