Fathomless Riches

Fathomless Riches
Author: Richard Coles
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2014-10-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0297870319

'The best vicar ever' - Caitlin Moran THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CANON CLEMENT SERIES FATHOMLESS RICHES is the Reverend Richard Coles' warm, witty and wise memoir in which he divulges with searing honesty and intimacy his pilgrimage from a rock-and-roll life of sex and drugs in the Communards to one devoted to God and Christianity. The result is one of the most unusual and readable life stories of recent times, and has the power to shock as well as to console. 'Sex, drugs, death, religion, more sex... it has got it all' - Guardian 'All the humour, quirky characters and incidents that life - and death- serve up' - Mail on Sunday 'One of the most immensely readable - and redeemable - memoirs of the year' - Sunday Times 'A frank, worldly-wise, bleakly comic memoir' - The Times 'Full of wit and humour about finding God, and Jimmy Sommerville' - Independent on Sunday

Bringing in the Sheaves

Bringing in the Sheaves
Author: Richard Coles
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0297609890

'The best vicar ever' - Caitlin Moran THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CANON CLEMENT SERIES, THE REVEREND RICHARD COLES After a life of sex, drugs and the Communards, recounted in his acclaimed memoir Fathomless Riches, the Reverend Richard Coles devoted himself to God and Christianity. So what is life like for the parson in Britain today? From his ordination, through Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter, Reverend Coles gives us a unique insight into his daily experience in the ministry, with all the joy, hope, drama and difficulty that entails. Written with extraordinary charm and compassion, Bringing in the Sheaves will inspire and inform all who read it.

The Home of the Echoes

The Home of the Echoes
Author: Frank Boreham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1921
Genre: Australian essays
ISBN:

Essays, some set in New Zealand by an author who lived in New Zealand.

Is the Gospel Good News?

Is the Gospel Good News?
Author: Stanley E. Porter
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2019-05-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532611331

Is the Gospel Good News? was the theme of the 2015 H. H. Bingham Colloquium at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, held on June 4-5. The fourteen participants in this colloquium presented their own individual perspectives on the theme from three broad vantage points--Bible, theology, and crucial topics. The "good news" that Jesus proclaimed concerning the kingdom of God became the "gospel" proclaimed by his followers throughout church history. This gospel is about the coming of Jesus Christ in fulfillment of God's will for humanity. This volume presents some accounts of how this good news has been understood through the ages and continues to be understood in relation to some of the major topics and issues of our contemporary world. The papers in the Bible section discuss this good news from both Old and New Testament passages and themes. The papers in the Theology section address theological topics in light of the question of what constitutes the good news. Finally, the papers in the Crucial Topics section explore new and different perspectives on ways in which the gospel is good news. This volume highlights diverse perspectives and proposals by scholars from various locations in different stages of their academic careers, resulting in a stimulating discussion of the topic of the gospel as good news.

Shalom - The Jesus Manifesto

Shalom - The Jesus Manifesto
Author: Andrew Francis
Publisher: Authentic Media Inc
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1780780818

Shalom is the motif of God's peace and well-being. Jesus is the embodiment of that. In this extraordinarily liberating book Andrew Francis explores seven different, once-marginalized movements in their search for shalom in the life, ministry and example of Jesus. What would it look like to create a manifesto for Jesus-shaped living? What does it mean to say that the Spirit of the Lord is forming shalom through his church?

Epiphany

Epiphany
Author: Michael Coren
Publisher: Signal
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0771024118

From the posterboy of Catholic conservatism, a major change of heart and soul on one of the Church's most controversial and intractable stances. "This past February, a conservative Roman Catholic blog, Contra|Diction, gave me perhaps my best headline ever: 'Michael Coren Complicit in Destruction of Souls Who Practice Homosexuality, Pt 1' (I'm still waiting for part two). It was one of countless posts, tweets, and articles that have condemned me for coming out in favour of same-sex marriage. I've also been fired from columns that I wrote for years, been banned from various Catholic TV and radio stations, had speeches cancelled, and been accused of cheating on my wife. My children have been called gay, and I have been compared to a child molester and a murderer. These are new experiences for me. Until last year, I was considered something of a champion of social conservatism in Canada and was well known among politically active Christians. I hosted a nightly show on Crossroads Television for twelve years, was a syndicated Sun columnist, and wrote briskly selling books with such titles as Why Catholics Are Right. Today, I am working away at a new book, Epiphany: Changing Heart and Mind on Same-Sex Marriage. How and why did it go so terribly wrong?" --Michael Coren What went "terribly wrong" is that Michael Coren had a profound spiritual and personal change of heart. Epiphany is about how and why that happened; the reaction from both sides of the fence; and how the Christian doctrine, when studied closely and without bias, heartily supports Michael's findings. As a middle-aged, very white, very straight, very Christian man, he was obliged, first reluctantly and then eagerly, to explore the complex dynamic between faith and homosexuality and to work out a new narrative. The crux of that narrative: God is love. Honest, brave, and rigorous in its scholarship, Epiphany is a groundbreaking book on one of society's most pressing issues.

Heaping Coals

Heaping Coals
Author: Michael Coren
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2024-10-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459752619

“Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.” — STEPHEN FRY From England’s working class to high profile media personality, Michael Coren charts his encounters with people of faith, fame, and fortune. Michael Coren writes of his life leading up to entering the seminary and being ordained. Growing up in a working-class mixed-religion family, then entering a career in media, Coren was, and in some ways still is, the consummate outsider. He records his encounters and work with Oscar-winning writers, celebrities, and authors, and his early successes as a journalist. After marrying and settling in Canada, Coren became a darling of the Christian right, with his TV and radio shows and syndicated column. He describes his shift to more progressive Christianity and politics, and what happened personally and professionally when this occurred. Not just a humble admission of fault, but an articulate and convincing account of a spiritual awakening.

A Little Gay History of Wales

A Little Gay History of Wales
Author: Daryl Leeworthy
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2019-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1786834812

A Little Gay History of Wales tells the compelling story of Welsh LGBT life from the Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing on a rich array of archival sources from across Britain, together with oral testimony and material culture, this pioneering study is the first to examine the experiences of ordinary LGBT men and women, and how they embarked on coming out, coming together and changing the world. This is the story of poets who wrote about same-sex love and translators who worked to create a language to describe it; activists who campaigned for equality and politicians who created the legislation providing it; teenagers ringing advice lines for guidance on coming out, and revellers in the pioneering bars and clubs on a Friday and Saturday night. It is also a study of prejudice and of intolerance, of emigration and isolation, of HIV/AIDS and Section 28 – all features of the complex historical reality of LGBT life and same-sex desire. Engaging and accessible, absorbing and perceptive, this book is an important advance in our understanding of Welsh history.

The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage

The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage
Author: Jan van Ruysbroeck
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN: 3849620875

This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life The Blessed Jan van Ruysbroeck was one of the Flemish mystics. This edition contains his most important writings: The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage The Sparking Stone The Book of the Supreme Truth