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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > Christian sacraments
Where's the baby? The Gospel of Mark doesn't have a nativity
story-so where's the Advent message? It's in every aspect of Jesus'
life, to his death and beyond. The Incarnation-God come to earth in
human form to be baptized, teach, heal, eat, and die-is what we
celebrate at Christmas, and Mark shows us just how radical and
celebration-worthy it is! Holy Disruption presents a fresh
understanding of the holiness of Christmas grounded, not in a
conventional cozy Christmas message, but through Mark's disquieting
gospel which invites its readers to experience God's disruptive but
transformative love for us and our world.
Winner of the 2022 Nautilus Book Award in Religion / Spirituality
of Western Thought (#24B) Mark Clavier examines a series of
paradoxes that lie at the heart of Christian faith: eternity and
time, silence and words, and wonder and the commonplace. In an
intellectual reflection on an overnight trek on Cadair Idris in
Wales and other wilderness walks, he explores the oft-hidden
connections between faith, society, and nature. Each reflection
ranges widely through history, folklore, poetry, philosophy, and
theology to consider what these paradoxes can teach us about God,
ourselves, and our world. Drawing on the recent upsurge in interest
in the personal experience of landscapes and memory, this book
invites readers to walk with Clavier in the Appalachians, Norway,
Iceland, the Alps, and around Britain as he discovers the ways in
which Christianity is profoundly earthed. By weaving together
nature-writing, memoir, social commentary, and theological
reflection A Pilgrimage of Paradoxes uses a memorable mountain
journey in the ancient landscape of Wales to draw readers into
reflecting about what it means to belong. Please find the study
guide for this book here:
https://convivium-brecon.com/a-pilgrimage-of-paradoxes/
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