Stephen Cottrell

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  Things He Did

  $13.99

  One extraordinary week. Jesus rides a colt into Jerusalem. He shows righteous rage in the temple. He eats with the wrong sort of people. He lets a woman anoint him with oil. He washes his disciples’ feet. He breaks bread and shares wine. He prays passionately in the garden. He allows himself to be arrested. Jesus stands in the prophetic tradition of those who embody what they teach. The things he did were carefully planned. And in this riveting book, Stephen Cottrell draws out their political and religious significance as Jesus moves towards his greatest and final act – his death and resurrection.

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  Christ In The Wilderness

  $15.99

  In this attractive illustrated book, Stephen Cottrell reflects on five of the Christ in the Wilderness paintings, and reveals them to be a rich source of spiritual wisdom and nourishment. He invites us to slow down and enter into the stillness of Stanley Spencer’s vision. By dwelling in the wilderness of these evocative portraits, Stephen Cottrell encourages us to refine our own discipleship and learn again what it means to follow Christ.

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  Walking Backwards To Christmas

  $17.00

  Congregations are often confused or uninspired by the emphasis on Old Testament themes during Advent and too “over” Christmas by December 26 to pay much attention to the Gospel stories that follow Jesus’ birth. Walking Backwards to Christmas starts at the end of the story, with Jesus’ presentation to Anna and Simeon at the temple, and moves backwards through Herod’s slaughter of the innocents, the wise men’s visit, Jesus’ birth in a stable, Mary’s pregnancy, and finally to the much-earlier hopes and dreams of Isaiah and Moses.

  Telling the Christmas story through the eyes of both famous figures like King Herod and imagined characters like the innkeeper’s wife, Stephen Cottrell invites readers to experience Jesus’ birth anew, with greater appreciation of the dark themes and ancient figures relevant to the Advent story.

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  Youth Emmaus : Includes Free CD-ROM

  $40.00

  Youth Emmaus is a course designed to help those aged 11 to 16 explore the basics of the Christian faith. This is no easy task – but Youth Emmaus offers a winning combination of meaty leaders’ notes, cool handouts for group members, great cartoons and graphics and a free CD-ROM stacked with other useful resources. The material is fully road-tested and ideal for youth groups and as a confirmation course for young people.

  Youth Emmaus tackles:

  What Christians Believe (5 Units)
  How Christians Grow (5 Units)
  Living the Christian Life (3 Units)

  Youth Emmaus also contains a FREE CD-ROM that includes:

  Handouts and supplementary handouts for all sessions as PDF files
  Emmaus Poster
  Downloadable services to use with young people and a section on using Youth Emmaus in an all-age context
  Powerpoint presentation on Youth Emmaus
  Useful links to Emmaus website
  All icons from handouts available in colour in a downloadable format

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  How To Live

  $14.99

  Church House Publishing

  How to Live is a personal companion for your journey of faith. Whether you are a new Christian setting out, or a weary traveller in need of refreshment, this book offers an inspiring guide to the essentials of the Christian life. With wisdom, honesty and humour it explores the inward and outward journeys that being a Christian involves: What it means to be baptized Learning to pray Exploring the scriptures Belonging to the church Relating faith to everyday life Sharing your faith with others Serving God in the world It includes many prayers and readings to nourish you along the way. Living as a Christian means being open to a lifelong journey of discovery, change and growth. Let How to Live be your guide to this amazing adventure.

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  How To Pray

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  Church House Publishing

  How to Pray is a basic primer on prayer. It will get you started, keep you going and uses every stage of life and its varied events to renew and expand your understanding of being alive to God. Completely honest about the struggles and difficulties everyone encounters, it will help you discover how natural prayer is, even when you least feel like it.aaWith his characteristic humour and realism, Stephen Cottrell offers a guide ‘from an experienced beginner’ for those starting out on the Christian journey and for those who feel there is more to discover. Full of stories and examples from the Christian tradition and daily life, simple principles to follow, some prayers to use and helpful insights from spiritual writers through the ages, this is a book to inspire over and over again. A great gift for confirmation or adult baptism.aaPreviously published as Praying Through Life.

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  Things He Carried

  $10.99

  The narrative of Holy Week is powerful and painful, and because we know how the story ends it’s easy to gloss over the difficult details, and stay in the comfort zone of our understanding. Stephen Cottrell brings home, vividly and poignantly, the physical reality of the passion story. This is a book to stimulate thought, provoke discussion and create space for contemplation.

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