Discovering God Through Creation
Wild Lent will change how we all experience and think about Lent. How? Simple! Instead of a nice cosy room, coffee, biscuits and lots of discussion about the meaning of Lent, you'll be wrapping up warm and heading off into the wilds! It's time to get up close and personal with creation and make a shadow clock, have a sunrise breakfast walk, go on a giant egg hunt, hug a tree, walk barefoot... and share God's creation with others.The activities in Wild Lent include:• Things to do when it's sunny• Things to do when it's raining• Things to do with others• Short and easy things to make and do• Even shorter and easier things to do• Things to do in the early morning• Things to do on the moveRachel Summers is a Forest School Practitioner and runs Curious Wilds, which provides forest school sessions.
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Contents
About the Author
Why Wild Lent?
How to use this book
Things to do when it’s sunny
Make a shadow clockMake a shadow sculptureFeel the sun on your faceLie in a hammockBlow bubblesMake a rainbowThings to do when it’s raining
Put up a tarp and shelter beneath itHold a snail raceLet the rain paint a pictureReflections in raindropsMud facesRaindrop orchestraThings to do with others
Sunrise breakfast walkGiant nest buildingEgg huntI spy springBlindfold sensory trailPlay Eagle EyeShort and easy things to make and do
Hapa ZomeStick a symphony of greenElder wood beadsBramble cordageWild garlic pestoWild weavingThrow a seed bombEven shorter and easier things to do
Cloud watchingTake one stickHave a good sniffMini safariHug a treeA bug’s eye viewThings to do in the early morning
Open your window at 5amEat your breakfast outsideWash your face in dewWatch a daisy openThings to do on the move
Make a journey stickBarefoot walkGo geocachingFollow a bird’s trailPalm treesThematic Index
Specifications
Book Format - Paperback
Published - January 2018
Weight - 120g
Page Count - 128
Dimensions - 175 x 250 x 15 mm
ISBN - 9781848679351
ISBN 10 - 1848679351
Bestselling author Claire Benton-Evans explores the ordinary places of the Easter story in which the extraordinary events of Jesus' life, death and resurrection occurred. The five sessions and accompanying meditations will lead you to examine the reality of these places and engage with the Gospel stories in a fresh, informed and imaginative way.• Week 1: Home - Starting out• Week 2: On the road - Following the way• Week 3: In the wilderness - Exposed to temptation• Week 4: By the sea - Braving the storm• Week 5: In the city - Facing up to power• Good Friday: Outside the city walls• Easter Day: In the garden
Bringing together 325 heartfelt and beautiful prayers, This book takes you from the start of Lent all the way through to Easter.
An invaluable resource for all those who prepare public worship, these inspirational prayers have been written by four of the best-loved and most distinguished Christian writers:David AdamNick FawcettSusan SayersRay Simpson
A Season of Grace is your essential guide to spiritual renewal and intimate connection with God.
Each year, the Church offers the season of Lent as a time of preparation and spiritual renewal, culminating in the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. This season of hope and love shares the message of Jesus, inviting you to return to the Lord and deepen your relationship of intimacy with the God of salvation.
Written by Sister Siobhán O'Keeffe S.S.H.J.M., this book challenges you to embrace practices of prayer, fasting, and service, compelling you to cast aside prejudice and stand as a voice for the voiceless in a world of injustice.
Journey with Jesus towards his glorious resurrection and experience his cleansing and healing, leading to a deeper union with God.
Specification
Cover: Paperback
Page count: 176
Size: 128 x 198 x 11mm
ISMN: 9781838582470
A passage to Easter written out of season.In the height of summer, Anglican priest Dan Pierce was challenged to undertake the spiritual disciplines of Lent. The result is this profound collection of poetry, prose, and song lyrics that frames the journey to Easter within the four seasons. A remarkably honest reflection on temptation, addiction, and renewal, A Summer Lent offers fresh, poetic guidance for re-sourcing your spiritual life, no matter the calendar.
‘I was blessed by reading Dan’s beautiful words, and I think you will be too.’ -The Rt Rev’d Dr Michael Volland, Bishop of Birmingham
‘This collection will, indeed, re-Source you, whichever season you find yourself in.’- Brian Draper - Author, Speaker, retreat guide and contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day
Specification
Cover: Paperback
Page count: 152
Size: 128 x 198 x 10mm
ISBN 9781838582524
Joyce Huggett has written for busy people and helps us to ask searching questions about how we live and pray, and how to discover what lessons we can learn as we journey with Jesus from his baptism to his suffering, death and resurrection.
A Lent Course exploring intimacy with God.This study course explores how we might grow closer to God in and through various aspects of our ordinary daily life. Each session includes reflection on a Bible passage, discussion questions, stories, illustrations, activities, prayers and suggestions for action.Staying Close is intended for group use, but also useful for individuals. The course has been written for Lent, although is suitable for any time of year.ContentsWeek 1 - Discipleship: the call to stay closeWeek 2 - Staying close to God in the wildernessWeek 3 - Staying close when we're feeling worriedWeek 4 - Staying close to the glory of GodWeek 5 - Staying close in our witnessWeek 6 - Staying close to the servant kingEaster - Staying close to the risen JesusPostscript - Something for the Journey
Passing The Test is a lent course based on the Church's ancient tradition of prayer and reading scripture called 'Lectio Divina' or 'Holy Reading'. It is a course which helps us to reach our full potential and move towards being the people God calls us to be. The CD (sold separately) contains David's spoken words from the book together with gentle music.
For Primary and Secondary SchoolsLet's go back nearly two thousand years, to a big city in the backwater province of Palestine. Many people in the city of Jerusalem were about to have an encounter with a man they would never, ever forget. Even though Pilate washed his hands of an innocent man, how could he ever forget his conversation about truth with the 'King of the Jews'? A soldier would always remember the words of the man on the cross.But, that's not all. This man died and was buried. Three days later people encountered the same man – alive. Surely, that was an encounter that they would never forget. And this man's name was Jesus. This book is a collection of scripts, poems, prayers and dramatic readings all about these groundbreaking encounters. They can be used in schools and churches, for lessons, assemblies, and services to impact and inspire.Tony Bower is the head of YoYo (York Schools and Youth Trust), which is a Christian charity that brings the Christian faith alive.The drama work that Tony has done for our school for special services has been inspirational. Both children and parents have been moved by the content, and the dramas have ignited these events into very special spiritual moments. Jonathan Green - Headteacher, Archbishop of York's CE Junior SchoolThe drama was moving and powerful; I could not commend the results highly enough. This is the perfect starting point when developing such enriching experiences with children.Beverley Pawson - Headteacher, Sand Hutton, and Warthill Federation.
In 47 daily Lenten reflections on readings from Luke's Gospel, beginning on Ash Wednesday, Alan Bartlett examines how we see Jesus.As we say in the creeds, Jesus was both truly God and truly human but,Alan Bartlett argues, Jesus remains a bit baffling and so remains distant. However, if we are prepared to spend time with the Jesus presented to us in the Gospels, looking slowly and honestly, then we will meet him, experience his deep humanity and move through that to see God in him and so meet God in him.
