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Christ of the Celts, by Philip Newell
Internationally acclaimed for his work on Celtic spirituality, J. Philip Newell here addresses the question ‘Who is Christ for us today?’ As increasing numbers of people are attracted to the Celtic vision with its focus on the environment and its sense of the sacred existing in all things and creatures, the author explores what it is that makes Celtic spirituality particularly relevant for the modern world.
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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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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 their humanity.
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Matthew's Gospel in Scots (audio CD), by William L. Lorimer, read by Tom Fleming
Matthew's Gospel in Scots, read by Tom Fleming, available in an audio version for the first time. Special publication price until June 30, 2008.
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Mark's Gospel in Scots (audio CD), by William L. Lorimer, read by Tom Fleming
Mark's Gospel in Scots, read by Tom Fleming, available in an audio version for the first time. Special publication price until June 30, 2008.
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Luke's Gospel in Scots (audio CD), by William L. Lorimer, read by Tom Fleming
Luke's Gospel in Scots, read by Tom Fleming, available in an audio version for the first time. Special publication price until June 30, 2008.
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John's Gospel in Scots (audio CD), by William L. Lorimer, read by Tom Fleming
John's Gospel in Scots, read by Tom Fleming, available in an audio version for the first time. Special publication price until June 30, 2008.
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The Four Gospels in Scots (audio CD set), by William L. Lorimer, read by Tom Fleming
The four gospels in Scots, read by Tom Fleming, available in an audio version for the first time. Special publication price and postage free for the complete set of four gospels until June 30, 2008.
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The Tenderness of Conscience, by Allan Boesak
Theologian, anti-apartheid activist and political observer Allan Boesak brings Christian theology to bear on political and socio-economic realities, including reconciliation, the role of the church in post-apartheid South Africa, and the centrality of religious faith in the struggle for freedom. He asserts that 'just as we had a spirituality of struggle, so South Africa needs a spirituality of politics'.
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We Walk His Way (CD), by Wild Goose Collective
19 of the songs from the We Walk His Way collection, recorded by John L. Bell, Graham Maule and the Wild Goose Collective. Listen to extracts.
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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 Harpur uses both prose and poetry to create a parallel narrative to the gospels, amplifying the events they describe.
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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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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 Day, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Saints’ days, Rogation days, environmental days and many more.
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Freedom is Coming (CD), by Anders Nyberg (Compiler/Ed)
Now available on CD, fifteen powerful a cappella songs from the South African church, including the acclaimed 'We Are Marching in the Light of God'. Recorded in 1984.
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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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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 in the sand, cotton grass bending in the breeze … and more.
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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 each pearl and its use.
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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 presence of God by means of kaleidoscopic, imaginative prayer, was to be privileged and – more importantly – to be changed.’
Ron Ferguson, former Leader of the Iona Community
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Sermon by George MacLeod, 1947, by George F. MacLeod
A sermon given by George MacLeod at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal in 1947, recorded on a 78 rpm vinyl or shellac disk and recently transferred to digital format.
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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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The Fire Within, by Allan Boesak
Former South African anti-apartheid activist Allan Boesak addresses numerous subjects of international concern in this collection of new sermons.
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The Singing Thing Too, by John L. Bell
In this very practical book on teaching congregations to sing, John L. Bell shares insights and techniques culled from over 20 years in which he and his colleagues in the Wild Goose Resource and Worship Groups have taught new songs in venues as diverse as old people's homes and the Greenbelt Festival with over 10,000 gathered for worship.
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Radical Hospitality, by Daniel Homan and Lonni Collins Pratt
The authors, Lonni Collins Pratt and Daniel Homan, a Benedictine monk, present a radical vision for a kinder world. For them, Benedictine hospitality is not cosy and comforting, but risky and world-rattling. It is about mutual reverence – ‘a call to revere what is sacred in every person ever born’.
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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 Day, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Saints’ days, Rogation days, environmental days and many more.
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Invisible We See You, by Nancy Cocks
A former deputy warden of Iona Abbey, Nancy Cocks explores the evocative and memorable approach to worship that has been developed by the Iona Community at its island centres and elsewhere. Includes liturgies and other material for use in services that invite us to recognise what we cannot see: the mystery that is God in our midst.
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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 for various daily activities, creating sacred space in the home, and a leaderless Eucharist.
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Against the Tide, by Warren Bardsley
An accessible, popular account of the 7th-century life of Adomnán of Iona, from his boyhood in Donegal to his death as Abbot of Iona, with an emphasis on the contemporary significance of his Law of Innocents – a revolutionary law which in its own day was as important as the Geneva Conventions or the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
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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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Iona Journal, by
This spiral-bound hard-cover 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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Wild Goose Postcards, by
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 news and good thoughts to friends.
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The Iona Community & Sermon in Stone DVD, by
Two very informative films about the Iona Community, together with an update by its current leader, Kathy Galloway. The Iona Community: Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Hope was filmed in 2000 and gives a good idea of life and work of the community. Sermon in Stone was made during the 1960s and has not been widely available for some time. It includes film from the archives of the Iona Community and shows the reconstruction of Iona Abbey from the late 1930s until the end of the 1960s. George MacLeod, the founder of the community, narrates.
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The Way Ahead, by Ian M Fraser
Controversial and passionate, The Way Ahead challenges all people of God to seek unity in and beyond the norms of dogma and hierarchy – to step out in faith and courageously grasp this new time. Ian Fraser touches the edge of excitement and newness in an earthy, scholarly and profound way. His life quest for integration flows through this book.
Sister Christine Anderson, FCJ, Craighead Institute
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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 the Abbey and life in community from Iona Community members.
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New Journeys Now Begin, by Tom Gordon
A new book from Tom Gordon, Chaplain at the Marie Curie Centre, Edinburgh. Tom writes with sensitivity and clarity about real people, including himself, as they begin to understand their journeys of bereavement. This is a book that speaks profoundly to individuals coping with their own losses, as well as to those who work with the bereaved. Available in printed and digital editions.
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Coming In, by Urs Mattmann
Gays and lesbians reclaiming the spiritual journey. The author, a member of an ecumenical Christian order, explores a mystic spirituality for gay and lesbian people and describes numerous practical steps that they can take in order to connect with their innate spiritual nature. He provides prayers, meditations, rituals, exercises and other suggestions to foster spiritual discovery. With a Foreword by Richard Rohr.
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Growing Hope, by Neil Paynter
A book of quotes and readings – poems, prayers, short reflections and stories – for each day of the year from writers and thinkers who have inspired the Iona Community and from members of the community themselves. All royalties go to the Growing Hope appeal to renovate the community's Camas outdoor centre on the Isle of Mull and to extend day-visitor facilities on the island of Iona.
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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 transformation of attitude …
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Dandelions and Thistles, by Jan Sutch Pickard (Ed)
This beautiful, illustrated 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 – including: Jan Sutch Pickard * Kate McIlhagga * John L. Bell * Joy Mead * Ruth Burgess * Yvonne Morland * David Osborne * Kathy Galloway * Norman Shanks * John Davies * Anna Briggs
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Holy Ground, by Neil Paynter & Helen Boothroyd
All ground is holy ground –- city streets, housing estates, shanty towns, playgrounds, prisons, shopping malls … A 400-page book of liturgies and worship resources on a range of subjects and concerns – globalisation, food, water, HIV/AIDS, the environment, interfaith dialogue, the arms trade, prisoners of conscience, 20th-century martyrs, homelessness, racism, gender, living in community, youth, children, ageing – written by Iona Community members, associates and friends; by folk engaged in the life of the world.
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 Dreaming of Eden – Reflections on Christianity and sexuality collected by Kathy Galloway, including Nightmares in the garden: Christianity and sexual violence * The reconstruction and deconstruction of marriage * Celibacy: a subversive proclamation of Christian freedom, or sexual repression? … and more.
Now £4.00 (normally £8.99)  Exile in Israel – A personal journey with the Palestinians by a British doctor who worked in Israel, the Occupied Territories and Lebanon� for forty years.
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 Freedom is Coming – Book of 15 powerful protest and praise songs from the apartheid era in South Africa.
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The Last Journey – Pack of 16 songsheets for times of grieving,  arranged for choirs, offering new texts to traditional folk and contemporary melodies, as well as featuring several timeless African American spirituals.
Now £6.50 (normally £8.99).
 Meditations – Biblical meditations from a former leader of the Iona Community, published to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Community in 1998.
Now £4.50 (normally £9.99). Prayers & Ideas for Healing Services – A complete guide to healing ministry combining sound practical advice with conviction, refreshing realism and compassion.
Now £4.50 (normally £9.99).
 The Prospect of Heaven – Seeks to convince a younger generation that an afterlife has a firm foundation. Hints and guesses from poets, artists and musicians; the witness of Scripture; and the communion of saints – a neglected teaching.
Now £4.00 (normally £9.99).  Invocations – Short invocations incorporating symbolism from creation, science, technology and human psychology, and pointing to the God present in all things.
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 Coming In – An exploration of the spiritual path of gays and lesbians and what they have to offer to the rest of us in personal development and service to the world. Also provides meditations, prayers and suggestions for action.
Now £4.50 (normally £9.99).
Living the Questions
Resourcing progressive Christians
An open-minded alternative to the Alpha Course
People know that, at its core, Christianity has something good to offer humanity. At the same time, many have a sense that they are alone in being a 'thinking' Christian and that 'salvaging' Christianity is a hopeless task. What is needed is a safe environment where people have permission to ask the questions they have always wanted to ask but have been afraid to voice for fear of being thought a heretic. Living the Questions is a source of curriculum and media for both seekers and 'church alumni/ae' convinced that Christianity still has relevance in the 21st century. Providing a variety of flexible resources, Living the Questions can help people explore the future of Christianity and what a meaningful faith can look like in today's world. For more information on the Living the Questions DVD-based curricula click here. The Iona Community 
The Iona Community, was founded during the Depression years of the 1930s when George MacLeod took a group of trainee ministers and unemployed shipworkers from Glasgow’s Clydeside to the island of Iona to rebuild part of the ancient abbey. Intended as a sign of hope in dark times, it was also an experiment in living as a community that worked and worshipped together. Over sixty years on, the Community is still committed to a spirituality of engagement and challenge and continues to thrive as a dispersed group of members, associates and friends from many walks of life based all over the UK and in many other countries.
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