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Faith Seeking Understanding: A Confident JourneyFaith Seeking Understanding: A Confident Journey (book)

Print: $12.51

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This book shows how the pilgrimage of faith exploration is a confident journey that involves intellectual freedom, a prophetic passion for justice and peace, and a deep spirituality. Christian confidence is about knowing what you believe and integrating that belief into your whole life. For conservative Christians confidence involves the assurance of arrival at a destination. For me the journey of faith itself is as important as the eventual end. That journey of faith is a constant search for understanding as we are continually confronted with the mystery of God. The book also contains four creeds written by contemporary church groups as they struggled to articulate their faith in a meaningful way. The title "Faith Seeking Understanding" (fides quaerens intellectum) is a phrase coined by Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury over 1000 years ago.

Capcir SpringCapcir Spring (book)

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On the Capcir Plateau in the mountains of the French Pyrénées the past and the present intermingle in a story of love and persecution. Mary is a historian researching the ancient heretics, the Cathars, and John is a priest reflecting on his vocation. Both have been damaged by experiences in the recent past and are both wary of relationships. Mary's terrifying nightmares confuse her research with past traumatic experiences of her own. The plot moves through the minefields of domestic violence, the boundaries of celibacy and mental illness. New age hippie travellers and local characters become involved as the story develops into a modern day battle for the soul of the mountains. Through their experiences together John and Mary have to come to terms with the events that have sent them to this remote area of the south of France. John Butterfield's novel brings together insights from psychology, history, mysticism and theology in a modern love story.

Dog Tales and other Short StoriesDog Tales and other Short Stories (book)

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Twenty short stories with a Christian message - suitable for adults and children of all ages. The author is a minister in the Methodist church and has told these stories in church services and in schools. (The stories have also been greatly appreciated by senior citizens!) The first nine stories are incidents in the life of the dog Goldie who features on the front cover. Each of these delightful stories has a simple Christian moral or biblical message slipping unobtrusively into the narrative. Dog tales and Other Short Stories would make a lovely gift.

All Christian Theology can be GreenAll Christian Theology can be Green (book)

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Over the last thirty years Christian theologians from many different traditions have written about the relationship of God, people and planet in the light of the major environmental issues facing the earth. This detailed academic study looks at five contrasting theological positions to see how they approach the environment and concludes that all theology can be green. This is an important conclusion because it gives the underpinning for Christians to be at the forefront of the environmental movement rather than being linked to those who are destroying God's creation through selfishness and greed.

Poems, Meditations and StuffPoems, Meditations and Stuff (book)

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A collection of thirty eight poems and meditations written over the last thirty years and covering many different themes - some are Christian, some are funny and some are just weird. Many are suitable for reading out loud but some are for quiet reading alone. Some rhyme and others don't - but hey lets not make a big thing about that. Some explore the deeper meanings of life and faith and the honest struggle with doubts and others are just a bit of fun. Enjoy.