J. Barrie Shepherd

Destination Bethlehem (eBook, ePUB)

Daily Meditations, Prayers, and Poems to Light the Way to the Manger

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is intended as a devotional guide for the Advent season. Through the mediums of meditations, poetry, and prayer, it offers a spiritual resource for readers seeking to explore the many dimensions of this beloved season, and to deepen their appreciation of its mystery and wonder. Each day the reader is provided with either a prose meditation, based in Scripture, or a selection of poems, composed around the traditional themes of Advent/Christmas. The overall effect is that of a journey--a journey which moves, devotionally, through the days and weeks of December, toward Bethlehem, the stable, and the manger. Images, incidents, impressions, and items from the daily news are woven together to form a rich and rewarding tapestry, a pathway leading onward, an open door into the quiet places of the soul. Christmas Eve and Day are given special treatment, followed by a final section covering New Year's Day and the twelve days of Christmas. The book also provides a source of creative imagery and language for clergy, and other worship leaders, as they face the challenges of speaking traditional truths in a new and inviting way. Yet another use would be as a small group study guide for Advent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498209236
• Artikelnr.: 55269360

Autorenporträt

J. Barrie Shepherd, Minister Emeritus of The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, has preached and lectured extensively across the USA and Canada, the UK, Europe, and Africa. He was named William Belden Noble lecturer at Harvard in 1995, and Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yale in 2002. Author of fifteen books, including the recent Between Mirage and Miracle, Shepherd's poetry appears frequently in such magazines as Weavings, Christian Century, and The New Republic.