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Books for Lenten studyThe are some good books for reading and study during Lent and the following are worth looking for in your Christian bookshop.
Prayers and Plays for Christmas and Holy Week by Elizabeth Smith Review by Kay McLennan Gifted hymn-writer the Revd Elizabeth Smith has come up with her own highly accessible Christmas play. He Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby is based on the birth stories of Matthew and Luke. The whole comes with some punchy carol poems set to familiar tunes. Also in this book are four meditations for Holy Week or Good Friday based on the gospel accounts in turn. They're intended to be walked in Stations of the Cross style. The play can be read by half a dozen performers changing hats, or thirty or more. It will work in any congregation. They will work in standard suburbia and country town in a park, a church garden, or around a church itself. In one book: five very valuable resources for any parish.
Vital Signs - The wisdom of James for a life of faith. By John Dickson and Simon Smart. The first in a new series from Aquila Press, this book walks us through 28 days of teaching and reflections from the book of James. As the blurb on the back of the book says, 'More than most writers in the Bible, James shoots straight from the hip. He urgently calls on believers to look like real believers, to display their "vital signs".' Vital Signs is ideal for personal devotions or small groups and aims to apply God's word to life in the 21st century.
Vision for transformation 5 Lenten studies 2007 Bishop John has commissioned a Diocesan study book for Lent. A pdf version of Vision for transformation is available for download here or phone Rebecca 6220 2020 if you need a hard copy.
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