Kirjahaku

This is the third book in the series of poems based on texts from the Revised Common Lectionary--Original Testament, Gospel, Letters and Psalms which look to the heart of each text in order to provoke in the reader a new experience of the good news of God. They are written in a variety of poetic styles and rhythms, sometimes with humor, sometimes with an eye to the issues of contemporary life which the gospel addresses, and always with faith that there is something new for the people of God every day. This volume has 150 poems and includes seven new hymn texts with suggested tunes. Arranged chronologically for Church Year C, the index of all 147 biblical references will be useful even for those not specifically following the lectionary. With titles like ""The End of Going to Church""; ""To the Readers of the Christmas Story: No More 'Ho-Hum, the Reading of Scripture'""; ""Send in the Clowns""; ""Omega 3 Antidote to Scarcity""; ""Comeuppance of a Blowhard""; and ""All This Mommixity and Foofaraw,"" these poems will delight, inform, and inspire preachers, devotional readers, and study groups alike.

This is the third book in the series of poems based on texts from the Revised Common Lectionary--Original Testament, Gospel, Letters and Psalms which look to the heart of each text in order to provoke in the reader a new experience of the good news of God. They are written in a variety of poetic styles and rhythms, sometimes with humor, sometimes with an eye to the issues of contemporary life which the gospel addresses, and always with faith that there is something new for the people of God every day. This volume has 150 poems and includes seven new hymn texts with suggested tunes. Arranged chronologically for Church Year C, the index of all 147 biblical references will be useful even for those not specifically following the lectionary. With titles like ""The End of Going to Church""; ""To the Readers of the Christmas Story: No More 'Ho-Hum, the Reading of Scripture'""; ""Send in the Clowns""; ""Omega 3 Antidote to Scarcity""; ""Comeuppance of a Blowhard""; and ""All This Mommixity and Foofaraw,"" these poems will delight, inform, and inspire preachers, devotional readers, and study groups alike.

This is a book of insightful, often humorous, and always grace-filled poems for each Sunday of the church year and occasional other days. Based on one or more texts for Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary--Original Testament, Gospel, Letters, and Psalms--each poem reveals surprises about God much like the proclamations made by the biblical writers. For preachers, the poems here will be a joyful springboard to the sermon, each one a mini-sermon in itself; and for people in the pews, a brand-new way of thinking about the Bible. The index of 124 biblical references will make the book usable at any time. With titles like "The Once and Future Comeuppance of the Butters," "What's Really Original Here," "Three Drinking Limericks," and "They Thought It Was the Feds," these poems will help the reader discover the God known and shown by Jesus and the earliest faith communities as amazing, abundant, boundary-pushing, and bold.

Here is a second book of engaging, creative, and theologically astute poems for each Sunday of the church year and occasional other days based on the texts for Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary--Original Testament, Gospel, Letters, and Psalms. With the conviction that Scripture always proclaims something new about God, each of these 107 poems reveal a surprise, often with humor, like the proclamations made by the biblical writers. There are five new hymn texts with suggested tunes, and another poem can be a light-hearted choir anthem. For preachers, study groups, and personal devotions, the index of 128 biblical references will make the book usable at any time. With titles like ""Kind of Disturbed by Some of These Scriptures,"" ""Does Jesus Still Thumb His Nose?"" and ""From the KJV to Shazam "" these poems will provoke, amuse, inform, and inspire anyone who suspects the Bible's purpose is to proclaim grace for our lives.

Here is a second book of engaging, creative, and theologically astute poems for each Sunday of the church year and occasional other days based on the texts for Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary--Original Testament, Gospel, Letters, and Psalms. With the conviction that Scripture always proclaims something new about God, each of these 107 poems reveal a surprise, often with humor, like the proclamations made by the biblical writers. There are five new hymn texts with suggested tunes, and another poem can be a light-hearted choir anthem. For preachers, study groups, and personal devotions, the index of 128 biblical references will make the book usable at any time. With titles like ""Kind of Disturbed by Some of These Scriptures,"" ""Does Jesus Still Thumb His Nose?"" and ""From the KJV to Shazam "" these poems will provoke, amuse, inform, and inspire anyone who suspects the Bible's purpose is to proclaim grace for our lives.