In the Bible, God tells us how to begin a relationship with Him. Jesus says, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." (NIV John 7:37, 38) Learning about God and what He wants for our journey is something Wesley Haywood Dean has spent many of his eighty-plus years doing. In this ambitious and inspiring collection of two hundred-plus poems, Dean brings you gifts from God; gifts that will inspire, encourage, and edify you with each page. Poetry has long been a path for expression and reflection. Dean elegantly uses this literary form to express a range of emotions and teach a variety of lessons. His collection offers a poem for everyone, no matter where you are in your journey with Christ. Through this thought-provoking collection, Dean helps you experience God's brilliance and beauty, providing answers to many questions you may have as a Christian. Sit down with this volume frequently; immerse yourself. Read and reflect on several poems at a time or one poem in particular. Each will help you incorporate spiritual reflection into your life, ultimately bringing you closer to Christ.

This collection of poetic reflections is a rich resource for a faithful imagination. Michael Coffey's poems explore the deep questions and joyful affirmations of Christian faith. Never settling for easy answers or straight-forward interpretations, Coffey's writing invites the reader into new spiritual territory where the strange and unexpected, the beautiful and painful, become an encounter with the holy. Anyone preparing to preach or teach on biblical texts will find here words that inspire, challenge, and create new inroads for faith. Anyone seeking meditative or devotional readings of Scripture will find a companion for thoughtful reflection and prayer. Covering most of the Sundays and primary festivals of the church's liturgical year, these writings will enrich all who plan, prepare, and participate in worship that spans the vast themes of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and the ordinary Sundays.

A Precious Fountain is a work of liturgical ethnography that probes the rich liturgical life of one worshiping community whose roots and practices are at once Black and Catholic, using music as a primary lens through which to explore the community's liturgy and embodied theology. Our Lady of Lourdes community in San Francisco is part of a larger event in the American church: the emergence of a new paradigm of Catholic worship, one that is "authentically Black and truly Catholic." Mary E. McGann, RSCJ, describes how the music worship of Our Lady of Lourdes in San Francisco not only enriches that community but also is an example of how a theology of music is practiced in that parish. She offers this new genre of liturgical literature that brings to light how God?s Spirit is working in the churches through the idioms, perceptions, and insights of specific ethno-cultural communities in this time of massive cultural change and globalization.

Born and raised in the island of Montreal, Quebec, Sheldine Altidor is happy to say that growing here, definitely has its share of interesting experiences thus far. Surrounded by a family enriched with the gifts of music, art and poetry, most importantly, heavenly inspired by Jesus Christ, has kindled within her the desire to write this book. It relates to our current state of mind, as well as similar life like experiences. This book is compiled with poetry based on life experiences in terms of our struggles and victories, history, prophecy according to the Bible and most importantly, how God relates Himself to His children. It defines the love of God and His purpose for mankind, it defines who she is as an individual, and as His princess. Likewise, it is aforementioned about her testimony of what God has done for her, and what He can do for you. The purposes He has intended for our lives then, now and forevermore. Hence, "Rhymes & Reason" is the name given, because life is full of poetry and reason. For reasoning is indeed healthy for the mind, as well it is for the soul. May you be richly blessed, as the King of reason Himself longs to reason with you. May He reach our hearts through this poetry of love. Her desire through this book, is for you to have a personal close relationship with the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Poems used in radio ministry & many religious periodicals.

The Father Wears Son Glasses is a journey down life’s avenue with its endless questions, pitfalls, battles and victories. It is also a look into the Heart of a Heavenly Father and the marvelous Grace, Love and Mercy He bestows on all of His children, including His prodigals. You will be encouraged by the inescapable truth that you are not doing life alone but have The Living, Loving God walking alongside of you. As you twist and turn through a hodgepodge of emotions and circumstances one thing is certain; you will not leave this book feeling indifferent. Written with transparency and candor, there is one constant that saturates each page: “The Rhyme and Reason for Everything” is The Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This unique narrative will touch the core of one’s deepest concerns, fears and beliefs, but will also bring comfort and hope to the weary, worn out “I’ll do it myself” Christian.

Jim was born in England and grew up in South Africa. He trained as a mechanical engineer in England and Canada and returned to RSA in 1974 where he was employed by Eskom for 16 years He married Phyllida, a Cape Town girl in 1981. Since then, they have lived in several places in RSA, initially for Eskom before retiring in 1990 on the grounds of poor health. After this, they pursued their Christian call in Middelburg, Worcester, Fish Hoek, Weltevreden Park and Randburg. Their connections with various churches include Bryanston Baptist Fellowship (now known as New Covenant Fellowship), Rhema Randburg, Ermelo Christian Fellowship, the Methodist Church of SA in: 1) Middelburg, 2) Worcester, 3) Fish Hoek and 4) Weltevreden Park. They also served the Lord in Weltevreden Chapel, Oak Tree Fellowship and Riversong Family Church. (RFC). In RFC, they were lead elders from 2008 to 2010 when they retired. Jims passion has been Bible teaching. He has concentrated on Survey reading in order to help ordinary men and women gain a better understanding of the Scriptures. He has assisted Phyllida in presenting her course, Hearing from God in various places in RSA. This was done to help ordinary Christian men and women become more confident in hearing God for themselves rather than through others. For the past 32 years, Jim has been a prophetic poet, taking Gods Word to others in verse and rhyme. He is largely self-taught, but attended Evening Bible School in Randburg in 1982. Jim and Phyllida are qualified as Local Preachers in the Methodist Church. They are also ordained ministers in World Christian Network. Jims ministry has been influenced by such men as Dr A W Tozer, Paris Riedhead, Gene Edwards, Derek Prins, Malcolm Smith and in particular David Pawson.

Reverential, celebratory, antagonistic, and even erotic, this remarkable collection of essays interprets the Psalms as a collection of poetry. Written by 14 acclaimed poets, the essays approach the Psalms from a personal, often autobiographical perspective, demonstrating how relevant they remain for today’s readers. Alicia Ostriker examines the Psalms’ glory and their terror in a moving essay that revels in their moods of joy while acknowledging the brutality they invoke, linking their violence to events such as 9/11, the Palestinian uprisings, and the Rwandan massacres. Weaving autobiographical anecdotes with scholarly introspection, Enid Dame provides a Jewish explanation of Psalm 22, while editor Lynn Domina contemplates the pastoral life as she connects the everyday with phrases from the Psalms. From a former nun to a self-described left-wing Jew, from a Midrashic scholar to a Texas rancher, the contributors mirror the wide swath of humanity interested in, and affected by, the Psalms.

Gustaf Aulen's classic work, 'Christus Victor', has long been a standard text on the atonement. Aulen applies history of ideas' methodology to historical theology in tracing the development of three views of the atonement. Aulen asserts that in traditional histories of the doctrine of the atonement only two views have usually been presented, the objective/Anselmian and the subjective/Aberlardian views. According to Aulen, however, there is another type of atonement doctrine in which Christ overcomes the hostile powers that hold humanity in subjection, at the same time that God in Christ reconciles the world to Himself. This view he calls the "classic" idea of the atonement. Because of its predominance in the New Testament, in patristic writings, and in the theology of Luther, Aulen holds that the classic type may be called the distinctively Christian idea of the atonement.