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Lord of the Universe, Spirit of Fellowship (PDF download)A prayer for Ascension and a prayer for Pentecost Roddy Cowie |
Roddy Cowie is an Associate of the Iona Community, a lay reader in the Church of Ireland and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Queen’s, Belfast. 4 pages |
Some resources for Pentecost |
Digital download: A short liturgy for Pentecost. ‘Pentecost isn’t a once and for all happening but ongoing and energising hope here, now, in this world, in this place. It’s about that which sustains us, enables us, provokes a just anger and arouses compassion. It’s about spirit-filled life bursting out of encounter with darkness and suffering …’ 4 pages. |
Digital download: Three prayers, some suggested Bible readings and a dramatic reading based on Acts 10 – all suitable to be used as part of a Pentecost service or Communion. 5 pages. |
For all Lent & Easter booksFor all Lent & Easter downloads |
Interview with an author |
Katie Munnik, one of our authors, identifies herself as ‘Knitter, immigrant, writer, Canadian pilgrim’. Her first book was published by Wild Goose (see below) and her second has just been published by an imprint of HarperCollins. If you are interested in reading an interview with her, go here.
A collection of short stories told by vivid voices. Some voices are familiar: characters from scripture, history, folklore, myth and legend; others spring from the world around us and speak a modern tongue. The book charts the changing cycles and seasons of the year, reflecting the liturgical patterns of the church and all the weathers of our hearts. |
Recently published |
Shortly after becoming Chairman of the Birmingham District of the Methodist Church, Donald Eadie was told that he had a degenerative disc disease. Following three major spinal operations, he was forced to retire, and to face the letting go of identity and role, feelings of marginalisation and abandonment – living with the death of the old life, and not being able to imagine a new one with meaning and purpose. |
Audio download version with voices, and original music by Gameli Tordzro. In a time when people seeking refuge drown by their thousands in an attempt to escape war and persecution, Alison Phipps and Tawona Sitholé have created a conversation in poetry about what it means to resist; to suffer with; to bear witness; to seek companionship; to be part of the agony of a family made in love, and parting, separated by land, sea and paperwork. Runtime 1hr:27m:30s Luminous, beautiful and sore. Poetry that is lyrical and tender, wounded and elegiac, probing and incantatory. And above all else life-affirming. |
A new collection of poems inspired by the landscapes of Scotland and beyond, and dedicated to Kenneth’s late sister, peace activist Helen Steven: ‘She was Scotland to me …’ Kenneth Steven is best-known as a poet, although he’s also very much a novelist and children’s author. It’s the wildscape of Scotland that has been his primary inspiration. He grew up in Highland Perthshire and was taken every summer to the west coast and the islands. At the heart of those islands was Iona, the place that from childhood has been his spiritual home. The poems are full of shining images of land and sea, and of echoes of the people who once lived in these wild and remote places; a potent reminder of the history in our geographies. Kenneth is regarded as one of Scotland’s finest poets and prose writers, gaining excellent reviews for his work. His admirers have included the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. |
Katharine Preston challenges us to think more deeply about the human condition and our choices in this time of ever-increasing climate disturbance. She writes for scientists leery of faith, people of faith who know and love the miracles of science, and anybody who shares the vision of the planet as a sacred community. Fascinating theological reflection – grounded in the real world, and in the greatest crisis of our time on earth. I’m so glad someone is asking these questions. There will be more books like this. There have to be. But read this one now, and be uplifted by Katharine’s sense of wonder, fed by her scientific and theological literacy, her experiential reasoning, and her realistic and timely passion for the Earth and all its creatures in this, our age of accelerating climate crisis. |
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