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A compilation of material from several writers with a strong
emphasis on liturgies and resources for healing services. Includes
a section on how to introduce healing services to those who may not
be familiar with them and suggestions for starting group
discussions about healing. The book is completed by a section of
worship resources: prayers, responses, litanies, poems, meditations
and blessings.
The Iona Community was founded in Glasgow in 1938 by George
MacLeod, minister, visionary and prophetic witness for peace, in
the context of the poverty and despair of the Depression. Its
original task of rebuilding the monastic ruins of Iona Abbey became
a sign of hopeful rebuilding of community in Scotland and beyond.
Since that time, the Community's Rule has been the common thread
running through the life of its members, weaving them together. As
the church becomes polarised in many places, many people are
seeking a committed life which is radical, but also open,
ecumenical and inclusive. Such resources as are found in the
Community's Rule give an anchor which works against the grain of
suspicion, and states that there are alternatives, that a Christian
life can be lived fully in ways which do not have, by definition,
to be either right-wing or reactionary. Kathy Galloway offers a
series of reflections on living by the Rule of the Iona Community,
exploring its history, inner life and public witness. They arise
from her conviction that 'the Rule is, for us, a source of freedom
and, in its outworking, contains something of our prophetic edge.
It is not so much that I keep the Rule, as that the Rule keeps me.'
This volume weaves together theological ideas with personal
insights on sexuality in today's world. It wrestles with the
division between the two and attempts to bridge the gap.
In this collection of sermons and reflections, renowned author and
poet Kathy Galloway expresses her thoughts on the human capacity
for change and how people can adapt to the most difficult
circumstances in the world today.
This anthology reflects the life and witness of the Iona Community
and is intended to encourage creativity in worship. Liturgies
include: pilgrimage and journeys, healing, acts of witness and
dissent, a sanctuary and a light, resources: beginnings and endings
of worship, short prayers, prayers for forgiveness, words of faith,
thanksgiving, concern, litanies and responses, cursings and
blessings, reflections, readings and meditations.
21 years after its publication, a new edition is being published
with updated text and new chapters as well as a new Introduction,
written by one of the book's many fans and the biggest name in
British football, Sir Alex Ferguson. But this is a book about much,
much more than football It is loved not only by Sir Alex but also
by Gordon Brown, Alistair Campbell, Ian Rankin and the Rev Kathy
Galloway and it was a huge favourite of poet, George Mackay Brown.
So why have the trials and tribulations of Cowdenbeath football
club - one of the most unsuccessful football clubs in Britain -
excited the imagination even of those who have no interest in
football and who have never been to Cowdenbeath? Cowdenbeath's
story is set against the rise and decline of the local mining
industry and the life after mining. It is very funny, deeply
spiritual, moving and also a little bit political. But what makes
it so interesting to so many groups is the uplifting story of a
real community spirit throughout all of the ups and downs of a town
and a football club that is at its social heart and core. It is
also the most autobiographical book that Ron Ferguson has written,
never taking himself very seriously. The book's quirkiness appeals
across the religious, local, national, and footballing worlds. Long
out of print, this is the new and updated 21st-anniversary edition.
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