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September 2007 Featured Titles
Book of the Month
Reading Judas: The Gospel
of Thomas and the Shaping of Christianity. Elaine Pagels & Karen L
King. 198pp. Hbk. Penguin, US. $45.00.
Lost for 1600 years, the Gospel of Judas alters our understanding of how early Christians viewed Jesus death, why Judas ‘betrayed’ Jesus, and why God allowed it. Theologian Pagels teams with translator King to write an accessible guide into the heart of the new gospel, which emphasises spiritual rather than physical resurrection for both Jesus and his followers. Pagels also shows why this message was so noxious to early church leaders and explains how the gospel fits into the body of non-canonical literature. Includes a new translation of the Gospel of Judas from the original Coptic.
Also by Pagels:
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Beyond Belief: Secret Gospel of Thomas. New ed. MacMillan, US. $29.99
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Gnostic Gospels. New ed. Orion, UK. $29.99
Other featured titles
Communicate: How to Speak Well in Public and
in Private! Ian Grant. 165pp Random House, NZ. $29.99.
Communication and fun are vital ingredients for any relationship to work. This book is full of creative ideas and skills on how to communicate with:
- a crowd
- children
- your spouse
- teenagers.
Grant explains the power of the sound bite, telling stories, using humour and drawing on your own convictions and experiences.
Also available by Grant:
- Growing Great Boys: How to Raise Your Son. Random House, NZ. $29.99
- Fathers Who Dare Win: Strategies for Effective Fatherhood. Lime Grove, Aust. $29.99
- Whitewater Rafting Years: Parenting Teens. Lime Grove, Aust. $29.99
Worship in Small Member Churches. Robin
Knowles Wallace & Terry R Heck. 80pp Discipleship Resources. US. $24.99
Worship can be passionate in any setting. Small-membership churches are in the right place for effective, transforming ministry! Small congregations have unique gifts and strengths that can sustain a variety of worship styles. Read about: The Liturgical Year, Altar settings, Hospitality, Children’s Sermons, Ushering and Serving Communion. Your congregation will be strengthened as you seek answers together and grow in faith and understanding.
Also by Knowles Wallace from the Abingdon Just in Time series:
- Palm Sunday & Holy Week Services. $18.99
- Communion Services. $16.99
Benedictine Tradition Laura Swan ed.
156pp Liturgical Press, US. $29.99
A lovely anthology for anyone who desires to go more deeply into the nature of the Benedictine life of the spirit. Swan has not contented herself with the usual well-known authors, but has ranged far and wide. So we hear not only from Pope Gregory, but also from Raissa Maritain; not only from Venerable Bede, but also from Bede Griffiths.
Also by Swan: Engaging Benedict: What The Rule Can Teach Us Today. $31.00
Kindred Souls: Connecting Through Spiritual
Friendship. Stephanie Ford. 122pp. Upper Room, US. $31.99.
This book is for individuals, prayer partners or small groups who want to deepen the friendships they already have and open themselves to new possibilities God offers. Discover what spiritual friendship is and how it differs from other forms. Find practical ways to develop and nurture spiritual friendships. Meet spiritual companions from biblical and Christian history.
Quiet Spaces – Water. 62pp BRF, UK.
$14.99
This latest prayer and spirituality journal in the Quiet Spaces series includes articles on:
- Water - God’s Gift by Joyce Huggett
- John Newton’s life of Amazing Grace
- Projects supplying fresh water in Mexico
- Christian healing centre, ‘The Well,’ in Royal Leamington Spa, UK.
- Seven prayers meditating on the story of the Samaritan woman at the well
Spirited People – CD.
Festival Singers. Festivity, NZ. $25.00
New NZ music that offers praise to God set against the challenge to take seriously the model of Jesus’ life of service and sacrifice. Choral, celtic, solos & readings. Composers include Colin Gibson, Jonathan Berkhan, & Rosemary Russell. For worship and personal listening pleasure.
Track List and Samples
Here is a full track list. Click the bold song titles to listen to short samples in mp3 format.
1. Virgin Birth – Colin Gibson, Joy Cowley 2:55
2.
Psalm 63 – Philip Garside/Rosemary Russell
2:55
3. A
New Song – Jonathan Berkahn 2:33
4-8.
Te Deum – Jonathan Berkahn 14:00
Cantata: The Spirit Within – Colin Gibson
9. Introit 2:12
10. Praise the All-Sustaining Word 3:37
11. Reading 1:42
12. The Time of Quiet – Words: Joy Cowley 2:55
13. Reading 1:07
14. A Spring Afternoon in New Zealand – Words: Anne Glenny Wilson 3:00
15. Southerly Sunday – Words: Ursula Bethell 2:32
16. November Morning – Words: Lauris Edmond 2:08
17.
These Hills 3:03
18. Reading 1:45
19. Where Blows the Spirit? – Words: Shirley Erena Murray 2:52
20.
On the Swag – Words: R. A. K. Mason 2:18
21. Reading 1:44
22. Let Justice Roll Down 4:14
23. Reading 1:00
24. The Folly of Love 2:58
25. Reading 0:47
26. I Sing the Grace of God 2:01
27. I Read Your Signature – Words: Charles Brasch 1:24
28. Praise the All-Sustaining Word 3:00
29.
It’s How We Live That Matters – Rosemary
Russell 3:08
30.
To Enter into That Gate – Colin Gibson,
John Donne 2:53
Also by Festival Singers: Tell My People - CD (2000) $25.00.
Year We Seized the Day: A True Story of
Friendship, Fury and Sore Feet. Elizabeth Best & Colin Bowles. 297pp.
Allen & Unwin, Aust. $35.99
Best had always wanted to go on a pilgrimage. Bowles had never given it a moment's thought. But by a twist of fate the two barely acquainted writers seize the day and drop everything to retrace one of the oldest pilgrim routes in the western world, through the heart of Spain to Santiago de Compostela. Compelling, inspiring, funny.
Three Cups of Tea:
One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time. Greg
Mortenson & David Oliver Relin. 349pp. Penguin, Aust. $35.00
"A remarkable adventure story. Mortenson’s dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it’s proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world." Tom Brokaw - US television journalist
Big Bible Storybook. Maggie Barfield ed.
220pp. Hbk. Colour throughout. Scripture Union, UK. $39.99.
A beautiful hardback book containing 188 CEV Bible stories designed for very young children and adults to enjoy together. Meet the cute ‘Bible Friends’ characters on every story page. Travel from Genesis to Revelation with some of the most exciting stories every told! Ideal for use at home and in groups.
Kiwi Bible: Some of the Early Stuff.
Chris Grantham. 111pp Penguin, NZ. $19.99
"In the beginning, which was some time before the Treaty of Waitangi, God made some stuff – like kumara, and kiwifruit, kauri and rimu."
Extracts from Genesis, Psalms, Ecclesiasties, Micah, Habbakkuk and Haggai. Serious fun!
Prequel to the popular Kiwi Bible (New Testament) $19.99
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