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An introduction to the pastoral letters and epistles and the implications of Paul's describing the Church as 'a letter'. This work aims to inform Christians about aspects of belief and practice.

The rhythm of the seasons often echoes the natural world around us, and as we enter the darkest days of the year, the Church keeps Advent and watches and waits for the promise of light and hope. This book of daily readings aims to restore equilibrium at the busiest time of the year and to support ordinands in training.

For several years, the students and staff of Ridley Hall, the Anglican theological college in Cambridge, have compiled a book of readings for the 48 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day. A team of students in training for the ministry write the reflections around a particular theme, so each day brings a fresh voice and a new perspective.

Used together, the New English Hymnal and New English Praise provide a parish or school with everything they need to keep every celebration of the calendar, whether they use traditional or contemporary language (or both) forms in their worship.

Used together, the New English Hymnal and New English Praise provide a parish or school with everything they need to keep every celebration of the calendar, whether they use traditional or contemporary language (or both) forms in their worship.

Explosive story of life with the volcanic father of our media age, John Reith, founder of the BBC. Shortlisted for the Saltire Award as Best Book of the Year, this is the story of the human cost of greatness.

Wilson casts new light on Mozart: how his begging letters were less heart-rending than they seem; and how his grave was not that of a pauper as is commonly supposed.

This report is the result of consultations with parish and diocesan youth workers and young people. It looks at: the Church's work past and present with young people aged 11 to 25, spirituality and worship, and ways of rebuilding relationships through outreach, confirmation and marriage.

Wilson considers Schubert's complex personality, sexuality and inner conflicts, and the signs that he was entering a new, important phase of his life when he died.

Presents hymns from a leading writer set to well known tunes, arranged in SATB for choirs.

Money, power, marriage, friendship, health, sleep, jealousy, war, peace, eternity: here is the ancient wisdom of Solomon in the 21st-century language of the Scottish patter. Full-to-the-brim with pithy wisdom, this expressive book will appeal to all who enjoy the richness of the Scots tongue.

Roland Walls is a name known only by word-of-mouth and few of his teachings ever appeared in print - until now. For the first time, the view of this prophetic, wise, mischievous and deelpy loved former priest-in-charge of the famed Rosslyn Chapel are available and accessible to all, in his favourite conversational form. 'The book offers an impression of a man who thinks while he talks. While Walls is not performing an academic act, nevertheless his thoughts, convictions, questions, doubts, hope, humour, compassion, irony, almost tumble out of the pages, yet in an orderly, pure manner ... And there is much more. Hence the short conclusion must be: go and buy!' Coracle Busloads of tourists arrive at Rosslyn Chapel because it features in the blockbuster novel The Da Vinci Code. Nearby, in a slightly dilapidated building, is the home of the Community of the Transfiguration. Many people have visited this place, too. It is what Ron Ferguson calls an arena of healing, hope and inspiration . He visited it to record conversations with Roland Walls, a remarkable, popular and inspiring theologian who has many illuminating things to say about our times. EXTRACT Roland, how do you understand the kingdom of God? One of the things that is really distressing about the switch of attention from the phenomenal church to the kingdom of God - which is good, and I m wholeheartedly behind it - is that in making this tremendous shift from identifying the kingdom of God with the church, most of us go to town about building the kingdom. Now so far as I know there is no mention in the Bible whatsoever of building the kingdom, or indeed of building Jerusalem. The Lord builds up Jerusalem, and he comes down from heaven to us. And that deflected arrow from God to us is the constant temptation of the zealous and the active. It s a common thing, isn t it, this talk of building the kingdom, having a blueprint? That s right, as if we ve got a blueprint, and all we ve got to do is build it. But that overthrows the essential good news of the gospel, which is that it is all going to be gift. It s going to arrive. You re going to enter it. You re going to be invited to see it, to enter it, to be given it. And it s going to arrive from God to us. Now what do we mean then, by the kingdom of God? Is it here? Is it coming? What are we actually offering people? Well, I think the kingdom of God, in its meaning in the Aramaic and Greek, and in the Latin, regnum, means the rule of God: where God has his way, the kingdom comes. In the Lord s Prayer we pray eschatologically about the end: but we also pray fervently, Thy will be done, today, by us - but also, in spite of us. Now the kingdom comes when the will is done. So all we should do is either (a) make a space where God can himself do something, and we sit back and watch it, which is marvellous - most of the time God can t do any will of his because we re having our religious or spiritual wills fulfilled by ourselves - or (b) say, Well, look Lord, put me in the way of your will, so that I can do it by the insights and the strengths you ve given me. So in a way God s doing it, yes, through us. I believe that the kingdom can be prepared for by making a space, by following the little insignificant - seemingly insignificant - will of God, in how we spend money and how we treat one another and all the rest of it. But in the end the kingdom itself, the bliss of the kingdom, is sheer grace, nothing we can manage. So the stuff about building the kingdom is a real heresy? Yes, it s the usual Western semi-Pelagianism. When we ask anybody about the sacraments, when we talk about the Word, when we talk about prayer, theologically we know we have to avoid semi-Pelagianism - but in actual practice, especially in preaching, we get on to semi-Pelagianism, because it s so easy to invite people into some incredible challenges and all that nonsense. The word challenge another word that never appears in scripture - seems to occur until you re knee-deep in challenges after most sermons. That s right, it s all about challenge, building and great exhortations Yes! What are we going to do about it, and all that. The minister in the pulpit loves that bit of the sermon when he s done with all the exposition of the text and gets on to - well what are we going to do about it? That s one of the things that seems to run through the whole church spectrum - the challenge to build, produce some kind of results. Those who preach that show the kind of oughtness they re living with There s a real anxiety there and a terrible guilt that they haven t done this or they haven t done that. That s what gives them the nerve to tell other people. And the terrible thing is that just at the moment when the Church of Rome is reviewing what it thinks of Luther - some of them going so far as to say that one of these days he ll be declared, in some of his writings, a Doctor of the Church - the Protestant world seems to have gone on to a works thing! Recommended by Rowan Williams, John Miller, Keith O Brien, Brian Smith, Iain Torrance and Alison Newell"

Kenneth Steven, a bestselling poet, writes with a quiet, gentle spirituality. Images of secret places from the west coast, from its Celtic legacy, and from the lives of the people still there today, are all powerfully evoked in this new collection.

Common Order is the Church's book of services and resources for public worship drawing from a wide range of church traditions. It offers complete Orders of Service, devotional prayers, and additional resources such as Scripture sentences, collects and a three year lectionary.

Contains a range of services developed by three key agencies working together that cover: a remembrance ceremony; a formal ceremony at a war memorial; a service for Remembrance Sunday; a veterans' service; a Remembrance service with a Eucharist; a funeral service for a member of the armed forces; a parade service; and other related occasions.

In what way is Jesus good news to each of us, personally? What gives real meaning to the well-worn words 'good news'? The author aims to release us from shallow readings of scripture and looks at why Jesus mixes 'good news' with something that sounds as miserable as 'repentance'. He opens up liberating perspectives on the love of God.

In each 'Notes On...' volume, Wilson selects 20 crucial works of a given composer, discusses each masterpiece with insight, wit and verve and tells us why these works are fundamental to understanding the composer.

Three volumes in an acclaimed series about the life and key works of the world's greatest composers.

Three volumes in the acclaimed Notes On series about the life and key works of the world's greatest composers.

In each 'Notes On...' volume, Wilson selects 20 crucial works of a given composer, discusses each masterpiece with insight, wit and verve and tells us why these works are fundamental to understanding the composer.

Powerful, brave and inspiring stories of war at the front and at home - from ordinary people.This remarkable book gives first-hand accounts of the war experiences of working-class men and women from Castlemilk, Glasgow. The stories are from the front and at home.

In each "Notes On..." volume, Wilson selects 20 crucial works of a given composer, discusses each masterpiece with insight, wit and verve and tells us why these works are fundamental to understanding the composer.

The story of the birth of Jesus, taking young readers through the remarkable events that took place over 2,000 years ago. Royalties donated to Save the Children.

The Old Testament as you've never heard it before - in Glaswegian rhyming verse ...

Practical ideas for putting into practice the ideals and aims behind the Make Poverty History campaign.

The fascinating story of the first bishop in the Episcopal Church.

This is a collection of prayers and quotes from BBC2's "Good Morning Sunday" programme. It includes contributions from such people as Desmond Tutu, Basil Hume and Princess Anne and offers a breadth of spiritual insights on many aspects of human life.