Advent & Christmas
An Advent Calendar with a difference – in the form of a book. Instead of cardboard cut-outs the ‘windows’ we open are word-pictures and stories from the Land called Holy. Readers can respond with prayer.
Advent & Christmas
An Advent Calendar with a difference – in the form of a book. Instead of cardboard cut-outs the ‘windows’ we open are word-pictures and stories from the Land called Holy. Readers can respond with prayer.
Sheet music download: A song for Easter Sunday, by one of the Iona Abbey musicians. 3 pages.
Easter Sunday
Digital download: An Eastertide resource for individual reflection or group worship, inspired by a landmark on the Isle of Mull. It can be adapted for other locations, inside and out, online or for a recorded service. 10 pages.
Sheet music download: A responsive blessing song – from one of the Iona Abbey musicians. Full score. 2 pages.
Transgender Anglican priest Rachel Mann tells the story of how she searched for her authentic self, dying many kinds of ‘death’ in the process and discovering that darkness is as much a positive place as a negative one. New revised edition with added material.
Transgender Anglican priest Rachel Mann tells the story of how she searched for her authentic self, dying many kinds of ‘death’ in the process and discovering that darkness is as much a positive place as a negative one. New revised edition with added material.
Meditations & Reflections
During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, many people turned to writing. Human words, sent out across the void of our isolation. Here are the voices of just a few – with poems, psalms, songs, affirmations of faith and prayers written during a full and fraught ten weeks.
Meditations & Reflections
During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, many people turned to writing. Human words, sent out across the void of our isolation. Here are the voices of just a few – with poems, psalms, songs, affirmations of faith and prayers written during a full and fraught ten weeks.
Sheet music download: A musical setting of Psalm 121, by one of the Iona Abbey musicians. Full score. 2 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Readings, poems and prayers for Advent, moving between the islands of Mull and Iona and the hills of the West Bank and Jerusalem: places ‘on the edge’ – where God comes to us in human form, as living Word, as light out of darkness.
Advent & Christmas
Readings, poems and prayers for Advent, moving between the islands of Mull and Iona and the hills of the West Bank and Jerusalem: places ‘on the edge’ – where God comes to us in human form, as living Word, as light out of darkness.
Sheet music download: A song for Easter, by one of the Iona Abbey musicians. Full score. 3 pages.
Digital download: A song for Easter, by one of the Iona Abbey musicians. Full score. 3 pages.
Sheet music download: A Christmas introit with two different tunes provided (full score) - from one of the Iona Abbey musicians. 7 pages.
Sheet music download: A song version of the traditional Irish blessing 'May the road rise to meet you' - by one of the Iona Abbey musicians. Full score. 3 pages.
Sheet music download: A song of blessing - from one of the Iona Abbey musicians. Full score. 3 pages.
Sheet music download: A song about the uniqueness of God and the uniqueness of each person, suitable for use in an all-age service - from one of the Iona Abbey musicians. Full score. 3 pages.
Sheet music download: A song to celebrate harvest, from one of the Iona Abbey musicians. Full score. 5 pages.
Sheet music download: A blessing song for harvest with words and music by one of the musicians of Iona Abbey. Full score. 2 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
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.
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.
Books
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.
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.
Digital download: A reporter interviews a grumpy follower of Moses; Joseph meets an angel of the Lord; Simon's mother-in-law is raised up to cook a meal fit for a king; 4000 hungry souls are given a free lunch; and the disciples argue about who is the greatest - Entertaining, thought-provoking resources for worship from storyteller Jan Sutch Pickard. 11 pages.
Daily life
Digital download: A basic, adaptable liturgy for moving house, to give thanks for the shelter that the house has provided, to remember the good times and to let go of the difficult ones. 3 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A meditation on the Advent/Christmas story that can be used as part of an all-age act of worship, such as a carol service. 3 pages.
Advent & Christmas
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.
Advent & Christmas
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.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A service for the dawn of Easter Sunday, ideal for the open air rather than inside a church building. A special time of the morning on a very special day. From the book The Cross in the Marketplace. 11 pages.