| Darkness Yielding: Liturgies, Prayers and Reflections for Christmas, Holy Week and Easter Contributor(s): Cotter, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853119865 ISBN-13: 9781853119866 Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich OUR PRICE: $27.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy - Religion | Holidays - Christian - Religion | Christianity - General |
| Dewey: 248.3 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.51" W x 8.64" (0.93 lbs) 380 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This rich resource of ready to use liturgies and reflections for the richest seasons of the Christian year sold out within a year. Its timeless qualities found a ready and eager readership among all looking for fresh inspiration for these annual celebrations. This new edition includes extra seasonal reflections from Rowan Williams and Martyn Percy, and a new liturgy for Maundy Thursday from Jim Cotter. In addition it offers: probing reflections by outstanding thinkers to inspire preaching and personal devotion, complete liturgies for a Christmas Eve vigil, Maundy Thursday foot washing and watch, a Good Friday devotional service, an Easter Eve vigil, a dawn celebration of the Resurrection, a set of meditations on the Stations of the Cross and the Seven Words from the Cross, and seven Good Friday addresses by WH Vanstone. Jim Cotter writes strikingly beautiful liturgies and was publisher of the successful Cairns Publications. Martyn Percy is the Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon.Sylvia Sands is a writer who lives in the heart of Belfast.W H Vanstone wrote the spiritual classic Love's Endeavour Love's Expense. He died in 1999. Rowan Williams is the Archbishop of Canterbury. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cotter, Jim: - Jim Cotter was an Anglican priest, retreat leader and one of the most creative liturgists of our day.Sands, Sylvia: - Sylvia Sands is a writer who lives in the heart of Belfast.Percy, Martyn: - Martyn Percy is the Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon.Williams, Rowan: - Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.Vanstone, W. H.: - W H Vanstone wrote the spiritual classic Love's Endeavour Love's Expense. He died in 1999. |