Ruth Burgess & Chris Polhill's Books

Modern, relevant resources to accompany readers through Lent and Easter for many years, with material for Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Mothering Sunday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week, as well as suggestions for a Lent discipline.

A resource book for planning baptisms, naming ceremonies, weddings and civil partnerships and marking the many other significant moments of our nights and days. There are resources that do not assume any faith commitment, as well as ones that reflect Christian belief.

A collection of worship and reflection resources for groups and individuals covering the weeks from All Saints' Day to Christmas Eve, including saints' days, Remembrance Day, World AIDS Day and Advent.

A collection of worship and reflection resources for the summer period of Ordinary Time - prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections and meditations, written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.

Prayers, responses, liturgies, songs, poems, reflections, meditations, sermons and stories, covering the weeks from Easter Day to Trinity Sunday, including Ascension Day, Pentecost, Saints' days, Rogation days, environmental days and many more.

A collection of worship and meditation resources for the season of Christmastide - including Christmas Day, Holy Innocents' Day, Winter and New Year, Epiphany, Homelessness Sunday and Candlemas.

A liturgical resource book that covers the months of November, December and January. It includes prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections, liturgies and meditations for the major Christian festivals of All Saints', Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, as well as for Remembrance, Blue Christmas, Christingle, New Year, Christian Unity and other occasions. The material is written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.

Short prayers about friends, enemies, relationships and the particular moments and places of our daily lives. Includes instructions for three prayer-writing workshops.

A collection of resources for the late summer and autumn period of Ordinary Time, covering the weeks from the Feast of the Transfiguration to All Hallows' Eve.

A collection of blessings for the people, celebrations, sadnesses, artefacts, special occasions and journeys of our lives.

Summer is a liturgical resource book that covers the months of May, June and July. It includes prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections, monologues, liturgies and reflections for the major Christian festivals and seasons of Eastertide and Pentecost, as well as for Ascension, Saints' days, pilgrimage, holidays and other occasions. The material is written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.

A resource book for anyone who is planning a funeral. You may be a family member or a friend of someone who has died. You may be planning your own funeral. You may arrange and conduct funerals professionally. Here you will find an abundance of words and ideas for celebrating a life in ways that are personal and honest.

The hunger for modern, relevant resources for the Christian seasons and celebrations is deep. Here is a book that will help to fill this need. Suitable for group worship or personal reflection, it is a book to accompany readers through Lent and Easter 2005 and in future years. Eggs and Ashes is over 200 pages and includes a Lent discipline, liturgies, responses, prayers, poems, reflections, meditations, stories, stations of the cross, sermons, monologues and songs - for Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week; includes some all-age resources. Material by Iona Community members, associates and friends.

A collection of blessings for the people, celebrations, sadnesses, artefacts, special occasions and journeys of our lives.

Book's by Ruth Burgess & Chris Polhill

Eggs and Ashes

Eggs and Ashes

Moments of Our Nights and Days

Moments of Our Nights and Days

Candles & Conifers

Candles & Conifers

Bare Feet and Buttercups

Bare Feet and Buttercups

Fire and Bread

Fire and Bread

Hay & Stardust

Hay & Stardust

Winter

Winter

Friends & Enemies

Friends & Enemies

Acorns and Archangels

Acorns and Archangels

Book of Blessings

Book of Blessings

Summer

Summer

Saying Goodbye

Saying Goodbye

Eggs and Ashes

Eggs and Ashes

Fire and Bread

Fire and Bread

Book of Blessings

Book of Blessings

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email