Everybody wants a christening, wedding or funeral service to be unique to them and one of the main ways of personalising a ceremony is to choose one's own readings. Not everyone reads poetry or novels together and many do not know where to start in choosing a special piece. Here, an experienced editor of such books has collected together 100 readings from scripture and literature across the centuries in celebration of a birth, a marriage, a life that has ended. There is humour, tend...
Everybody wants a christening, wedding or funeral service to be unique to them and one of the main ways of personalising a ceremony is to choose one's own readings. Not everyone reads poetry or novels together and many do not know where to start in choosing a special piece. Here, an experienced editor of such books has collected together 100 readings from scripture and literature across the centuries in celebration of a birth, a marriage, a life that has ended. There is humour, tend...
'Love' is an anthology of readings that celebrates the ideal and the humorously down to earth in relation to love, friendship and marriage across the centuries. Sonnets, poems, wedding blessings, readings from the Bible, and the reflections of various ancient and contemporary writers, together create a tapestry of wisdom about the joys of love and its occasional struggles.''Offering, quite literally, something for everyone, 'Love' offers plenty of choice for those looking to persona...
Traditional spirituality is experiencing a renaissance today, with the rediscovery of classic texts and authors rooted deep in the Christian faith. Celebrating the Seasons draws from ancient, medieval, reformed, and even contemporary sources to provide today's seekers with daily readings and nourishment from Christian spiritual masters of the past two thousand years. Organized around the liturgical year, from Advent through Penticost, here the reader encounters the original writings...
