Lent & Easter

Rejoicing in Newness of Life - David Adam

Services for Lent to Pentecost.  After the winter there is a feeling of brightness and hope, as we move towards the great celebration of Easter and the promise that life is eternal.  The services in this book reflect this increasing light, symbolising that without Christ we would remain in the dark.

€22.65

Tasting Life - Daily thoughts for Lent - Chris Morley

This book provides a pattern of daily reflection which will enable readers to enter into a closer relationship with God and the inner self.  Being nourished by such a deepening awareness is a recipe for discovering more of life’s delights.

€13.35

Encountered - A Lent Course - Claire Benton-Evans

This Lent course explores the ordinary places of the Easter story in which the extraordinary events of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection occurred.  You will be encouraged to look at the ordinary places of your own life, and rediscover them as places in which you may meet the living God.

€13.35

Songs of Praise

A Lent and Easter Companion - Andrew Barr helps us to enter into the familiar stories and to see that change and transformation in our own lives is possible.  He draws on stories of faith from Songs of Praise and on journeys from his own life in broadcasting.

Approaching Easter

9780745951997.jpgWhat controls us?  What gives meaning to our lives?  How can we live a life shared with others?  The seasons of Lent and Easter are traditionally times to reflect upon such fundamental questions as these.  In this gentle, reflective book, Jane Williams encourages us to make space for reflection and, in so doing, to draw closer to God.

Life Conquers Death - The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Official 2008 Lent Book

spstandard_9780310279761.jpgMeditations on the Garden, the Cross and the Tree of Life.   Author John Arnold guides us on a journey of readings and questions that begins with the garden of Eden……  and brings us at last to the Tree of Life in the New Jerusalem. 

Stop & Stare - A reflective Lent course

Stop and Stare is not a study course but rather a tool for reflection.  In each weekly sesion, after an opening prayer,8086abd9-4624-4e26-a0c4-34207bdfcdd8.jpg introduction, readings and points for discussion, there is a mixture of poems, prayers, proverbs and other material - and, equally important, periods of silence - all designed to stimulate quiet contemplation.

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Everyone in church is in touch with other people, through extended family, friends, neighbours, colleagues, classmates9f12524b-9d6a-4bb5-a1a8-cac890cd9c21.jpg and so on.  This book enables you to use your existing groups to think through some of the important life questions in a relaxed setting, like your home, over a coffee, on the train or during lunch etc.  You meet up for a weekly session which lasts only half an hour, during the six weeks leading up to Easter.  A great chance to get together!

Small Surrenders - A Lenten Journey

       Make a fresh start…..   Join Emilie Griffin in this book of daily meditations for the holy season of Lent.  Using ancien9781557255266.jpgt and modern texts as inspiration for her reflections, Emilie Griffin nurtures and guides us into a deeper knowledge of ourselves and God.  We discover that Lent is an opportunity to joyfully put ourselves in God’s hands.

 

Passing the Test - CD

Meditations and Music for Lent

by David Adam  €20.75

Discover the presence and power of God through carefully selected meditations and music for Lent.

Passing the Test

a Lent course to discover our abilities and the God-given powers that are ours

by David Adam €9.95

Lent is a time for ‘throwing off restrictions’, Adams explains Christianity is not restrictive, but life-giving. A Lent course in six sessions for group or individual study. Each session has a scripture reading, suggested hymns and prayers.  Also see Passing the Test CD.

Spot the Difference

A group study course for Lent

By Nick Fawcett €11-50

What difference does being a Christian make to your life and what difference should it make? In the five sessions Nick Fawcett considers ways in which Christian commitment should mainfest itself: in quality of love, spontaneity of witness, disposition of joy, generosity of spirit and vibrant inner faith. Prayers, activities, Bible readings and discussion points included in each session.