Comings and Goings: Retracing the Christmas story through place and time

Comings and Goings: Retracing the Christmas story through place and time

by Gordon Giles (Author)

Synopsis

Life involves many 'comings and goings', as we make our way along the path of faith day by day, guided by God's Holy Spirit. This book of readings for Advent and Christmas invites us to make a journey through time, from the end to the very beginning of all things. The daily reflections work backwards from the traditional Advent focus of the 'Four Last Things'- death, judgement, heaven and hell - via Jesus' life, death and resurrection, to come at last to the incarnation and the events commemorated at Christmas itself. In the following days, the focus turns to Christ as the Word of God, present at the dawn of creation. Along the way, we 'visit' some of the actual Holy Land sites associated with Gospel events, drawing new insights from the familiar stories.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 174
Publisher: BRF
Published: 18 Sep 2015

ISBN 10: 0857463764
ISBN 13: 9780857463760

Author Bio
Gordon Giles is Vicar of St Mary Magdalene's Church in Enfield, north London, and director of Post-Ordination Training in the Edmonton Episcopal Area of London Diocese. He has written several books, including The Music of Praise (BRF/Hendrickson, 2002), The Harmony of Heaven (BRF, 2003), O Come, Emmanuel (BRF/Paraclete, 2005), O Clap your Hands (Paraclete/SPCK, 2008) and Fasting and Feasting (BRF, 2008). He writes a regular hymn meditation in the RSCM's Church Music Quarterly and is one of the editors of the newly published Ancient and Modern hymnbook. He has also contributed to BRF's New Daylight Bible redaing notes and has led many pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Turkey, China and Europe, mostly with McCabe Travel.