Lent & Easter 2019 Selection
Lent begins on Wednesday 6 March 2019
Good Friday is 19 April 2019.
Easter Sunday is 21 April 2019.
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We have also updated prices and delivery times for Lent and Easter titles featured last year: Click for details
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[Prices, stock levels and estimated delivery time for titles on this page were last updated on 27 January 2020]
Book and DVD supported study courseAuthor, professor, and Jewish scholar, Amy-Jill Levine dives deep into the biblical texts surrounding the Passion story in Entering the Passion of Jesus. Levine explores characters such as Judas, Pilate, Caiaphas, the disciples, and the women around Jesus to understand their relationships and roles in the Passion story. The book’s six chapters are:
Click here for a short video introduction: https://youtu.be/WXl8e2Lo8ns Also available: Entering the Passion of Jesus
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Book and DVD supported study courseSimon Peter—an ordinary fisherman who heard an extraordinary call. He was not rich or educated but was familiar with hard work. He was quick-tempered and impetuous but possessed a passion that would change the world. He left everything to follow his teacher yet struggled with doubt and fear. Join pastor and author Adam Hamilton in this six-week Lenten journey, and take an in-depth dive into the life, faith, and character of Simon Peter. Additional components for a six-week adult study include a comprehensive Leader Guide and a DVD featuring author and pastor Adam Hamilton teaching on site in Israel and Italy. Also available are resources for children and youth. Chapters are:
Click here for a short video introduction: https://youtu.be/4F7XDQrviBY Also available: Simon Peter
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Would you like a simple, quick way to engage with the Revised Common Lectionary Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel readings for each Sunday and other important days in the church calendar, including Lent and Easter? Bill Bennett’s short introductions to each Bible reading will get you started. There are several ways you can use the entries in this book:
The readings in this book mainly follow the pattern of the Anglican Lectionary — Te Maramataka used in New Zealand. eBook editions in Kindle, ePub and PDF formats are also available: Details here |
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The Resilient Disciple:
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A series of Bible readings, prayers and colour images for each day of Lent and Holy Week, to invite reflection, contemplation and action in the world. Ann’s images are icon-like in their depth and focus; her prayers are poetic and prophetic. Follow this special and very original book through Lent and Holy Week to open up space to meet God anew; and to open our hearts to God’s all-inclusive love and the call to feed the hungry, work for peace and build communities of love.
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Each day’s two-page devotion begins with a simple call to prayer followed by a psalm verse and a brief scripture passage. Paolino’s daily reflections help you connect your everyday life with the call to repentance and conversion we hear during Lent. His insights and guidance are reinforced with a focused spiritual exercise for the day and summed up with a brief prayer asking God’s blessing, mercy, and courage. The compact size and affordable pricing make this ideal for individuals as well as bulk purchases in parishes, schools, diocesan offices and other Catholic settings. |
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Can we begin to experience the resurrection in our ordinary life on earth? Bishop Jake Owensby says yes as he re-examines the biblical concept of resurrection and how Jesus’ resurrection influences his followers every day. A resurrection-shaped life:
Owensby explains how we begin to experience resurrection in Christian practices such as repentance and forgiveness and discusses how new life emerges from our small deaths: suffering, shame, regret, and loss. |
The book of Psalms gives us a realistic look at the journey of faith for individuals and a community. From crying for help to singing songs of praise and thanksgiving – and everything in between – the psalms show faith with all its ups and downs, twists and turns. This beautiful, full-colour Lenten devotional explores the Psalms texts for Lent in year C of the Revised Common Lectionary with 40 entries, one for each day in Lent. Each reading is accompanied by a photo, a quote to ponder, a reflection, and a prayer. This accessible and colourful format makes it easy to incorporate a simple Christian observance into your Lenten journey. |
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A brilliant new Lent Course for 2019, based on the hugely popular film The Greatest Showman. The movie starring Hugh Jackman, about the founder and stars of the Barnum & Bailey Circus is ideal for Lenten study of Christian themes of hope, redemption and new life. The five-week course offers discussion points, biblical reflections and prayers based on short excerpts from the film. The themes are:
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Empathy – emotional identification and connection with others – is crucial to liturgical engagement, especially in the highly dramatic practices of the key events of the Christian Year. Portaro helps to restore our ability to participate emotionally in the Lenten journey by revisiting the five physical senses – one per week – in Lent. He encourages the reader to renew a relationship with the physical senses that is a prerequisite to a deeply attuned engagement with the biblical stories read, taught, and liturgically re-enacted in the rites of Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter. |
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Ehrich invites us to explore God’s saving and redeeming love through a study of the lectionary Bible readings for Lent and Easter. Key Scriptures call us to prepare and contemplate God’s restoration and new creation through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Through the readings, we hear the invitation to embrace God’s salvation and the new life offered to us through Christ. The season of Lent offers opportunities to reflect on God’s redemptive action and to explore means of grace that help us move into new life in Christ. Transformation is a key focus of Lenten worship, study, and prayer. We will discover the salvation and renewal of creation revealed through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Includes commentary and reflection on readings from the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Epistles. Also available: The Gift of New Creation
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Published four times a year, Gathering is a worship planning resource for ministers, lay preachers, music directors and worship teams. For each Sunday or feast day Gathering provides:
There are also Calls to Worship, Prayers of Approach, Words of Assurance, Offering prayers and benedictions. And each issue has materials around a central theme. |
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A new and original Lent course which uses the powerful, multi-award winning film I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty, as an opportunity for us to question why so many people in our society are suffering, what causes injustice and oppression – looking at examples from Jesus’ time as well as today – and what we can do in response. The course is based around five weekly group sessions entitled:
Each session includes suggested clips from I, Daniel Blake to watch as a group (with timings for a DVD or film download), reflection points and discussion starters, a suitable Bible reading and prayers, and a short section of suggestions for ways in which course members could make a positive practical response. |
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Explore how, on a cosmic and a personal level, darkness gives way to light. It does not sugar-coat the reality of darkness but is full of hope, reminding voyagers that ‘light shines in the darkness,’ that darkness is required to perceive light – and that Easter means the light has come, life triumphs, and the promised Holy Spirit will empower us for growth. These reflective, prayerful poems are ‘a ticket and passport for a spiritual journey’ and can be used in a daily discipline or with groups.
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Bible readings, reflections and prayers for the days of Holy Week. Also a large section of resources, including ‘Prayers on the seven words from the Cross,’ ‘A service of lamentation to liberate us for action,’ poems, meditations, and reflections.
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Reflections, meditations, prayers, activities and liturgies for Lent. Includes a liturgy for Mother’s Day, worship for Ash Wednesday, an all-age service for Shrove Tuesday for making and sharing pancakes, and other all-age resources. |
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The book is designed to be studied by groups or individuals alongside the DVD of Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. The classic movie Casablanca provides a great basis for discussion of themes of sacrifice, repentance, suffering, loss and hope at Lent. Its wartime setting provides additional poignancy for study at a time of continued armed conflict around the world as well as the centenary remembrance of the first world war. The book includes leaders’ notes, timings for film clips, discussion-starters, reflections and prayers. |
Prayers, meditations, litanies, readings, responses, scripts, symbolic actions and more, tracing Jesus’ road to the cross through Lent, Holy Week and Easter. These are worship resources that enable people to sense the hope, apprehension and joy of Easter as felt by Jesus’ friends. The range and diversity offers a unique source of elements for lay and clergy worship planners and enablers. All of the material has been used in celebrations and services of public worship. |
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