Reflections for Daily Prayer Advent 2023 to Christ the King 2024

Ally Barrett

Description

Reflections for Daily Prayer continues to be one of the most popular and highly valued daily Bible reading companions. Continuing its tradition of excellence, regular favourites and new contributors offer insightful, informed and inspiring reflections on the scripture readings of the day, based on the Common Worship lectionary for Morning Prayer. Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, is the guest contributor for Holy Week. New voices this year include Gregory Cameron, the Bishop of St Asaph and author of the popular An Advent Book of Days and An Easter Book of Days; Chine MacDonald, author, broadcaster and Director of the religious think tank Theos; and Emma Parker, Deputy Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham. For every day (excluding Sundays) of the 2023-24 church year, there are full references and a quotation from the day’s set of Scripture readings, concise and challenging commentary, and a collect. Also included is a simple order for Morning and Night Rrayer, and additional helps for nurturing a habit of regular daily prayer.

Sujets

• Bible Study Guides
• Biblical Studies
• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Hymns Ancient & Modern
• Date de parution: 31 mai 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781781403976
• Langue: English

Extrait

Contents Table of contributors About the authors About Reflections for Daily Prayer Building daily prayer into daily life ADVENT Monday 4 December to Saturday 23 December CHRISTMAS Monday 25 December to Friday 5 January EPIPHANY Saturday 6 January to Thursday 1 February PRESENTATION Friday 2 February ORDINARY TIME BEFORE LENT Saturday 3 February to Tuesday 13 February LENT Wednesday 14 February to Saturday 30 March EASTER Monday 1 April to Saturday 18 May PENTECOST (ORDINARY TIME) Monday 20 May to Saturday 25 May TRINITY (ORDINARY TIME) Monday 27 May to Thursday 31 October ALL SAINTS TO ADVENT (ORDINARY TIME) Friday 1 November to Saturday 26 November Morning Prayer – a simple form Seasonal Prayers for Thanksgiving The Lord’s Prayer and The Grace An Order for Night Prayer (Compline) Index of readings Copyright
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In Memory of

The Revd Canon Anna Matthews 1978–2023
Anna was Vicar of St Bene’t’s Cambridge and a regular contributor to Reflections for Daily Prayer .
Anna submitted her contribution to this volume a few weeks before her sudden and tragic death on 8 March 2023.

May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
Table of contributors Page Author 10–21 Jane Steen 22–33 Ally Barrett 34–45 Peter Graystone 46–57 Malcolm Guite 58–69 Margaret Whipp 70–81 Andrew Davison 82–93 Colin Heber-Percy 94–105 Rachel Mann 106–117 Stephen Cottrell 118–129 Emma Parker 130–141 David Runcorn 142–153 Alan Everett 154–165 Lucy Winkett 166–177 Chine McDonald 178–189 Malcolm Guite 190–201 David Runcorn 202–213 Nadim Nasser 214–225 Angela Tilby 226–237 Gregory Cameron 238–249 Peter Graystone 250–255 Rachel Mann 256–261 Alan Everett 262–273 Anna Matthews 274–285 Andrew Davison 286–297 Lucy Winkett 298–309 Colin Heber-Percy 310–321 John Barton
About the authors
Ally Barrett has worked in parish ministry, children’s ministry and theological education, and is now Chaplain of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. She has published on baptism, weddings and all age preaching, and many of her hymns are published by Jubilate. She also paints, and has illustrated several books. In her spare time she enjoys improvisatory vegan cooking and feeding the ducks on the river Cam.
John Barton is Emeritus Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture in the University of Oxford; and is now, in retirement, Senior Research Fellow, Campion Hall, Oxford. A priest in the Church of England, he assists in the parish of Abingdon-on-Thames, where he lives.
Gregory Cameron is the Bishop of St Asaph in the Church in Wales. A writer and occasional broadcaster, Gregory is also an artist and coin designer. He taught Old Testament and Canon Law in Cardiff University and is currently Chair of the Anglican Oriental Orthodox conversations. He enjoys interpreting and communicating the message of the Scriptures, and is excited about God’s work in the Church today.
Stephen Cottrell is the Archbishop of York. He was formerly Bishop of Chelmsford and is a well-known writer and speaker on evangelism, spirituality and catechesis. He is one of the team that produced Pilgrim , the popular course for the Christian Journey.
Andrew Davison is the Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow in Theology and Dean of Chapel at Corpus Christi College. His publications include Why Sacraments?, Participation in God, Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine, and The Love of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy for Theologians.
Alan Everett is the vicar of All Saints West Dulwich in Southwark Diocese. To 2019, he was the vicar of St Clement Notting Dale and St James Norlands, in North Kensington, and, for 17 years before that, the vicar of St Michael and All Angels London Fields, in Hackney. His paintings can be viewed at alaneverett.com or on instagram at alaneverett.art.
Until his recent retirement, Peter Graystone worked for Southwark Diocese, helping South London churchgoers become more confident in what they believe, how they talk about it, and the way they live it out. He is the author of many books and reviews theatre for The Church Times .
Malcolm Guite is a life fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, a poet and author of What do Christians Believe?; Faith, Hope and Poetry; Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year; The Singing Bowl; Word in the Wilderness; Mariner: A voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge , and David’s Crown: Sounding The Psalms . He also writes the ‘Poet’s Corner’ column for The Church Times .
Colin Heber-Percy is an Anglican priest serving in the Salisbury Diocese. Before ordination, he was a screenwriter. His films and works for television won many awards and are shown all over the world. He writes and publishes regularly on theology and philosophy. His recent publications include Perfect in Weakness , on the cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky, and the bestselling Tales of a Country Parish which was published last year to critical acclaim.
Chine McDonald is Director of Theos – the religion and society think tank. She was previously Head of Public Engagement at Christian Aid and is the author of God is not a white man: and other revelations (Hodder & Stoughton, May 2021). Chine contributes regularly to BBC religion and ethics programmes including Thought for the Day . She is vice-chair of Greenbelt Festival and a trustee of Christian Aid. Chine read Theology and Religious Studies at Cambridge University.
Rachel Mann is an Anglican priest, writer and scholar. Author of eleven books, including her debut novel, The Gospel of Eve , and the Michael Ramsey Prize shortlisted, Fierce Imaginings , she is Visiting Fellow at the Manchester Writing School. She regularly contributes to Pause For Thought on BBC Radio Two, as well as other radio programmes. More info: www.rachelmann.co.uk
Anna Matthews was vicar of St Bene’t’s, Cambridge from 2012 until 2023, prior to which she spent six years as a Minor Canon at St Albans Cathedral. Having a strong interest in vocations work and spirituality, she also served from 2012–19 as Director of Ordinands for the Diocese of Ely. Anna died in March 2023.
Nadim Nasser is an Anglican priest, and is the Director and Co-Founder of the Awareness Foundation and co-author of the Awareness Course. Born and raised in Lattakia, Syria, he studied theology at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. He has lectured at different universities in London and has appeared on TV and radio around the world. He is an author of two books, The Culture of God and iJesus .
Emma Parker is the Deputy Warden at Cranmer Hall and lectures in Preaching, Pastoral Care, Growing Faith in Children and Young People, and Spirituality. Prior to this she was the Priest in Charge of two parishes in East Durham. She has a PhD exploring Paul’s concern for outsiders and the importance of ‘outsider’ opinion, and she loves running, gardening and being with her family (including two dogs!).
David Runcorn is a writer, speaker, spiritual director and theological teacher. He lives in Devon.
Jane Steen is the Bishop of Lynn in the Diocese of Norwich. She was onsecrated in June 2021, having previously been Archdeacon of Southwark and, before that, Canon Chancellor of Southwark Cathedral and Director of Ministerial Education. Her one-time research looked at the use of seventeenth-century Anglican divines in Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary. She is a member of the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission.
Angela Tilby is a Canon Emeritus of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and Canon of Honour at Portsmouth Cathedral. She previously served in the Diocese of Oxford following a period in Cambridge, where she taught at Westcott House and was also vicar of St Bene’t’s Church. Before ordination she was a producer for the BBC, and she still broadcasts regularly.
Rachel Treweek is the Bishop of Gloucester and the first female diocesan bishop in England. She served in two parishes in London and was Archdeacon of Northolt and later Hackney. Prior to ordination she was a speech and language therapist and is a trained practitioner in conflict transformation.
Margaret Whipp is an Anglican priest and spiritual director based in Oxford. Her first career was in medicine. Since ordination in 1990, she has ministered in parish and chaplaincies and served in theological education. Her books include the SCM Studyguide in Pastoral Theology and The Grace of Waiting .
Lucy Winkett is Rector of St James’s Church, Piccadilly. She contributes regularly to Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’, national press and radio, and is the author of Our Sound is our Wound (2010, Continuum) and Reading the Bible with your Feet (2021, Canterbury Press). Until 2010, she was Canon Precentor of