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established in the Celtic Christian tradition of St Columba

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Iona Calendar 2019

Iain Sarjeant

£6.62 ex VAT

The Highland Family Group of the Iona Community has produced this beautiful Iona calendar for 2019, in conjunction with photographer Iain Sarjeant. All profits will go to the Iona Abbey Capital Appeal.
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Iona of My Heart

Neil Paynter

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

Stories celebrating the ‘Iona effect’ – about different folk coming together – people from different countries and backgrounds. Stories of encounter, challenge, exchange, connection, transformation. Stories about people and the power of the Spirit …
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The Pieces We Keep

Katie Munnik

RRP: £10.50
£8.99

A collection of short stories told by vivid voices, charting the changing cycles and seasons of the year, and reflecting the liturgical patterns of the church and all the weathers of our hearts.
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Christmas Eve in the Diner

Thom M Shuman

RRP: £8.99
£7.99

Bible readings, reflections and prayers for Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, for all those who find themselves serving, eating, resting and singing in diners (real and metaphorical) in this holy season – in hope that there they will discover God, serving and eating and resting and singing and welcoming them with open arms.
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The Cloisters of Iona Abbey

Ewan Mathers

RRP: £10.99
£9.99

A new, smaller-format edition of Ewan Mathers' 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 the carvings represent. This use of symbols from the natural world reflects the close links of the early Celtic Christians with the land around them.
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From Darkness to Eastering

Bonnie B Thurston

RRP: £10.50
£8.99

Reflective, powerful poems about how, on a cosmic and a personal level, darkness gives way to light, reminding us that ‘light shines in the darkness’, that darkness is required to perceive light – and that Easter means the light has come, life triumphs, and the promised Holy Spirit will empower us for growth: ‘eastering’ …
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Wild Goose Big Book of Liturgies

The Iona Community

RRP: £16.99
£14.99

Liturgies from the Iona Community for numerous festivals, special occasions and areas of concern. Full communion services and shorts acts of worship; liturgies for small groups and all-age gatherings; worship rooted in church life and the Iona Community’s resident group on Iona, in social justice and pastoral work.
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We Bring You Everything, and Tip it Out in Front of You

The Iona Community

RRP: £10.50
£8.99

New prayers, in the ‘Celtic’ tradition, for the whole of life - from chopping carrots or doing the laundry to healing our deeply wounded world.
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Colliding with God

Richard Skinner

RRP: £10.50
£8.99

Witty and reflective poems of faith and doubt, ranging from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden to the events of the first Easter, taking in on the way Julian of Norwich’s hazelnut, Mastermind, God as a blizzard, and the eighth deadly sin.
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Wild Goose Big Book of Worship Resources

The Iona Community

RRP: £14.99
£12.99

A wide-ranging collection of resources for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Transfiguration, Harvest, Holocaust Memorial Day, Mothering Sunday, and other special days and areas of concern.
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Iona: A Map (new edition - folded)

The Iona Community

£6.99

‘I sometimes take this map out – when I’ve been away from Iona for far too long a time – and read it like a poetry book …' This new updated edition of the map published by the Iona Community - available in folded or flat versions - evokes the history and poetry of the isle of Iona, even for those who will never make the physical journey. It is both for practical use and for taking you back to the sacred isle.
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The Sun Slowly Rises

Neil Paynter

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

Bible readings, reflections and prayers for the days of Holy Week, and a large section of resources, all from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community.
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Iona Abbey Worship Book (New revised edition)

The Iona Community

RRP: £13.50
£11.99

A new edition which has been extensively revised and rearranged to include about 80% new material. The services draw on many traditions, including the Celtic, and aim to help us to be fully present to God, who is fully present to us – in our neighbour, in the political and social activity of the world around us, and in the very centre and soul of our being.
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Winter

Ruth Burgess

RRP: £16.99
£14.99

This liturgical resource book covering November, December and January includes prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections, liturgies and meditations for the major Christian festivals and other occasions that fall during these months.
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Open Our Eyes

Ann Gerondelis

RRP: £8.99
£7.99

A welcome accompaniment to the Advent days of anticipating Christ’s birth. Follow its invitation of prophetic prayers and vibrant full-colour artwork to watch and wait for the coming of the Holy One. Open your eyes and heart to the wideness of God, and God’s gentle but persistent call for justice and mercy.
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A Pocket Full of Crumbs

Jan Sutch Pickard

RRP: £10.50
£8.99

Poems of strong and well-crafted connections – between communities in the West of Scotland and the West Bank Palestinian territories; between prayer and politics; between a lyrical delight in the natural world – and down-to-earth living, observed with warmth and humour.
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The Soft Petals of Grace

Thom M Shuman

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

A collection of communion liturgies and other resources covering Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity and Transfiguration.
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Walking Our Story

Joy Mead

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

A collection of favourite Joy Mead poems, many of them selected by the author’s readers and friends, who ask ‘Where can I find …?’ when they want a poem for a special occasion. Also includes some new works.
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Dancing in the Desert

Sally Foster-Fulton

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

Reflections, meditations, prayers, activities and liturgies for Lent. Includes a liturgy for Mother’s Day, worship for Ash Wednesday, an all-age service for Shrove Tuesday for making and sharing pancakes, and other all-age resources …
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Enemy of Apathy (CD)

Wild Goose Collective & Hinba

RRP: £12.76
£9.21 ex VAT

Songs and chants for Lent, Eastertide and Pentecost from John L Bell & Graham Maule's book Enemy of Apathy that haven't yet made it into other recorded collections.
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In the Gift of This New Day

Neil Paynter

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

A book of modern, engaged prayers following the rhythm of the Iona Community’s daily prayer cycle which is based on the many and varied concerns of the Community.
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A Star-Filled Grace

Rachel Mann

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

Poetry, liturgy and narrative resources on beloved Advent and Christmas themes, questioning the cosy and sentimental view of the festive season and taking seriously the idea that God in Christ is born as a vulnerable outsider who transforms the world in radical ways.
- Add to Compare
We Will Seek Peace and Pursue It

Neil Paynter

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

A book of readings, reflections and prayers about ‘the bombs and bullets and landmines we drop into the heart of other people’s lives’ – and the many good folk working for peace and reconciliation at home and abroad. It can be used for personal and group reflection or in worship.
- Add to Compare
A Wee Book of Iona Poems

Kenneth Steven

RRP: £6.99
£6.50

These haiku-like poems arise out of Kenneth Steven’s perception of the Iona landscape. They have the sense of wonder, seeing, and being in the moment that many of us experience when spending time on this jewel-like island in a turquoise sea.
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A Wee Worship Book: Fifth Incarnation

Wild Goose Resource Group

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

This 5th edition of A Wee Worship Book consists of almost completely new material, so those who have used and been inspired by the ‘4th incarnation’ will find here a rich, fresh collection of resources. Six morning liturgies, six evening liturgies and an order for Holy Communion with a range of alternative invitations and prayers. Plus four contemporary affirmations of faith and fourteen chants and sung responses.
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Step Gently in the World

Sally Foster-Fulton

RRP: £11.50
£9.99

Reflections, meditations, prayers and liturgies for Holy Week following the journey of Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter Day. A book which affirms that, even in the darkness of betrayal and denial and death, we can rise up and live different lives: where the justice, peace and love poured out in Christ’s life can be resurrected in our own.
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In the Mists on the Shoreline

Chris Polhill

RRP: £8.99
£7.99

The spiritual encounter with the ‘otherness’ that Christians call God is part of the experience of being human, recognised down the ages. In this book you will find a wide variety of spiritual experiences openly explored – from the mystical to the practical, from very personal reflections, to stories with passion for social justice.
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The Landscape Below

Bruce C Ball

1 Review(s)

RRP: £12.50
£9.99

Aimed at all concerned about the environment, this book presents a radical vision of the future of farming and community life, based on hidden insights from the life and spirit of the soil and on the author’s experiences of growing up in the small, agricultural community of Clatt in North-East Scotland. With a Foreword by Alastair McIntosh, author of Soil and Soul.
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Moments of Our Nights and Days

Ruth Burgess

RRP: £16.99
£14.99

A resource book for planning baptisms, naming ceremonies, weddings and civil partnerships and marking the many other significant moments of our nights and days. There are resources that do not assume any faith commitment, as well as ones that reflect Christian belief.
- Add to Compare
Glimpsed in Passing

Joy Mead

RRP: £10.50
£8.99

Poems from Iona Community member Joy Mead. They come from the beauty of the glimpsed moment … a precious jewel held for a short time amid the pain and sorrow of the world, then let go into the bigger picture … The beauty is what we remember, what gives the moment its significance.

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Iona of My Heart (Downloadable book)

Neil Paynter

£6.80 ex VAT

Stories celebrating the ‘Iona effect’ – about different folk coming together – people from different countries and backgrounds. Stories of encounter, challenge, exchange, connection, transformation. Stories about people and the power of the Spirit …
- Add to Compare
The Pieces We Keep (Downloadable book)

Katie Munnik

£5.10 ex VAT

A collection of short stories told by vivid voices, charting the changing cycles and seasons of the year, and reflecting the liturgical patterns of the church and all the weathers of our hearts.
- Add to Compare
Christmas Eve in the Diner (Downloadable book)

Thom M Shuman

RRP: £5.20
£4.50 ex VAT

Bible readings, reflections and prayers for Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, for all those who find themselves serving, eating, resting and singing in diners (real and metaphorical) in this holy season – in hope that there they will discover God, serving and eating and resting and singing and welcoming them with open arms.
- Add to Compare
The Cloisters of Iona Abbey (PDF download)

Ewan Mathers

RRP: £6.66
£5.10 ex VAT

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 the carvings represent. This use of symbols from the natural world reflects the close links of the early Celtic Christians with the land around them.
- Add to Compare
From Darkness to Eastering (Downloadable book)

Bonnie B Thurston

RRP: £6.66
£5.10 ex VAT

Reflective, powerful poems about how, on a cosmic and a personal level, darkness gives way to light, reminding us that ‘light shines in the darkness’, that darkness is required to perceive light – and that Easter means the light has come, life triumphs, and the promised Holy Spirit will empower us for growth: ‘eastering’ …
- Add to Compare
Wild Goose Big Book of Liturgies (Downloadable book)

The Iona Community

£10.20 ex VAT

Liturgies from the Iona Community for numerous festivals, special occasions and areas of concern. Full communion services and shorts acts of worship; liturgies for small groups and all-age gatherings; worship rooted in church life and the Iona Community’s resident group on Iona, in social justice and pastoral work.
- Add to Compare
We Bring You Everything, and Tip it Out in Front of You (Downloadable book)

The Iona Community

£5.10 ex VAT

New prayers, in the ‘Celtic’ tradition, for the whole of life - from chopping carrots or doing the laundry to healing our deeply wounded world.
- Add to Compare
Colliding with God (Downloadable book)

Richard Skinner

RRP: £6.50
£5.10 ex VAT

Witty and reflective poems of faith and doubt, ranging from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden to the events of the first Easter, taking in on the way Julian of Norwich’s hazelnut, Mastermind, God as a blizzard, and the eighth deadly sin.
- Add to Compare
Wild Goose Big Book of Worship Resources (Downloadable book)

The Iona Community

£10.99 ex VAT

A wide-ranging collection of resources for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Transfiguration, Harvest, Holocaust Memorial Day, Mothering Sunday, and other special days and areas of concern.
- Add to Compare
The Sun Slowly Rises (Downloadable book)

Neil Paynter

RRP: £7.80
£6.80 ex VAT

Bible readings, reflections and prayers for the days of Holy Week, and a large section of resources, all from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community.
- Add to Compare
Iona Abbey Worship Book (New revised edition) (Downloadable book)

The Iona Community

RRP: £9.99
£8.50 ex VAT

A new edition which has been extensively revised and rearranged to include about 80% new material. The services draw on many traditions, including the Celtic, and aim to help us to be fully present to God, who is fully present to us – in our neighbour, in the political and social activity of the world around us, and in the very centre and soul of our being.
- Add to Compare
Winter (Downloadable book)

Ruth Burgess

RRP: £10.90
£10.20 ex VAT

This liturgical resource book covering November, December and January includes prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections, liturgies and meditations for the major Christian festivals and other occasions that fall during these months.
- Add to Compare
Open Our Eyes (Downloadable book)

Ann Gerondelis

RRP: £4.99
£4.50 ex VAT

A welcome accompaniment to the Advent days of anticipating Christ’s birth. Follow its invitation of prophetic prayers and vibrant full-colour artwork to watch and wait for the coming of the Holy One. Open your eyes and heart to the wideness of God, and God’s gentle but persistent call for justice and mercy.
- Add to Compare
A Pocket Full of Crumbs (Downloadable book)

Jan Sutch Pickard

RRP: £6.50
£5.10 ex VAT

Poems of strong and well-crafted connections – between communities in the West of Scotland and the West Bank Palestinian territories; between prayer and politics; between a lyrical delight in the natural world – and down-to-earth living, observed with warmth and humour.
- Add to Compare
The Soft Petals of Grace (Downloadable book)

Thom M Shuman

RRP: £7.80
£6.80 ex VAT

A collection of communion liturgies and other resources covering Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity and Transfiguration.
- Add to Compare
Walking Our Story (Downloadable book)

Joy Mead

RRP: £7.80
£6.80 ex VAT

A collection of favourite Joy Mead poems, many of them selected by the author’s readers and friends, who ask ‘Where can I find …?’ when they want a poem for a special occasion. Also includes some new works.
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Every Blessed Thing (Audio download)

Ron Ferguson & Tom Fleming

RRP: £9.00
£7.00 ex VAT

Now available as an audio download: A one-man play about the founder of the Iona Community. Based on George MacLeod’s conversations with the author, along with material drawn from sermons, prayers, diaries, letters and stories, the first half gives a sense of what it was like to be exposed to George MacLeod at the height of his powers. In the second, the old prophet sits in his room and reminisces about his 96 years on earth. Performed by Tom Fleming.
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Dancing in the Desert (Downloadable book)

Sally Foster-Fulton

RRP: £7.80
£6.80 ex VAT

Reflections, meditations, prayers, activities and liturgies for Lent. Includes a liturgy for Mother’s Day, worship for Ash Wednesday, an all-age service for Shrove Tuesday for making and sharing pancakes, and other all-age resources …
- Add to Compare
In the Gift of This New Day (Downloadable book)

Neil Paynter

RRP: £7.80
£6.80 ex VAT

A book of modern, engaged prayers following the rhythm of the Iona Community’s daily prayer cycle which is based on the many and varied concerns of the Community.
- Add to Compare
A Star-Filled Grace (Downloadable book)

Rachel Mann

RRP: £7.80
£6.80 ex VAT

Poetry, liturgy and narrative resources on beloved Advent and Christmas themes, questioning the cosy and sentimental view of the festive season and taking seriously the idea that God in Christ is born as a vulnerable outsider who transforms the world in radical ways.
- Add to Compare
We Will Seek Peace and Pursue It (Downloadable book)

Neil Paynter

RRP: £7.80
£6.80 ex VAT

A book of readings, reflections and prayers about ‘the bombs and bullets and landmines we drop into the heart of other people’s lives’ – and the many good folk working for peace and reconciliation at home and abroad. It can be used for personal and group reflection or in worship.
- Add to Compare
Every Creature a Word of God (Downloadable book)

Annika Spalde & Pelle Strindlund

RRP: £8.90
£8.50 ex VAT

Downloadable book: Care for creation includes examining our attitude to all our fellow-inhabitants of Planet Earth, not only the human ones. Not just a book about protecting animals; also an inspiration towards living an all-encompassing Christian spirituality...
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A Wee Book of Iona Poems (Downloadable book)

Kenneth Steven

RRP: £4.50
£3.90 ex VAT

These haiku-like poems arise out of Kenneth Steven’s perception of the Iona landscape. They have the sense of wonder, seeing, and being in the moment that many of us experience when spending time on this jewel-like island in a turquoise sea.
- Add to Compare
Step Gently in the World (Downloadable book)

Sally Foster-Fulton

RRP: £7.49
£6.80 ex VAT

Reflections, meditations, prayers and liturgies for Holy Week following the journey of Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter Day. A book which affirms that, even in the darkness of betrayal and denial and death, we can rise up and live different lives: where the justice, peace and love poured out in Christ’s life can be resurrected in our own.
- Add to Compare
In the Mists on the Shoreline (Downloadable book)

Chris Polhill

£4.90 ex VAT

The spiritual encounter with the ‘otherness’ that Christians call God is part of the experience of being human, recognised down the ages. In this book you will find a wide variety of spiritual experiences openly explored – from the mystical to the practical, from very personal reflections, to stories with passion for social justice.
- Add to Compare
The Landscape Below (Downloadable book)

Bruce C Ball

1 Review(s)

RRP: £7.49
£6.80 ex VAT

Aimed at all concerned about the environment, this book presents a radical vision of the future of farming and community life, based on hidden insights from the life and spirit of the soil and on the author’s experiences of growing up in the small, agricultural community of Clatt in North-East Scotland. With a Foreword by Alastair McIntosh, author of Soil and Soul.
- Add to Compare
Moments of Our Nights and Days (Downloadable book)

Ruth Burgess

RRP: £10.90
£10.20 ex VAT

A resource book for planning baptisms, naming ceremonies, weddings and civil partnerships and marking the many other significant moments of our nights and days. There are resources that do not assume any faith commitment, as well as ones that reflect Christian belief.
- Add to Compare
Glimpsed in Passing (Downloadable book)

Joy Mead

RRP: £6.50
£5.10 ex VAT

Poems from Iona Community member Joy Mead. They come from the beauty of the glimpsed moment … a precious jewel held for a short time amid the pain and sorrow of the world, then let go into the bigger picture … The beauty is what we remember, what gives the moment its significance.
- Add to Compare
Walking Through Advent (Downloadable book)

Jan Sutch Pickard

RRP: £5.20
£4.50 ex VAT

‘Walk humbly with God …’ Advent is a time of wonder and waiting – but that’s not a passive thing. We need to walk into Advent with our eyes open. Join us on a cheerful, thoughtful, justice-seeking journey towards Bethlehem, a journey day by day through Advent. Jan Sutch Pickard is a former Warden of Iona Abbey, who has also been Vice President of the Methodist Conference and an Ecumenical Accompanier.
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Look Well to This Day (Downloadable book)

Tom Gordon

RRP: £8.50
£8.10 ex VAT

A year's worth of stories and reflections to encourage us to ‘look well’ to the insights and inspiration we might need to live each of the 365 days as best we can, with a more hopeful vision for tomorrow.

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Women at the Well (PDF download)

Janet Lees

£3.30 ex VAT

Digital download: A collection of stories based on the author’s ‘remembered Bible’ technique, which adds unexpected layers and aspects to the accounts - for both remembering women in the Bible and remembering the Bible with women (and men). 26 pages.
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An Ordinary Day (PDF download)

Joy Mead

£2.20 ex VAT

Digital download: A liturgy about the joy of seeing holiness in the ordinary but also for the sadness of the world and the possibilities of transformation. 6 pages.
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Iona Abbey Easter Worship (Audio download)

The Iona Community

£1.00 ex VAT

Digital download: A live recording of worship in Iona Abbey from Holy Week and Easter Sunday from the 1990s, now made available to help with the fundraising effort to renovate Iona Abbey. Pay only £1 ex VAT and kindly add a donation to the fund at checkout.
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Easter Sunday Sermon from Iona Abbey (PDF download)

Nicola Slee

£2.10 ex VAT

Digital download: Feminist poet and theologian Nicola Slee reflects on the implications of the Resurrection for Mary Magdelene and all of us, with reference to a personal ‘near-death’ experience in her own family. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 5 pages.
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The Ten Beatitudes (PDF download)

Alastair McIntosh

£1.85 ex VAT

Digital download: A reflection on the Beatitudes, encompassing the two different versions that appear in the Bible and two different translations, resulting in a set of ten distilled statements to meditate on during Holy Week or at any other time of the year. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
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Easter Sunday: You – yes – you (PDF download)

Alison Swinfen

£2.30 ex VAT

Digital download: A meditation on Simon of Cyrene (You – yes – you) and a set of poems for Easter Sunday (Love that breaks open stone), taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 7 pages.
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The Disturbing and Good News (PDF download)

Thom M Shuman

£1.85 ex VAT

Digital download: A reflection and a poem for Holy Saturday on the relationship between Jesus and Judas and what betrayal means for us. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
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Holy Saturday – In our ‘not there yet’ world (PDF download)

Marie Pattison

£1.85 ex VAT

Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for Holy Saturday. A world of justice and peace is not yet here, but we build it every time we speak up for justice, every time we act to change the system. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
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A Story of Love (PDF download)

Ruth Burgess

£3.20 ex VAT

Digital download: Prayers, responses, reflections, blessings for each day of Holy Week. Includes an all-age service for Good Friday with an activity. 23 pages.
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Good Friday –The veil of the temple (PDF download)

Stephen Wright

£2.20 ex VAT

Digital download: A reflection, a poem and a prayer for Good Friday on the hope beyond the despair of the day and the mystery of the torn veil of the temple. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 6 pages.
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Maundy Thursday – In the shadows (PDF download)

Elaine Gisbourne

£2.20 ex VAT

Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for Maundy Thursday, centred around a story of homelessness, shame and self-loathing from the author’s work as a Street Pastor. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 6 pages.
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Walking in a Wider World (PDF download)

Peter Millar

£2.50 ex VAT

Digital download: Readings, reflections and prayers for each day of Holy Week up to Easter Monday. 9 pages.
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Wednesday of Holy Week – An extravagant gift of love (PDF download)

Bonnie B Thurston

£2.20 ex VAT

Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for the Wednesday of Holy Week, with an emphasis on one woman’s gesture of love for Jesus and what that means for all of us. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises. 6 pages.
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Tuesday of Holy Week – Peace will grow from the ground up (PDF download)

Mike Mineter

£1.85 ex VAT

Digital download: A reading, a reflection and a prayer for Tuesday of Holy Week on working for a peaceful solution within a situation of conflict. From the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
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Monday of Holy Week – The courage to be the only voice (PDF download)

Lyn Ma

£2.50 ex VAT

Digital download: A Bible reading and a reflection for the Monday of Holy Week on having courage to stand up and speak out for what is right, with an emphasis on asylum seekers. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 9 pages.
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Seven Moments (PDF download)

Stephen J Maunder

£2.80 ex VAT

Digital download: A service of prayer and reflection recalling seven moments during the day of the death of Jesus. After each reading, one of seven candles lit at the start of the service is extinguished. 14 pages.
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Palm Sunday – Surges of Hope (PDF download)

Katharine M Preston

£2.10 ex VAT

Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for Palm Sunday, taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 5 pages.
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‘Take, eat, I call you my friend’ (PDF download)

Alison Swinfen

£2.10 ex VAT

Digital download: A dialogue and a reflection on the amazing possibilities opened up by the taste of bread, and how real solutions to the greed, dependency and oppression of the world are based on deep practices of sharing. 5 pages.
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Waiting for the Light (PDF download)

Rebeka Maples

£2.50 ex VAT

Digital download: Some reflections and a word for each week of Lent, as an aid to meditating on the meaning of this season and with the possibility of keeping a journal of reflection. 9 pages.
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God of Desert Places (PDF download)

Rebeka Maples

£2.60 ex VAT

Digital download: A service which invites us to prepare for Lent. Whether we have been at the edge of the wilderness before or not, we are all different people from who we were last year, and the journey through Lent allows us to reflect and to be renewed. 11 pages.
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Out of Our Brokenness (PDF download)

Jan Sutch Pickard

£1.85 ex VAT

Digital download: A story within a story that can be used on Easter Sunday. It draws on Jan’s experiences as a peace monitor in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. 4 pages.
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Lord of the Upper Room (PDF download)

Roddy Cowie

£1.70 ex VAT

Digital download: A prayer for those who lock themselves away from the world, for use on the first Sunday after Easter. 2 pages.
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Love Endures (PDF download)

Jan Sutch Pickard

£1.70 ex VAT

Digital download: A new version (words only) of the traditional Easter hymn ‘Jesus Christ is risen today’, which provides the first verse. The five new verses unfold the story of the morning of the resurrection. 2 pages.
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Watchnight (PDF download)

Various contributors

£2.80 ex VAT

Digital download: Prayers, reflections, a song, a script for two voices and a poem for the waiting time on Christmas Eve. Taken from the book Winter, by Ruth Burgess. 14 pages.
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Blue Christmas (PDF download)

Various contributors

£3.10 ex VAT

Digital download: Liturgies, prayers, reflections and a song for Blue Christmas, the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere. Taken from the book Winter, by Ruth Burgess. 21 pages.
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Watching and Waiting (PDF download)

Various contributors

£2.70 ex VAT

Digital download: Meditations, reflections, prayers and a drama script for the season of Advent, taken from the book Winter, by Ruth Burgess. 12 pages.
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Christingle (PDF download)

Various contributors

£2.85 ex VAT

Digital download: Prayers, responses, stories, a litany and a drama script for Christingle services. Taken from the book Winter, by Ruth Burgess. 17 pages.
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Voices of Longing, Glimpses of Hope (PDF download)

Elaine Gisbourne

£2.10 ex VAT

Digital download: A script for six voices to use at the beginning of an Advent service. 5 pages.
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The Appointment (PDF download)

Tom Gordon

£1.75 ex VAT

Digital download: A poetic reflection on the incarnation of Christ. You kept your appointment, just like you said you would … 3 pages.
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Christ the King / The Reign of God (PDF download)

Various contributors

£2.75 ex VAT

Digital download: Prayers, responses, drama scripts, liturgies and a reflection for the Feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year. Taken from the book Winter, by Ruth Burgess. 13 pages.

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An ecumenical movement of men and women from different walks of life and different traditions in the Christian church.
Committed to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to following where that leads, even into the unknown.
Engaged together, and with people of goodwill across the world, in acting, reflecting and praying for justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
Convinced that the inclusive community it seeks must be embodied in the community it practises.

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Mobile Phone - web app

mobile phone web-application 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.

Go to www.ionabooks.com/m/ on your phone and then make a handy icon for your phone by creating a shortcut or bookmark. To see your daily thought, just tap the icon each day.

For those without phones with an internet capability, you can view the daily thoughts on your computer by going to www.ionabooks.com/m/