When Easter Interrupts: Reflections on the Meanings of Lent and Easter - Couverture souple

Friend-Jones, Gilbert R.; Purvis, Sally

 
9781450515146: When Easter Interrupts: Reflections on the Meanings of Lent and Easter
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ISBN 10 : 1450515142 ISBN 13 : 9781450515146
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

Easter makes a bold assertion of hope when there is no reason to hope. Religion provides a purpose for living when life itself is painful. Faith enables us to give up what we most desire, trusting that God already knows and provides for our deepest and truest needs. Moving easily between history, theology and contemporary experience, the author brings a compassionate outlook, an unconventional spirituality and a gentle sense of humor to his reflections on Lent and Easter. These sermons are culled from over 40 years of preaching experience. They begin where pain and hope intermingle and where myth and history intersect. Friend-Jones connects the dots between Lenten and Easter narratives and crises faced by ordinary people. He moves between ancient landscapes, Biblical texts and modern sensibilities. Easter is "the central koan of Christian spirituality," he writes, situating the primary affirmations of life, hope and joy within a world confounded by violence, terror, divorce, cancer, political oppression and more.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gilbert (Budd) Friend-Jones currently is Vice-President of the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN). He leads faith-based pilgrimages, retreats and classes with emphases on spirituality, interfaith relations and gender-related issues. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC) and an Oblate with the Order of St. Benedict, he is a graduate of Howard University Divinity School and Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1450515142
ISBN 13 
9781450515146
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
134
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