
The Meaning is in the Waiting: The Spirit of Advent (Paperback)
Paula Gooder (author)
£9.99
Paperback
128 Pages
Published: 29/08/2008
Published: 29/08/2008
This is the first in a series of books commissioned in consultation with John Sentamu. It can be described as "The Archbishop of York's Advent book". Its theme is overtly an Advent one, yet subsequent books will range over other biblical and seasonal topics.Paula Gooder provides a profoundly biblical guide to the season of Advent and we explore its central theme of waiting (something we are not good at in our modern culture) in the company of the biblical characters who feature prominently in the lectionary readings for the season: Abraham and Sarah who waited for a child, Isaiah and the prophets who waited for judgement and redemption, John the Baptist whose role was to wait in the wilderness until the prophecies he foretold were realised, Mary whose waiting began in pregnancy and continued as she stood at the foot of the cross. Arranged for daily reading, this offers an exquisite meditation on the spirituality of waiting - the active doing of nothing - as a way of enhancing our lives and bringing us closer to God.
Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
ISBN: 9781853119088
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 113 g
Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 10 mm
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"Bishops, clergy and lay ministers must read it, if not all at once, then as a regular form of 'spiritual reading' or in preparation for pastoral opportunities. Religious and lay people alike will find much to prompt and deepen reflection in this testimony to Archbishop Michael Ramsey. And it may even be - and this should cause us no surprise - that those who read it become a little more holy, a little more like him." Charles Miller, Fairacres Chronicle, Winter 2005, Vol.38, N Degrees2.
'A good antidote to our busy lives and the often hectic run up to Christmas.'
'A good antidote to our busy lives and the often hectic run up to Christmas.'
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