Seasonal Books

Recommended in November 2023 by Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves at Diocesan Convention for the Diocese of Florida. Created by Pádraig Ó Tuama five years ago, the Spirituality of Conflict website is...

Explore Advent’s rich themes through Biblical reflection, art, poetry and music. In this pack there are four maps each dealing with one of Advent’s many rich themes: Watching and waiting...

Why is it 'good news' to say that 'Jesus is risen'? What has the resurrection to do with our idea of salvation? This book sets out to show how the...

A devotional resource for the forgotten post-Easter season. American Christians have forgotten the Easter season. We celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus on one day and then return to ordinary time....

Advent for Everyone: A Journey with the Apostles provides readers with an inspirational guide through the Advent season, from the first Sunday in Advent through the Saturday after the Fourth Sunday...

Advent―the season in which we prepare for the coming of the Savior―provokes a certain ambivalence among modern believers. We know that Christ has come in the historical person of Jesus...

Stephen Cottrell brings home, vividly and poignantly, the physical reality of the passion story. The narrative of Holy Week is powerful and painful, and because we know how the story...

'A superb book on failure . . . humorous, realistic and absolutely not judgemental.'JUSTIN WELBY In 2019, Emma Ineson wrote about ambition and what it means for Christians to be...

BISHOP INSTITUE RECOMMENDED BOOK FOR ADVENT 2024 -Join Jane Williams on a reflective journey from Advent to Epiphany, and discover the timeless wisdom to be found in some of the...

An anthology of inspired readings from cherished writers to enrich you every day of the seasonFrom the first day of Advent through Christmas Eve to the Epiphany, these 45 readings...

In Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine explores the biblical texts surrounding the story of the birth of Jesus. Join...

Look with fresh eyes toward the Bible stories you have heard all your life. Contemplate, ponder, and glory at Jesus' final days on earth, his heart-wrenching death, and marvelous resurrection...

Lent for Everyone: Mark, Year B provides readers with a gentle guide through the Lenten season, from Ash Wednesday through the week after Easter. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T....

"The Via Crucis, "The path for all to the cross," by Clarence Enzler is a fine model for one of the most popular traditions. This version of the Stations of...

George Herbert is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet the world has known. Here Richard Harries introduces the poet and reflects on 24 of his greatest poems, six for...

Darkness Yielding is an imaginative and engaging collection of ready-to-use liturgies, prayers and reflections for the richest seasons of the Christian year - Advent and Christmas, Holy Week and Easter. For...

Embark on a Global Journey through the Season of Advent Advent is celebrated differently throughout the world. Some cultures barely observe the waiting and focus on the Christmas celebration. Others...

Lent is an ideal time to step back and reflect on the deeper movements of the spirit, and Elizabeth Caldwell helps readers do this through a simple but profound approach. Pause:...

Together in one special volume, selections from the best of beloved bestselling author C. S. Lewis's classic works for readers contemplating the "grand miracle" of Jesus's resurrection. Preparing for Easter is...

In "The Nail," key witnesses describe Christ's crucifixion from their points of view. Each character considers the part he or she played in hammering the nails into Jesus. We learn...

"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our...

Bishop's Institute Recommended Books for Advent 2024 Christmas is one of the most joyful times of year, and it can also be one of the most stressful. It comes laden...

Bishop Institute's Recommended Books for Advent 2024, Diocese of Florida 'Waiting can be beautiful and, at least sometimes, it takes us to the heart of the Holy.' As much at...

BISHOP INSTITUTE RECOMMENDATION FOR ADVENT 2024-Pray and meditate along with mystics and saints through this luminous collection of more than one hundred block prints by artist Kreg Yingst, curator of the beloved...

Christmas poems by the Nobel Laureate   To Him, all things seemed enormous: His mother's breast, thesteam outof the ox's nostrils, Caspar, Balthazar, Melchior, the teamof Magi, the presents heaped...

Carol Bird, a Christmas-born child, who as a young girl is unusually loving and generous, having a positive effect on everyone with whom she comes into contact. The book is...

Reflections on the wonder of Christmas by Christianity's most beloved writers.   A Light Has Dawned recovers the best Advent and Christmas articles from half a century of Christianity Today. Guiding the...

Clarify your true hungers--and nourish your soul. Fasting is not just the physical practice of giving up food. Fasting can also be a way to combat our culture of endless...

In these Lenten meditations, Kate Moorehead Carroll devotes each of the seven weeks to a theme that Jesus addressed frequently, particularly through Earth-centered parables of planting. Each day of the...

'Wonderful'JUSTIN WELBY 'Tarry Awhile... is one of the most profound and beautifully written Lent books that I have ever read.'CHURCH TIMES Tarry here and watch with me . . ....

Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel...

When we are initiated into the church with the water of baptism, we (or our sponsors) answer a series of questions called the Baptismal Covenant. The first three questions echo...

A Lenten devotional written from an eco-feminist perspective   Rather than classical penitence, this book emphasizes intercession, solidarity, and preparation. Its aim is to help readers learn to view the...

Swamy reminds us constantly that true reconciliation is a journey into otherness' JUSTIN WELBY Global in scope but homing in on the role ordinary people play in conflict and division, Reconciliation (The...

'Shot through with hope.' STEPHEN COTTRELL, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ‘Like Bach’s great Wachet auf! chorale, this walk through the weeks of Advent is both a carefully constructed meditation, and an...

Though Easter (like Christmas) is often trivialized by the culture at large, it is still the high point of the religious calendar for millions of people around the world. And...

Packed with riches yet highly accessible, The Heart's Time is at its core a series of short, resonant poems for each weekday of Lent and Easter.It will appeal to existing...

Bless your Advent journey with these inspiring daily devotions exploring the Sunday psalms of Advent. Join four women authors offering diverse perspectives on psalms of adoration, lament, repentance, and thanks....

BISHOP INSITUTE RECOMMENDED BOOK FOR ADVENT 2024 "Advent is not about a sentimental waiting for the Baby Jesus," Richard Rohr asserts. Advent is a time to focus our expectations and...

Each year, the Christmas double issue of the Church Times offers a feast of seasonal reading. News of Great Joy draws together the best Christmas writing by outstanding authors and...