March 1, 2000 No magic in Christian healing, book says, rather an ability to find joy and peace

JESUS' supernatural healings were a sign to the people of his time that the Kingdom of God had arrived. These practices were continued by the apostles but are no longer a regular feature of worship today. In this book, various...

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March 1, 2000 A primer on the Pope

JT IS PART of the persona of this pope that he manages simultaneously to attract and repel, to enthral and to appal. And so too with books about him. Karol Wojtyla, Bishop of Rome, heir to St. Peter is, undeniably, one of...

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March 1, 2000 Making your prayer experience more fulfilling

AS LENT approaches, we begin to reflect on how best we might use this special time in our church year. All the five books reviewed here are on the subject of prayer, and thus offer some options. They may be helpful to anyone...

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March 1, 2000 Suffering the common theme in British Lenten books

THESE TWO Lent books from Britain have contrasting forms: one thoughtful analysis, the other a devotional journey. While they address a variety of themes, they have one in common - suffering. [pullquote] Strange Design is the...

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March 1, 2000 Disciplines of the saints

TITH THE growing interest in new-age spiritualities, it is refreshing to see Christians rediscovering the spiritual riches of our own tradition. [pullquote] Unfortunately the insights of the saints have been largely...

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March 1, 2000 Monumental work combines quality scholarship with accessibility

AS THE world enters the third millennium of Christianity, here is the start of a project which, when completed, will show Christian faith and community as they exist today and how and why they got here, from their first century...

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March 1, 2000 New study Bible aimed at general readership, especially mainline Protestants, publishers say

THE FIRST question to be asked about this new study Bible is why the publishers of the widely used New Oxford Annotated Bible believe there is a need for another full-scale Bible based on the New RSV. The answer given...

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March 1, 2000 Books affirm making meditation, spiritual growth, goals for Lent

INDIVIDUAL spiritual growth has always been an "assumed" part of Christian life, (I sometimes think we belong to "The Church of the Basic Assumption") and too often taken for granted. Both within and outside the Christian church...

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March 1, 2000 Help for new volunteers

HOWEVER this book came to you," says the series introduction, "it almost certainly happened because you have also been chosen for a ministry in the church?" Vestry Members by Colleen McMahon 0 8192 1789 1 ...

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February 1, 2000 Much of value for Canadians in teaching series

IN THE 1950s and again in the 1970s, the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in the U.S.A. commissioned two series of books to explore and teach the Christian faith. Now, a third, The New Church's Teaching Series, is being produced. The...

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