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The author of Not Counting Women and Children invites readers to
listen again to the parables of Jesus. Like arrows, these stories
pierce the heart of the listener, opening up new understanding of
our lives as Christians. Interspersed with these familiar Gospel
parables are other stories, traditional and contemporary, which
draw the readers deeper into their challenges.
This sequel to Not Counting Women and Children introduces the women
of the Bible and the uniqueness of their understanding God through
stories and reflections.
'Yes, I'm gluten and wheat free. Yes, it's an allergy. Yes, coeliac
disease... No, I don't want a salad! If that sounds familiar, and
you too want to munch into breaded chicken or enjoy gooey Mac &
cheese, then I'm here to show you that, yes, you can make ANYTHING
gluten free.' Megan McKenna, Celebrity MasterChef finalist,
singer-songwriter, highly engaged influencer, coeliac and home
cook, invites you into her gluten-free kitchen. Regularly sharing
her cooking videos with over 4 million viewers, Megan is often
messaged to ask: 'Can you make that gluten-free?' And now Megan is
inviting you into her gluten-free kitchen with her first cookbook,
which proves that anyone, regardless of dietary requirements can
eat delicious, mouthwatering meals, just like everybody else -
simply by swapping a few ingredients along the way. With more than
80 gluten-free recipes to explore, and chapters covering Quick
Bites, Naughty Nights In, Posh Nosh and Heaven O'Clock, there's no
need to feel left out on pancake day, spend another birthday
without cake or miss out on the food at parties and events. Growing
up, Megan was constantly unwell and found herself eating her
lunches alone in the stairwell at school. When she was finally
diagnosed with coeliac disease, Megan was encouraged to cook
everything from scratch by her mum and soon learnt how to manage
her health. She has had her fair share of trolls and tantrums along
the way, but Megan's resilience, relaxed kitchen vibe and
down-to-earth recipes have helped her enjoy everyday, tasty
gluten-free food, and now you can, too.
"The triune God is a communion of love, and the family is its
living reflection." These words, taken from Pope Francis' apostolic
exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), have inspired
celebrated theologian Megan McKenna to explore how and why families
are the living embodiment of Christian values and teachings. In
Holy Families: Shadows of the Trinity, readers are invited to view
the key scriptural accounts of the Holy Family as providing a model
and template for families today. By focusing on the inevitable
triumphs and travails that are part and parcel of marriage and
child-rearing, the author teases out the very real links between
the challenges experienced by Joseph, Jesus and Mary, and those
facing families in the contemporary world. Reflecting on key Gospel
events - the Annunciation and Visitation, the Presentation, and the
Resurrection among them - this book explores how fathers, children
and mothers are shadows of the image of God the Father, the Child
and the Spirit in the Trinity and are the very presence of God in
the community and the world.
In this powerful collection of her best poetry, prophet and world
traveler Megan McKenna lifts the veil of the sacred realm and
offers us rare glimpses into the Marrow of Mystery. This collection
is from the pen of a peregrine soul who helps us see God wherever
we are and explore the marrow of mystery in the people we
encounter, prayers we utter, natural world we inhabit, and
mysterious space we embody.
Unpeel the layers of your spiritual life... In the realm of the
Spirit, and when dealing with our own souls and the souls of
others, we are often at a loss for words. We have a sense, maybe
even an image, of what we want to share, ask or communicate, but
words are harder to find and express. Stories are the glue that
holds us together in whatever groups we belong to, even if we only
visit or find ourselves on the margins. In a sense, our god is a
story being told and god is seeking for all of us to listen, to
enter into the story and become one. Megan Mckenna uses images of
Russian nesting dolls to illustrate the many layers of the stories
that exist in each of our lives, particularly in relation to the
Spirit. Stories are critical to living and are intertwined with
truth in such a way that we can carry them with us, remember them
and pass them along, sharing them as needed. We live inside a
story. We live inside God.
In Breaking the Word - Reflections for the Year of Mark, Megan
McKenna presents commentaries and reflections for the liturgical
year of Mark. In her own inimitable style, the author reflects on
readings for the Sundays and feast days of this year, accompanying
the reader through the peaks and troughs of the biblical landscape
and making scriptural connections to life that will challenge,
uplift and sustain. Breaking the Word will be an invaluable as a
resource for homilies, personal reflection or group study.
Renowned Catholic author Megan McKenna celebrates her 50th book
with a controversial interpretation of the Gospels of Mark,
Matthew, Luke, and John and what they mean for the Church and
society today.
In many ways, modern audiences have become so familiar with the
gospels that we've stopped listening and integreting their wisdom
into our everyday lives. Acclaimed author Megan McKenna explores
the messages of the four gospels in the context of daily life when
they were originally written and interprets their meaning for our
modern world. While some argue for the development of new gospels
for the 21st century, McKenna argues that we haven't paid due
attention to the ones we already have; in many cases, we've ignored
sections of these teachings entirely and twisted their meaning to
suit our own agendas. McKenna breaks it down, gospel by gospel, and
shows us how the lessons of Jesus's apostles continue to resonate.
One of today’s most popular and respected Catholic writers presents the first guide to the new Stations of the Cross, reflecting the revisions made by Pope John Paul II.
A traditional devotion for Catholics for more than four hundred years, the Stations of the Cross commemorates the route Jesus traveled from being sentenced to death, crucified, and then buried in a borrowed tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem. In the past, the devotion included a number of stations based on popular stories of piety and devotion, but not mentioned in the Gospels. Over the past eight years, however, Pope John Paul II has made substantial changes to the devotion in his Good Friday celebrations of the stations, removing those not found in the Bible and replacing them with stations that more accurately follow scriptural accounts of Christ’s passion.
The revised Stations of the Cross focuses on the condemned Jesus and on the community walking the way with him to the cross. Unrelieved by stories like Veronica’s wiping blood off the face of Jesus and his meeting with his mother; this is a story of an execution. The new stations deal directly with the pain, suffering, betrayal, and injustice to which Jesus was subjected. In explaining his reasons for revising the stations, the Pope has said that the alterations are intended to serve as a model for other devotions and to encourage the return to the Scriptures as the source of and inspiration for contemporary worship.
In this helpful, authoritative guide, Megan McKenna presents the fourteen new stations with the scriptural passages that Pope John Paul II uses on Good Friday. She also provides a basic introduction to the practices and reflections on the importance of the devotion for present-day Catholics and Episcopalians.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Megan McKenna is the Essex girl who
exploded onto our screens in some of the biggest reality TV shows
in Britain, including Ex on the Beach, Celebrity Big Brother and,
of course, TOWIE. Her sassy, no-holds-barred story follows her
journey to the spotlight - from first ever steps on the stage,
through to being flown to the EOTB villa for the first time. She
speaks candidly about having her heart broken on national TV, as
well as pursuing her musical dreams. Megan also shows readers her
more vulnerable side, telling of the shy girl who hid from bullies,
her struggles with coeliac disease, and the anxiety she still
battles every day. Throughout all the meltdowns and mayhem, she has
never let go of her dreams and passions - resulting in the launch
of her own clothing and makeup brands, and a gluten-free
fine-dining restaurant, McK Grill. MOUTHY will give readers unique
access to what really goes on when the cameras stop rolling and the
paparazzi have gone home. Megan uncovers the truth behind the
headlines in her own words - straight from the famous Megan McKenna
mouth!
This book is a collection of memories and glimpses of an
extraordinarily down-to-earth and insightful woman, my Nana. It
looks back and forward , piecing together words, images and
experiences of growing up and spending Summer holidays with her in
New York, where she sourced, and seeded hope, vitality and sage
advice in me. Now in my sixties, I am passing on that wisdom.
Everyone loves a grandparent, or wishes they had one to remember
and be loved by , perhaps this collection of short stories, flashes
of insight, moments that stayed and grew into knowledge and
understanding, will give them a Nana to cherish, or add to the
memories of their own wise ones, who have gone before them in
faith. These memories are funny, truthful, probing, realistic;
laced with grief, awe, and grace. She lived for eighty-six years;
an immigrant, widowed young. I knew her and yet barely knew her as
only a child knows, remembers, pieces together and then realises
there are huge pieces missing. The book is short, but layered , a
book to be savored, shared, and passed around.
Megan McKenna, the well-known storyteller and popular author, walks
readers through the 40 days of Lent and Holy Week. This expanded
edition includes the Sunday readings for Cycles A, B, and C,
including Palm Sunday. The meditations for each Sunday include a
unique story that illustrates and enriches the message of each
passage and shows how it can empower readers.
The Resurrection is the central mystery of believing Christians.
Through scriptural exegesis, cutting-edge scholarship,
storytelling, and insightful interpretation, And Morning Came
reveals that the Resurrection is not a single event but an ongoing
experience of God's grace and power in our daily lives. In this
masterful exploration through the Scriptures of the Resurrection,
Megan McKenna helps us know each of the Gospel writers, understand
the world they lived in, grasp the unique aspects of their
Resurrection accounts, and see the connections these accounts have
to our lives. Like Matthew, Mark, Luke and John-who wrote their
accounts after the life, death and resurrection of Jesus has been
experienced and the gift of the Spirit has come to guide the
followers of Jesus-we are called to be inspired by this same Spirit
and to both see and make real the incarnate God at work in the
world from the moment of creation. In a world suffering from war,
terror, fear, and economic hardship, this book is welcomed because
it is, as McKenna states, "about living, about dying, about rising,
about beginnings and endings and how to live resurrection now . .
." A profound book about hope from one of the most popular
Christian writers of our time, And Morning Came is an adventure
that appeals to the intellect, the heart, and the soul. Ecumenical
in scope, it is a call to discover who we really are in light of
God's eternal love and to live our lives to the fullest.
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