BOOKS FOR LENT & EASTER

                              This season invites us to set time aside for intentional attentiveness to
                              our inner lives.  Here are some suggestions for personal or group
                              spiritual nurture.

  
    * Eggs and Ashes:  Practical & Liturgical resources for Lent and Holy Week by Ruth Burgess.  Another contemporary resource from the Iona community.  Includes material for Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wedesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week,and Easter. Also includes a guide to a Lenten discipline for individuals or groups which focuses on environmental themes.  $33.95.  Also available from previous seasons;  Stages on The Way:  Worship Resources for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter by the Iona Community.  $23.95
    * Four Days in Spring: Christ Suffering, Dying, and Rising in Our Lives by Herbert O'Driscoll $16.95.  In twenty-four reflections we are taken into the hearts and minds of the people who were present at the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.O'Driscoll then makes connections to our  private dyings and risings. Due at Vine & Fig the week of January 29th.
    * Singing a Song Of Faith: Daily Reflections for Lent $10.95.  Reflections on six themes based on The United Church of Canada's new "A Song of Faith".  Includes a study guide.
    * Iona Dawn:  Through Holy Week With The Iona Community. Edited by Neil Paynter. Biblical readings and reflections by Iona community members.  $18.95
    * Not By Bread Alone: Daily Reflections for Lent 2007.  $2.95.  Seasonal scripture readings and reflections questions.
    * Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey Through Lent by Albert Holtz.  Applies the wisdom of Benedictine spirituality to everyday concerns and aspirations. $13.50
    * Blessed Is She:  Living Lent With Mary by Timothy Perry (no relation!).  Drawing on the Gospel of Luke, this book of devotions sketches a Lenten Mary who is strong and inviting.  $13.95
    * The Road to Emmaus by Helen Julian,CSF.  Draws on the experience of some key figures in English spiritual history for each week of Lent.  The guides she chose include: Julian of Norwich, Thomas Traherne, John Donne, and John Wesley. $17.95
    * Sacred Journey 2007.  $2.50. A booklet with daily readings from a range of contemporary authors.  Includes the daily bible reading for each day of Lent.  * Embracing the Sacred Seasons of Lent and Easter:  Daily Reflections and Prayers.  $20.95.  Based on the daily scripture readings with images of desert and dance woven throughout. 
  
 * Pilgrimage Way of the Cross:  Stations on our Baptismal Journey by Edward Hays.  For liturgical use or personal prayer.  Hays writes with originality in a spirit of renewal.  $6.95
   
* The Scriptures, the Cross, and the Power of God:  Reflections for Holy Week by Tom Wright.  Nine meditations from the renowned Biblical scholar.  $15.50
 
   * Living Waters:  Daily Reflections for Lent by Ian Macdonald.  A Lenten book on the theme of water.  Includes a CD with songs of the Common Cup Company.  $16.95

    * The Resurrections of Jesus.  John Dominic Crossan and NT Wright in Dialogue.  Two different understandings of the historical reality and theological meaning of Jesus' resurrection.  $23.50

Living the Days of Lent 2005.  The annual page a day booklet.  $5.95

Living Lent:  Meditations for These Forty Days by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton. $13.95

Lent & Easter Readings from Iona. Focuses on the opportunity for renewal that Lent offers.  $20.95

Quantum Grace:  Lenten Reflections on Creation and Connectedness by Judy Cannato.  Suggests that Lent is a time for taking on; for re-connecting rather than a time for giving up.  $14.95

Time to Turn:  Anglican Readings for Lent and Easter Week by Christoper Webber.  *New*.  Traditional Lenten themes from Anglican writers through the centuries.  $16.95

From Fear to Love:  Lenten Reflections on the Parable of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen. Booklet$1.25

Daybreaks:  Daily Reflections for Lent and Easter Week by Ron Rolheiser. Booklet  $1.75

Renewed for Life:  Daily Lenten Meditations from the works of Henri Nouwen.  Booklet $1.25

A Clean Heart Create in Me:  Daily Lenten Reflections from CS Lewis.  $1.25

Pathways to Easter 2005. Full colour booklet particularly for those in liturgical traditions. $4.95

Children's Journey to Easter 2005.  $3.95  Activities and prayers for children 5-7

A Children's Path to Easter 2005.  $3.95.  Colourful booklet for children 8-12.

                              Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter.  A fine collection of

                              writings on Lenten themes. Contributors are classic and contemporary
                              and include: Buechner, Nouwen, Kathleen Norris, Kierkegaard,
                              Yancey and others.   $21.95 Hardback.

                              Resurrection:  Interpreting the Easter Gospel by Rowan Williams.  The
                              Archbishop of Canterbury's discussion of the meaning of the
                              resurrection for us today. $18.00.

                              Gifts From Within:  Women's Meditations for Lent by the Women of
                              Brigid's Place.  Original reflections on Lenten scriptures by an
                              ecumenical  group of women in Houston, Texas.  $19.50.

                              Seven Weeks for the Soul:  A Reflective Journey for Lent or Other
                              Times of Renewal by Gerard Hughes.  A scripture based retreat by the
                              author of "God of Surprises"  $20.95.

                              The New Stations of the Cross:  The Way of the Cross According to
                              Scripture by Megan McKenna. An introduction to this ancient  devotion
                              of the church.  McKenna is also the author of "Send My Roots Rain"
                              among and many other book. $14.95.

                              Show Me The Way:  Readings for each day of Lent by Henri Nouwen.
                              $23.95.

                              Lost in Wonder: Recovering the Lost Art of Attentiveness by Esther
                              DeWaal.  De Waal's  spirituality is grounded in the Benedictine and
                              Celtic traditions and she writes from daily life experience in an
                              intelligent, clear manner.  $22.95.

      "Watch for the Light". Meditations are carefully chosen from a wide spetrum of classic and contemporary
       Christian writers including: Nouwen, Merton, Kathleen Norris, Eckhart, Buechner, Wendell Berry.
       Attractive hardback  book at an attractive price $22.95

       The Desert.  An Anthology for Lent.  A collection of writings ancient and new exploring the symbol of the
       desert as a place of emptiness, silence and solitude.  $19.95

       Lent with Evelyn Underhill.  Selections from a modern Christian mystic.  $15.95

       Finding Peace by Jean Vanier.10% off $14.95  during March.  A book for this time of grave concern.
       Vanier, surely one of our greatest spiritual guides, reflects on 9/11 and names the sources of conflict and
       fear within individuals and nations. He encourages us all to become makers of peace; to be not only a lover
       of peace but a worker for peace.

       Found Through Loss:  Healing Stories From Scripture & Everyday Sacredness by Nancy Reeves.  Stories
       from grieving people whose lives were transformed by their loss; who somehow became "more" than they
       had been before their loss.  Includes 2 CDs of musical accompaniment by Linnea Good.  $24.95

       The Dignity of Difference:  How To Avoid the Clash of Civilizations by Jonathan Sacks.  The chief rabbi
       of Britain puts forward a radical proposal which would have religion  overcome its conflict ridden past and
       become a genuine force for peace. $29.95.
 

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