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Poet and literature professor Scott Cairns ran headlong into his
midlife crisis - a fairly common experience among men nearing the
age of fifty-while walking on the beach with his Labrador. His was
not a desperate attempt to recapture youth, filled with sports cars
and younger women. Instead, Cairns realized his spiritual life was
advancing at a snail's pace and time was running out. Midlife
crisis for this this Baptist turned Eastern Orthodox manifested as
a desperate need to seek out prayer. Originally published in 2007,
this new edition of Short Trip to the Edge include photos, maps and
an expanded narrative of Scott's spiritual journey to the mystical
peninsula of Mt. Athos. With twenty monasteries and thirteen sketes
scattered across its sloping terrain, the Holy Mountain was the
perfect place for Scott to seek out a prayer father and discover
the stillness of the true prayer life. Told with wit and exquisite
prose, his narrative takes the reader from a beach in Virginia to
the most holy Orthodox monasteries in the world to a monastery in
Arizona and back again as Scott struggles to find his prayer path.
Along the way, Cairns forged relationships with monks, priests, and
fellow pilgrims.
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Ambition (Hardcover)
Luci Shaw, Jeanne Murray Walker; Scott Cairns
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Lacunae - New Poems
Scott Cairns
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Scott Cairns has carefully preserved every poem he's ever published
that he cares to preserve. He's also added previously unpublished
work, spanning three decades. A careful introduction by Gregory
Wolfe and tribute preface by Richard Howard make this the ultimate
collection of Cairns' work.
One of America's finest living poets has breathed new life into the
early Christian mystics. From Saint Paul to Julian of Norwich, the
original texts of these mystical fathers and mothers of the Church
have been pored over, pressed for further revelation, and set in
verse to provide readers with fresh encounters of their wisdom and
provocations. At the heart of this undertaking is Scott Cairns'
conviction that the words of the mystics sacramentally partake of
the Word Himself, and as such are inexhaustible, generative powers.
These particular selections cohere in their common claim that Love
is the most compelling name of God, and also the most apt attribute
of the Holy One in Whom we live and move and have our being. In
that spirit, these luminous texts are understood to partake of
Love, and concurrently to witness to His presence and His promise
that, as "our Courteous Lord" averred to Julian, "All will be well,
all will be well, all manner of things will be well."
Originally published as Volume 27 of the Princeton Mathematical
series. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
Originally published as Volume 27 of the Princeton Mathematical
series. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
Anaphora, the repetition of a word or phrase, draws our attention
in new ways to the repeated term, and can lead us to moments of
epiphany. In Eucharistic settings, anaphora also indicates the
specific liturgical moment when the bread and wine are consecrated,
becoming what the Eastern Church calls "the Holy Mysteries."
Cairns' use of anaphora invites us to see words as doing more than
naming, more than serving as arrows pointing to prior substance,
but acquiring substance of their own.
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Ambition (Paperback)
Luci Shaw, Jeanne Murray Walker; Scott Cairns
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A daily devotional reader to guide lovers of the Word through the
forty days of Lent and Easter, rich with spiritual insight from
leading Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox writers Explore the
meaning of Lent, its importance in spiritual formation, its
significance in the preparation for Easter, and throughout the holy
season of Christ's Resurrection. Leading North American spiritual
writers reflect on what one theologian has called the "bright
sadness" of Lent: that it is not about feeling broken and lost, but
about cleansing the palate so we can taste and live life more
fully. During Lent and Easter, we encounter the God who in all of
life is for us-for our liberation, for our healing, for our
wholeness. Even in death we can find resurrection. In God For Us
readers will find: - Daily readings with scriptures, meditations,
and prayers, beautiful edited by Greg Pennoyer and Gregory Wolfe -
One beloved spiritual writer featured each week Introduction: Fr.
Ronald Rolheiser, OMI Shrove Tuesday and the First Week of Lent:
Richard Rohr, OFM Second Week of Lent: Lauren F. Winner Third Week
of Lent: Scott Cairns Fourth Week of Lent: James Schaap Fifth Week
of Lent: Luci Shaw Holy Week and Easter: Kathleen Norris - Studies
throughout the forty days on "The Feasts and Fasts of Lent" by Beth
Bevis
A collection of over 100 icebreakers, warm up games, trust
exercises, songs, energisers and ideas for getting creative with
drama. Most of these are ideal for use with kids from 4 to 24
either in the classroom, camp or workshops. A mish mash of ideas
designed to give summer camp, course leaders, drama students and
teachers a one stop place for ideas to entertain, amuse or create
an environment for bonding.
From Saint Paul to Julian of Norwich, Scott Cairns has lovingly
examined, pressed for the revelation, and set in verse the most
memorable, beautiful sayings of the fathers and mothers of
Christianity. The startling result is a fresh encounter of ancient
wisdom and provocation. These poems are unified in a common claim
that Love is the most compelling name of God and the most apt
attribute of the Holy One in whom we live and move and have our
being. In that spirit Cairns offers "a mere taste of the bountiful
feast that awaits any who would pursue a life of faith and prayer
equipped with both the holy Scriptures and the holy tradition that
surrounds them."
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