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A Telling Place
by Joy Mead
In the story of the encounter between Jesus and a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well, the woman gives him a drink and he talks with her. It is a sensitive story of meeting, giving and receiving – a telling place. All sorts of things happen around...
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Blessed Be Our Table
by Neil Paynter
This book invites us to recommit ourselves to act for justice each time we join in the simple sharing of a meal. It is also very much a celebration of food, of diversity, of community and sharing, of Creator and creation.
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Gathered and Scattered
by Neil Paynter
Daily readings for four months from a wide range of contributors within the Iona Community, reflecting the concerns of the community. A follow-up to the best-selling This Is the Day.
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A Book of Blessings
by Ruth Burgess
A collection of blessings for the people, celebrations, sadnesses, artefacts, special occasions and journeys of our lives. It also explores the tradition of blessings, including biblical and Celtic, and offers ideas and resources to encourage readers...
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Dandelions and Thistles
by Jan Sutch Pickard
This beautiful book presents Bible stories in the form of radical and thought-provoking meditations by contributors well known throughout the various denominations of the Church and as Iona Community authors.
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Cherish the Earth
by Mary Low
We need to start rethinking our beliefs as if the rest of nature mattered, linking liberation theology with environmental issues, for as the world becomes more uninhabitable, it is the poorest who suffer first and longest. We are all on an unfinished...
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Between High and Low Water
by Jan Sutch Pickard
A book of poems from the edge, by the author of Dandelions and Thistles. With down-to-earth detail, they celebrate the beauty, uniqueness, mystery of this world which we share and the courage of people who, confronted by injustice, hold on to...
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Each Day & Each Night
by J. Philip Newell
A six-day cycle of prayer in the Celtic tradition, incorporating the daily themes used in Iona Abbey: justice and peace, prayer for healing, care for the earth, commitment to Christ, the communion of heaven and earth, and welcome and hospitality. Includes...
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Daily Readings with George MacLeod
by Ron Ferguson (ed)
Readings from the founder of the Iona Community, a charismatic man of prayer and action who was ahead of his time. Born just before the start of the 20th century into a famous ecclesiastical dynasty, George MacLeod became increasingly aware of '...
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Growing Hope
by Neil Paynter
A whole year's worth of daily quotes and readings – poems, prayers, short reflections and stories – from writers and thinkers who have inspired the Iona Community and from members of the community themselves.
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Eggs and Ashes
by Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill
Modern, relevant resources to accompany readers through Lent and Easter for many years, with material for Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Mothering Sunday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week, as well as suggestions for a Lent discipline.
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Friends and Enemies
by Ruth Burgess
Short prayers about friends, enemies, relationships and the particular moments and places of our daily lives. The book also includes instructions for three prayer-writing workshops.
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The Green Heart of the Snowdrop
by Kate McIlhagga
The best of Kate McIlhagga's work in one collection. Includes poems and prayers of gathering and beginning; creation and self; Advent and Epiphany; Lent and mothering; Easter and Pentecost; pilgrimage and endings and blessings.
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Cloisters of Iona Abbey
by Ewan Mathers
A collection of beautiful photographs depicting in detail the carvings of the restored cloisters of Iona Abbey, with text reflecting on the meaning of each design and information about the flora and fauna of the Isle of Iona and beyond which most of...
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Going Home Another Way
by Neil Paynter
Resources for Christmastide to help you hear God’s Word through the commercialism of the season, the propaganda of the times; and to glimpse the sacred in the secular.
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Lent and Easter Readings from Iona
by Neil Paynter
Lent is traditionally a time of repentance and penitence but it also offers an opportunity to see the world afresh. These readings encourage us not only to regard ourselves with a healthy realism, so that we can accept responsibility for our shortcomings...
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Bare Feet and Buttercups
by Ruth Burgess
Another rich collection of resources from Ruth Burgess, this time for summer, although much of the material can be used in other contexts as well. Prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections and meditations.
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Candles & Conifers
by Ruth Burgess
From All Saints' to Christmas Eve – a large collection of prayers, liturgies, poems, reflections, sermons, meditations, stories and responses, written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others. Includes saints’ days, Remembrance Day...
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Iona Dawn
by Neil Paynter (ed)
The dramatic events of the days leading up to Easter Sunday are expressed through biblical readings and the reflections of several well-known Iona Community members.
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Invocations
by Richard Skinner
From earthworms to CD-ROMs, from starfish to blizzards, from electrons to garden forks, from doubt to a shout of laughter … This beautiful little book of invocations inspired by creatures, conditions and objects in the world around us which reflect...
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Meditations from the Iona Community
by Ian M Reid
Biblical meditations from a former leader of the Iona Community, published to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Community in 1998.
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Reclaiming the Sealskin
by Annie Heppenstall-West
Seventy contemplations on the natural world and some human-made objects. Each reflects on body, mind and spirit in relation to the subject and finishes with a prayer. Includes full-colour meditation cards that can be detached and used as an aid to meditation...
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Out of Iona
by Jan Sutch Pickard
Poems, readings and reflections which capture not only the wildness and beauty of the island of Iona but also the pressures and gifts of living in a community on an island of pilgrimage.
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Pearls of Life
by Martin Lönnebo, Carolina Welin, Carolina Johnasson
The Pearls of Life, devised by Bishop Martin Lönnebo, are being used by thousands of people today as a contemporary aid to prayer and meditation. The glass and ceramic beads are accompanied by a full-colour hardback book which explains the meaning of...
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The Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea
by James Harpur
After the crucifixion, Joseph embarks on a quest to find out who Jesus really was, seeking out those who knew him personally. These witnesses, all mentioned in the gospels, tell their stories, each contributing a unique insight into the Nazarene. James...
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Pilgrim's Guide to Iona Abbey
by Chris Polhill
This guidebook with colour photographs takes you around the church and cloisters of Iona Abbey, giving you background information on the main features and providing suggestions for reflection and prayer at each point. Also included are some stories about...
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Fire and Bread
by Ruth Burgess
This book of Eastertide resources covering the period from Easter Sunday to Trinity Sunday offers prayers, responses, liturgies, songs, poems, reflections, meditations, sermons and stories for a period of nearly two months, including Easter Day, Ascension...
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Advent Readings from Iona
by Brian Woodcock & Jan Sutch Pickard
Celebrate Christmas with reflections and prayers for each day of Advent. This effective antidote to the commercialism of the festive season can be used for individual meditation or group worship. The authors are former Wardens of Iona Abbey and the MacLeod...
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Disturbing Complacency
by Lisa Bodenheim
Short, structured readings for each day of Advent, not advocating a ‘cosy’ view of Christmas but rather urging us to use this season to address some of the most important issues of our time.
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Doing December Differently
by Nicola Slee & Rosie Miles
Explores how people of faith and goodwill might mark the midwinter season and the Christmas festival with integrity and simplicity. How can we include others and celebrate difference without putting us all under intolerable strain, or perpetuating false...
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Hay & Stardust
by Ruth Burgess
This companion volume to Candles & Conifers is a collection of worship and meditation resources for the season of Christmastide - including Christmas Day, Holy Innocents' Day, Winter and New Year, Epiphany, Homelessness Sunday and Candlemas. It...
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Hear My Cry
by Ruth Burgess
A daily prayer book for Advent which can also be used as a prayer journal. Each day includes a Bible verse, an Advent cry and suggestions for prayer. The pages can be added to and personalised, with line drawings that can be coloured in and space to...
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Iona Journal
This spiral-bound journal, with quotes to inspire your own reflections, is ideal for recording your thoughts, prayers and memories, whether used on a trip to Iona, at home or on your travels.
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Iona Images and Reflections
by Neil Paynter & David Coleman
Full-colour photographs – with accompanying short reflections, prayers, poems and stories – of the Abbey, Iona’s white sand beaches, the pilgrimage around the island, seabirds, highland cattle, tracks and roads, boats and nets, kitchen pots, footprints...
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Maker's Blessing
by Iona Community
‘May the Maker’s blessing be yours encircling you round above you within you . . .’
A small gift book, Maker’s Blessing is a collection of beautiful prayers and meditations taken from previous Iona Community publications...
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Where Are the Altars?
by Joy Mead
This collection of incarnational poetry from the author of A Telling Place, The One Loaf and Making Peace in Practice and Poetry explores a spirituality that engages with people, things, and the joys and sorrows of daily life.
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No Ordinary Child
by Jacqueline Ley
When Jacqueline Ley's 23-year-old son told her that he was gay, she was shocked and hurt. Her fundamentalist Christian background told her that homosexuality was sinful and that her son had placed himself beyond the pale. But she underwent a remarkable...
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Our Hearts Still Sing
by Peter Millar
This collection of daily readings is designed to help us reconnect with the energies of God and to centre our lives upon things that ultimately matter.
A book for pilgrims and seekers, it covers a wide range of subjects: the mystery...
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Praying with Our Hands
by Jon M. Sweeney
The power of words is nowhere more evident than when we use them to pray, but prayer is also the place where we most often come up against the limitations of words. In this intriguing book of reflections and accompanying photographs, we see how our...
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Pushing the Boat Out
by Kathy Galloway
A collection of poetry having its origins in the Iona Community's magazine, Coracle.
Contributors include: Ruth Burgess, Ron Ferguson, Yvonne Morland, Kathy Galloway, Jan Sutch Pickard, Ruth Harvey, Robert Davidson, David Osborne...
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The Dream of Learning Our True Name
by Kathy Galloway
Kathy Galloway is a theologian, poet and liturgist, and the current leader of the Iona Community. This new collection of her writing reflects the fact that we meet spirituality in the whole of life – not only in the ‘nice’ bits. It is present...
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The Jesse Tree
by Thom M Shuman
Reflections on those people who might only be mentioned once in the Bible (in the lineages in Matthew and Luke) – the women, the prophets, the exiles who, while not linked to Jesus genetically, nevertheless passed on their ‘spiritual DNA’ to him...
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The One Loaf
by Joy Mead
God of small beginnings
and rising hopes,
may we see eternity
in each wheat grain:
ours for today’s bread
and tomorrow’s planting;
food of life; gift to the future
and seed of hope.
Joy Mead
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The Sacred Art of Listening
by Kay Lindahl
'Hearing and listening are two different things.
Learning to listen - really listen - requires sacred practice.'
More than ever before we need to embrace the skills and practices of sacred listening. Kay Lindahl, founder of The Listening...
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The Whole Earth Shall Cry Glory
by George F MacLeod
A new edition of this collection of poems and prayers by the founder of the Iona Community, with images of the island.
'To be in a seat at Iona Abbey, to be moved by the awesome oratory of a MacLeod sermon in full flood, to be led into the nearer...
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This Is the Day
by Neil Paynter (ed)
Daily readings for four months from a wide range of contributors within the Iona Community. These prayers, liturgies, songs, poems and articles, which reflect the concerns of the Community, can be used for group or individual reflection and are...
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Wild Goose Chase
by Annie Heppenstall
Annie Heppenstall points us towards finding God in all aspects of daily life and in the natural world around us. The book’s many resources for individuals and groups include body prayers, bead prayers, a covenant of salt, shrine-making, contemplations...
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Wild Goose Postcards
A collection of twenty tear-out postcards based on various Wild Goose publications of the last few years. Each carries a prayer, blessing or quotation as well as artwork from the title concerned. Inspirational for personal use as well as for sending...
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Word of Mouth
by Janet Lees
Presents a method of using remembered (oral, not written) versions of the Bible with people of all ages and abilities, in which telling and interpreting the stories in light of the participants' own lives become inextricably linked.
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Acorns and Archangels
by Ruth Burgess
A collection of resources for the late summer and autumn period of Ordinary Time, covering the weeks from the Feast of the Transfiguration to All Hallows’ Eve.
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Through Wood
by Alison Swinfen
A collection of prayers and poems having its roots in the Gaelic alphabet and in the tradition of understanding Christ as the Alpha and Omega, the Tree of Life.
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A Blessing to Follow
by Tom Gordon
A collection of original and contemporary parables – the first of a series of three – using the framework of the Christian Year to offer a story for every week, and a few more besides.
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Light of the World
by Peter Millar & Neil Paynter
Daily readings for Advent from Iona Community members, associates and friends: Peter Millar, John Harvey, Kathy Galloway, Ian M Fraser, David Rhodes, Jan Sutch Pickard and others.
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Good News of Great Joy
by Neil Paynter & Peter Millar
Reflections for Advent from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community around the world – from Uganda, Scotland, Wales, Palestine, Switzerland, India, Malawi, Australia, China, Iona, Sweden, Kenya, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, the Netherlands...
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Welcoming Each Wonder
by Tom Gordon
A second book of thought-provoking stories and reflections for every week of the Christian year, and a few more besides. Relates to lectionary cycle A.
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A Telling Place (Downloadable book)
by Joy Mead
Through poems and reflections Joy Mead imagines the women mentioned in the Bible as central to their own stories, rather than appearing briefly on the margins of a narrative which reflects a world perceived and led by men.
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A Book of Blessings (Downloadable book)
by Ruth Burgess
A collection of blessings for the people, celebrations, sadnesses, artefacts, special occasions and journeys of our lives. It also explores the tradition of blessings, including biblical and Celtic, and offers ideas and resources to encourage readers...
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The Green Heart of the Snowdrop (Downloadable book)
by Kate McIlhagga
The best of Kate McIlhagga's work in one collection. Includes poems and prayers of gathering and beginning; creation and self; Advent and Epiphany; Lent and mothering; Easter and Pentecost; pilgrimage and endings and blessings.
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Invocations (Downloadable book)
by Richard Skinner
From earthworms to CD-ROMs, from starfish to blizzards, from electrons to garden forks, from doubt to a shout of laughter … This beautiful little book of invocations inspired by creatures, conditions and objects in the world around us which reflect...
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The Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea (Downloadable book)
by James Harpur
After the crucifixion, Joseph embarks on a quest to find out who Jesus really was, seeking out those who knew him personally. These witnesses, all mentioned in the gospels, tell their stories, each contributing a unique insight into the Nazarene.
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Where Are the Altars? (Downloadable book)
by Joy Mead
A collection of incarnational poetry exploring a spirituality that engages with people, things, and the joys and sorrows of daily life. Where are the altars? In the churches and great cathedrals? Or out in the world and in the everyday?
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The Whole Earth Shall Cry Glory (Downloadable book)
by George F MacLeod
A new edition of this collection of poems and prayers by the founder of the Iona Community, with images of the island.
'To be in a seat at Iona Abbey, to be moved by the awesome oratory of a MacLeod sermon in full flood, to be led into the nearer...
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£8.50 |
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Word of Mouth (Downloadable book)
by Janet Lees
Presents a method of using remembered (oral, not written) versions of the Bible with people of all ages and abilities, in which telling and interpreting the stories in light of the participants' own lives become inextricably linked.
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Labyrinth
by Di Williams
This full-colour book offers a unique insight into labyrinths in the UK and wider, combined with Di’s own stunning photography. It begins with a potted history of the labyrinth and hints for walking one, shares personal reflections and stories from...
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We Journey in Hope
by Neil Paynter & Peter Millar
A book for Easter that is about more than easy answers - that encourages us to seek signs of the continuing Passion of God in the world, not in abstract ideas but in our human bodies and souls.
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Welcoming Each Wonder missing page
by Tom Gordon
Unfortunately a page was omitted when Welcoming Each Wonder by Tom Gordon was printed, for which we offer many apologies. To help rectify this, the complete chapter is available for download.
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Be Still and Know that I am God
by Annie Heppenstall
Digital download: A simple meditation, using beads, based on the words 'Be still and know that I am God'. Includes a description of how to make the bead string and some further reflections. This meditation is useful for calming the mind when in challenging...
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Be Still Bead-Prayer Workshop
by Annie Heppenstall
Digital download: Detailed instructions for a workshop exploring meditative prayer using beads, based on the words 'Be still and know that I am God.' 18 pages.
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Good News of Great Joy (Downloadable book)
by Neil Paynter & Peter Millar
Reflections for Advent from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community around the world – from Uganda, Scotland, Wales, Palestine, Switzerland, India, Malawi, Australia, China, Iona, Sweden, Kenya, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, the Netherlands...
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Welcoming Each Wonder (Downloadable book)
by Tom Gordon
A second book of stories for every week of the Christian year, and a few more besides. Relates to lectionary cycle A. Truly contemporary parables, drawing our attention to facets of our modern living and pointing us to lessons and truths that have universal...
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Gobsmacked
by Thom Shuman
Daily readings for the four weeks of Advent. Reading one of Thom’s books is like walking and talking with a friend. Someone who understands the fragility and failings of being human (and himself) but who continues to laugh, and to hope and work for...
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The Healer's Tree
by Annie Heppenstall
A book of 28 short readings and reflections in response to the call back to the garden, back to full relationship with God and all creation. Suitable for group or individual use.
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With An Open Eye
by Tom Gordon
The third in the series of books of modern parables after A Blessing to Follow and Welcoming Each Wonder. By drawing us into the lives of ordinary people Tom Gordon offers insights into issues of universal relevance in an immediate, contemporary...
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Dirt, Mess and Danger
by Glendon Macaulay
Liturgies, meditations, reflections, prayers, poems etc that have been tried and tested with local congregations, often at ecumenical worship events. They celebrate the One who came to earth to live a fully human life, who understands what it is to be...
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With An Open Eye (Downloadable book)
by Tom Gordon
The third in the series of books of modern parables after A Blessing to Follow and Welcoming Each Wonder. By drawing us into the lives of ordinary people Tom Gordon offers insights into issues of universal relevance in an immediate, contemporary...
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£9.50 |
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Labyrinth (Downloadable book)
by Di Williams
This full-colour book offers a unique insight into labyrinths in the UK and wider, combined with Di’s own stunning photography. It begins with a potted history of the labyrinth and hints for walking one, shares personal reflections and stories from...
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£10.90 |
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Dirt, Mess and Danger (Downloadable book)
by Glendon Macaulay
Liturgies, meditations, reflections, prayers, poems etc that have been tried and tested with local congregations, often at ecumenical worship events. They celebrate the One who came to earth to live a fully human life, who understands what it is to be...
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A short prayer or reflection for each day, taken from our publications, which shows up on your mobile phone at the tap of an icon. You can also email the thought to friends.
