'Gaze on him . . . Consider him . . . Contemplate him . . . As you desire to imitate him.'This advice from St Clare of Assisi is the key to unlocking the door to the heart of Jesus' teaching. Her words provide a pattern of meditation that brings alive the Gospel reading for every Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary.'At every point the author persuades the reader that the Gospel readings really are relevant to our contemporary lives . . . she offers many...

'Gaze on him . . . Consider him . . . Contemplate him . . . As you desire to imitate him.'This advice from St Clare of Assisi is the key to unlocking the door to the heart of Jesus' teaching. Her words provide a pattern of meditation that brings alive the Gospel reading for every Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary.'At every point the author persuades the reader that the Gospel readings really are relevant to our contemporary lives . . . she offers many...

'Gaze on him . . . Consider him . . . Contemplate him . . . As you desire to imitate him.'This advice from St Clare of Assisi is the key to unlocking the door to the heart of Jesus' teaching. Her words provide a pattern of meditation that brings alive the Gospel reading for every Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary.Gazing On The Gospels Year A by Judith Dimond provides a reflection on the Gospel reading for each Sunday in Year A. Short inspirational med...

This Lent book will explore biblical stories and characters that exemplify a whole range of relationships, in good times and bad. Relationships will be defined very widely, to include even people who don't see themselves in 'relationship'. The stories will be related to common emotions - love, friendship, rivalry, conflict, trust, hatred, fear - and linked with 21st-century attitudes, culture and moral dilemmas. The book will cover OT stories as well as NT, and explore dysfunctional as wel...