The Art of Lent

Author: Sister Wendy Beckett
Publisher: SPCK
ISBN: 0281078564
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
Join Sister Wendy on a journey through Lent, and discover the timeless wisdom to be found in some of the world’s greatest paintings. Illustrated in full colour with over forty famous and lesser-known masterpieces of Western art, this beautiful book will lead you into a deeply prayerful response to all that these paintings convey to the discerning eye. ‘For those who want to appreciate the spirituality behind some of the world’s greatest works of art, this book will be hugely inspiring – not only during Lent but at any time of the year.’ Dr Janina Ramirez, art historian and broadcaster

The Art of Lent

Author: Sister Wendy Beckett
Publisher: SPCK
ISBN: 9780281078554
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
This delightful book describes and interprets a series of paintings for each day of Lent. Artists often address subjects that our culture seeks to avoid, and Sister Wendy's brilliant and perceptive reflections will help you to read these paintings with a more discerning eye and encounter deeper levels of spiritual meaning than may at first appear.

What to Give Up for Lent That's Not Chocolate

Author: Brenda Bogart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578940762
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
A 40-day devotional reading through art, scripture, and the written word.

The Art of Holy Week and Easter

Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher: SPCK
ISBN: 0281085803
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
Brimming with Sister Wendy Beckett's irrepressible wisdom and enthusiasm, The Art of Holy Week and Easter is a beautiful Lent book for 2021 exploring the spiritual riches of some of the world's greatest paintings of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. Illustrated in stunning full colour with thirty famous and lesser-known Western masterpieces and presented in a small, easily portable format, this little book is ideal Lent reading for all art lovers. The Art of Holy Week and Easter offers a chance to hear again the voice of Sister Wendy as she gently leads you into a deeper appreciation of all that these paintings convey to the discerning eye. You'll gain a fuller and more spiritual understanding of Christian art, and see Holy Week and Easter as never before.

Looking Through the Cross

Author: Graham Tomlin
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408188481
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Everything looks different in this world through the lens of the Cross. This book deals with reconciliation, humility, identity, power, suffering, life and atonement. These are familar themes for a Lent book but in Dr Tomlin's hands they are given exciting new meaning which will touch the hearts and minds of men and women in a turbulent modern world. Dr Tomlin is a theologian of the first rank, but he is also a writer with a keen pastoral commitment, celebrated for his common touch.

Sackcloth and Ashes

Author: Ann Widdecombe
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408187175
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
In the first Bloomsbury Lent book, former Conservative MP and Strictly star Ann Widdecombe explores the place of penance in a 'me, me, me' world. What is our modern concept of penance? Is it giving up chocolates for Lent or is it a lasting state of the awareness of sin? Is it public or private? Is it punishment or greater closeness to God? Is it always a response to personal sin or can an individual do penance for others' sins, or for the world? Ann Widdecombe looks at voluntary penance and its relation to repentance, at prescribed but not enforced penance as part of the sacrament of Absolution and, as an ex-Prisons Minister, at the role of penance as enforced by the State. Penance in art, penance in literature, penance in history, penance in the Bible are all examined in an important and thoughtful meditation on the concept of penance in the 21st Century.

Make Room

Author: Laura Alary
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
ISBN: 9781612616599
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Make Room has a lot to do with making space, opening up, emptying out, and creating room for new growth. The book has two aims. The first is to re-interpret the three traditional Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and alms giving in a way that is meaningful, practical and accessible for children. The second is to root those practices in the larger story of the life and ministry of Jesus, so they aren't just activities or more things to do, but a part of a life of discipleship. Make Room is a positive presentation of Lent as a special time for following Jesus along his path of openness, hospitality, and of making known the expansive love of God. --Laura Alary

A Child's Book of Prayer in Art

Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Presents prayers & Bible excerpts under topics together with reproductions of classical paintings. 9-15 yrs.

Abiding

Author: Ben Quash
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441151117
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Abide in me as I abide in you. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

Lent and Easter with Henri J.M. Nouwen

Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764812866
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
The intimate words of Henri J.M. Nouwen inspire readers on their Lenten and Easter journey toward a better understanding of their faith. Each day of the season includes a pertinent excerpt from the writings of Father Nouwen, a related quotation from Scripture, a prayer for the day, and a suggested activity.