New spiritual reading for the Spring

Celebrating the Disciplines by Richard Foster and Kathryn Venni, Hodder and Stoughton, £6.99 IN A PRACTICAL workbook, Foster and Yanni offer new ways to experience the traditional spiritual disciplines and integrate then into daily life.
Gateway to Life by Anthony Smith, IVP, £5.99.
DR SMITH OFFERS advice, support and reassurance for those who are facing the illness and death of loved ones.
A Spiritual Formation by James Bryan Smith, Hodder and Stoughton, £5.99
A PRACTICAL RESOURCE book for small prayer and study groups which will challenge Christians who want to revitalise their faith. Based on five key areas of the Christian life: prayer, holiness, the Holy Spirit, service and the Bible.
The Oxford Book of Prayer, edited by George Appleton, OUR £7.99
OVER 1,000 PRAYERS are
included here, spanning many centuries and drawn from the spiritual traditions of every part of the world.
The Meanings of Love by Alan Storkey, IVP, £6.99 EXPLORES THE MODELS Of
man-woman love and shows us where they lead, and explores their inner logic. Points us to the place where the true meaning of love is to be found.
Worship: Wedding to Marriage by German Martinez, Columba, £11.99.
AN INVESTIGATION OF what a Christian marriage means, drawing upon history, human experience and Church tradition.
History of the Society of the Sacred Mission by Alistair Mason, Canterbury Press, £11.95
THE SOCIETY OF THE Sacred Mission was founded by 1893 by Anglo-Catholic Fr Herbert Kelly to provide lay-workers for the Korean mission. It went on to train priests and become a vital part of Anglo
Catholic religious life.
Jesus: Self-Portrait by God by Enda Lyons, Columba, £8.99 FROM EARLIEST "TIMES, scholars have asked questions about Jesus, such as "Could he really have been God?" or "If he was God then could he really be human?" Lyons sets out to guide today's Christians along the intriguing and enriching journey of discovery of the reality of Jesus of Nazareth.
Eyes for the Invisible: The Gift of Faith in Our Time by Patrick McCafferty, Columba, £5.99 IN THE MIDST OF THE obvious crisis of faith in our world, there remains a strong and driving thirst for meaning in our lives. Fr McCafferty guides us on a symbol-rich journey of contemplation.
To Travel Hopefully: Wrestling with Vocation by Anthony Faulkner, Darton, Longman and Todd, £6.95
FORMER PRIEST, NOW
husband, father and social worker, Anthony Faulkner explores the thorny and difficult issues of loss and gain in this account of his vocation.
Jesus the Gift of Love by Jean Vanier,
Hodder and Stoughton, £4.99
IN THIS BEAUTIFUL prose poem the founder of L'Arche, Jean Vanier, meditates on the Jesus of the Gospels and the glory of the risen Christ. A wonderful and moving meditation by a man whose life is dedicated to living Jesus' message in his life and working with those on society's margins. This is highly recommended.
Covenant of Grace Renewed: A Vision of the Eucharist in the Seventeenth Century by Kenneth Stevenson, Dorton, Longman and Todd, £12.95.
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KENNETH STEVENSON examines the development of eucharistic theology in the turbulent 17th century, through the teaching of extraordinary and inspiring figures of the time such as Lancelot Andrewes, Richard Hooker, and William Laud.