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The Journey Home: Spiritual guidance for every day by
Nick Aiken SPCK Publications 2010
isbn 9780281062300 £9.99
Following Christ is a dynamic venture in faith. God may
call his people to step into the unknown, but he travels with
them on their way.
This collection of daily readings, activities and prayers
provides a valuable resource for the journey.
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Holy Spirit by Michael Ramsey SPCK Publications:
Classic Series 2010
isbn 9780281062232 £9.99
First published in 1977, Holy Spirit quickly became a
bestseller.
With consummate clarity of thought and style, Michael Ramsey
sets out to establish what the Spirit meant in the experience
and the language of the early Christians. For 'there are
none from whom we can learn more about a theme so intimately
linked with the coming of Jesus Christ'
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The Power and the Meaning of Love by Thomas Merton
SPCK Publications: Classic Series 2010isbn 9780281063284
£9.99
This selection of Thomas Merton's finest writing, first
published over 30 years ago, remains as relevant as ever to
those wishing to progress in the spiritual life.
Here we find Merton discussing solitude, St John of the Cross,
the primitive Carmelite ideal, Christianity and totalitarianism,
and the power and meaning of love.
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The Road Well Travelled: exploring traditional
Christian spirituality, by David Winter. (Canterbury Press
2009) isbn 9781853119644 £8.99 Many people today are
finding some of Christianity's most ancient patterns of
discipleship, worship and prayer to be a source of blessing,
healing and renewal. Here, the classic spiritual
disciplines that have nourished Christians over the centuries
are explored afresh. They offer practical help for our
anxious, pressured lifestyles and are a reminded of the
countless ways in which God seeks us and speaks to us, as the
language of traditional worship puts it, 'at all times and in
all places'; in words and in silence, in solitude and in the
company of others, in times of celebration and in quiet
reflection. The popular writer and broadcaster David
Winter introduces time-honoured ways of fostering spiritual
growth.
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Compass Points: Meeting God every day at every turn,
by Margaret Silf (Loyola Press 2009) isbn 9780829428100
£10.50In Compass Points, Ignatian spirituality
author and speak, Margaret Silf leads us to discover God beyond
the grandiose and to find the Divine in our daily lives.
Through short but powerful meditations and vignettes based on
her own spiritual experiences, Silf reveals the interior process
of Ignatian mindfulness - of which a core tenet is that God can
be found in all things.
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ENCOUNTERS WITH GOD : In quest of the ancient icons of
Mary, by Sister Wendy Beckett. (Continuum 2009) isbn
9780826441782 £12.99
'Sister Wendy draws us in to share her pilgrimage.
Her enthusiasm is contagious as she braves the gusts of frozen
snow in Ukraine, crosses the bleak Sinai desert, even climbs
scaffolding to glimpse precious art within a monastery.
As she shares what she sees in these ancient works of art we are
drawn yet again into deep reflection so that our own faith in
her words "is irradiated with the light that we see in the faith
of the early Christians".' (Delia Smith)
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The God you already know: Developing your spiritual
and prayer life, edited by Henry Morgan and Roy Gregory (SPCK
2009) £10.99 Over the last few years, the 'Soul Space'
initiative at the Greenbelt Festival has provided spiritual
direction for people wanting to talk about their faith journeys,
and a prayer corner where a variety of ways into prayer may be
explored. This highly readable volume has been
compiled by two of the spiritual directors involved in this
work.
The God you already know opens by looking at how to
recognize and build upon our own experience of God, and how we
might learn from those times when God seems silent and absent.
It then offers helpful ways of praying in particular
circumstances.
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The Journey of Thomas Merton: edited by Morgan C
Atkinson with Jonathan Montaldo (SPCK 2009) £10.99 In
The Journey of Thomas Merton, the insights of two dozen
Merton scholars, biographers, friends and monastic brothers are
woven together into a rich tapestry. This volume
provides vivid testimony to why Thomas Merton's life and work
continue to matter for the Church and for the world, four
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