This favorite book of home devotions for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany is once again available. Warm and readable, this collection of prayers, readings, ideas, and history will provide a faithful center to family devotions during the busy holidays. Includes information on traditions from other lands, Bible reading suggestions, reflections, and more. Easy, week-by-week format is easy to use over and over, becoming a beloved holiday tradition.
Based on a flexible order for contemplative prayer that was developed at the Holden Village retreat center in Washington state ... This resources also includes fourteen liturgies in the Prayer around the cross format, designed for use at particular seasons or centered on certain themes. Users will find this book invaluable for meditative worship during Lent or Advent, for evening services, at retreats, or whenever a quiet time of worship is appropriate." -- Back cover
This resource is intended for "individual or group study of the Gospel readings appointed for the Lenten season, Cycle A, or RCIA. The seven sessions include thought-provoking commentary, probing questions, and invitations to reflect on selections from the musical 'That You May Have Life'."--P. [4] of cover.
On August 7, 1998, bombs exploded at two United States embassies in East Africa. American anthropologist Susan Hirsch and her husband Jamal, a Kenyan, were among the thousands of victims, and Jamal died. From there, Hirsch went on to face devastating grief with the help of friends and families on two continents, observing the mourning rituals of her husband's community to honor him. When the alleged bombers were captured and sent to New York to stand trial, she witnessed firsthand the attempts of America's criminal justice system to handle terrorism through the law. In the Moment of Greatest Calamity is her story--a tale told on many levels: personal, anthropological, legal, and, finally, political. The book's central chapters describe Hirsch's experience of the bombing trials in a Manhattan federal court in 2001, including a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation leading up to the trial, encounters with some of the FBI's leading terrorism investigators, and many moments of drama from the proceedings themselves. Hirsch reveals the inner conflict that results from her opposition to the death penalty and concludes that the trial was both flawed and indispensable. Hirsch's story of this tragedy and its legal aftermath comes to life through--and is enhanced by--her skills as a social scientist. Her unique viewpoint makes it unlike any other story about terrorism.
When Kathy Boudin was arrested in 1981 after a botched armed robbery and shootout that left a Brinks guard and two policemen dead, she ended a decade living underground as part of the radical Weathermen underground; she would spend the next 22 years in Bedford Hills prison. In Family Circle, Boudin’s former classmate Susan Braudy vividly re-creates the radicalization of this intelligent, privileged young woman who came from one of the most prominent liberal intellectual families in America. She illuminates Boudin’s relationship with her parents --and particularly with her father Leonard, a famous leftist lawyer--and shows how Kathy, swept up in the ferment of the late 1960s, moved further and further from the Old Left ideals they embodied. Based on extensive interviews, court documents, and Boudin family papers,Family Circle is both a rich biography of a family and a intimate window into a turbulent and fascinating time.
This favorite book of home devotions for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany is once again available. Warm and readable, this collection of prayers, readings, ideas, and history will provide a faithful center to family devotions during the busy holidays. Includes information on traditions from other lands, Bible reading suggestions, reflections, and more. Easy, week-by-week format is easy to use over and over, becoming a beloved holiday tradition.
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