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For every Sunday in the three-year Sunday Lectionary cycle, this book offers little reflections and stimuli to prayer for either one, two or three of the readings set. These can be used by people preparing sermons or intercessions, by individuals preparing for communion or added to the notice sheet each week.

Laurie Green presents an overview of the history of urban ministry and notes what radical change has occurred in recent years. He then reflects on past and present urban development and ministry, in the light of the Gospels.

A collection of prayers providing words of intercession, confession and praise for a wide variety of family occasions. There are prayers ranging from meal-time graces and a blessing for a new house, to pleas for safety for car drivers and thanks for holidays abroad.

A treatment of thinking about the "mystical way" in spirituality. Drawing on academic research, it looks for a balanced view of the spiritual life which is open to everyone, not just a contemplative elite or those who have had particularly extraordinary experiences or visions of God.

A selection of work by Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th-century mystic. Though best known for the accounts of her visionary experiences, she also wrote theological works, poetry, music, a play and a book of natural history. The introduction places her work in its social and historical context.

This updated edition of Coggan's approach to preaching covers such subjects as dialogue and silence, as well as the biblical background. It is dedicated to preachers and "those in the pew who co-operate with them", in the hope of a renewed understanding about this vital part of Christian life.

Aims to offer a whole-life, relational solution to the problems of our debt-driven society, helping Christians to shape their lives according to biblical principles.

An Almighty Passion celebrates the God who walks with us in our communities, forever reaching out with his all-embracing love.

Bringing together over 1200 prayers, both classic and contemporary, this title offers a practical resource for Christians of various denominations.

Covers the background and context of the Orthodox faith and churches, the traditional beliefs, the liturgy and prayer, and the awareness of ecological issues.

The problem of evil is a black hole for many of us. It is difficult - even impossible - to pray to a God of love in the presence of so much pain. And the Church is not always helpful. Using insights from evolutionary theory, socio-biology and theology, this book offers Christian spirituality which, centred in creative love, becomes a way of life.

The Student Christian Movement was one of the most influential movements in the 20th century. This book tells the story of 'the SCM tradition' as it began and developed, as it suffered division, struggle and perhaps went astray, and as it has sought to rediscover its roots, as it faces the future in hope.

Discussions have been taking place between Roman Catholics and Anglicans, over the years. This work covers the statement of the 2000 Bishops from both churches who established a body to promote their relationship by seeking to translate their manifest agreement in faith into common life and mission.

Help readers discover the meaning of the way of Jesus. This work offers two convictions. The first is that to be converted is, in the end, not so much a matter of seeing different things as of seeing the same things differently. The second is that most religious insight is something that happens in the midst of the ordinary experiences of life.

We are used to meditating on the last seven words from the cross, but the gospels also record several sayings of Jesus on the way to the cross: words spoken to the crowd, to Peter, to the high priest, to Pilate, to his mother and his best friend. In John, these words seem imbued with a kind of a significance beyond the immediate story itself.

An important part of the pastoral ministry for many clergy is conducting funerals for families who have had little or no contact with the church. This book aims to draw the bereaved family as far as possible into the preparation of the funeral. It contains services for various occasions combined with resource material of readings and prayers.

Assumes that everyone has a basic religious impulse, but that in England the Church has 'lost the hearts' of the English people. This did not happen suddenly and this book examines what happened, and how the natural human response to religion can be rekindled.

Levels and patterns of consumption and production in the West have reached a level that cannot be maintained. This book analyses the scientific, sociological, economic and theological thinking that makes a Christian response to these trends imperative.

The story of King David, his childhood, his battle with the Philistines, his women, and the tragedy of his son Absalom, is full of excitement, but yet is only a part of his life. His relationship with the Lord God was the key thing, and he danced before the Lord.

Wisdom plays a key role in the Hebrew Bible, not least in the books traditionally regarded as wisdom literature, among them Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and some of the psalms. This book believes that the call to ministry is the call to be, or become, wise ourselves, and to help others on their own journey of discovery as to what this means.

Sometimes humorous, often moving, the book makes adventurous reading. If we run the risk of loving, we soon learn the meaning of vulnerability. Mary knew from the beginning that life with the Christ-child was not going to be easy. Perhaps we should expect it to be no less challenging to live as Christ?s disciples today.

The Church of England is one of the great institutions of the nation: closely enmeshed in its history, its politics and, above all, its religious beliefs. The Church has embarked upon extensive reforms to try to stem the loss of members.

There are many people responsible for leading worship in urban contexts and few resources for this. In urban situations big questions arise and there is a growing awareness of the essential value of religious and spiritual capital. This work covers a range of church backgrounds and involvements in the urban church.

C. K. Barrett's Commentary on the Greek text of the Gospel of John has long been recognized as a major contribution to theological studies and has become the standard work in the field.

Christians contemplating divorce face difficult questions. While this book doesn't focus on fixing failing relationships, it does helpfully challenge readers to question their motives and actions.