- Caroline's report after the workshop
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Events (5): Swansea Poetry Workshop
Just a reminder to say that Peter Thabit Jones, editor of The Seventh Quarry, will be leading a poetry workshop in the Dylan Thomas Centre on Saturday morning 20 June 2009 (10am-12 noon) with a poet from Catalonia and a poet from USA. Detail of the event can be found here.
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Reference & Resources (1): ODNB
The new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has a useful section for book lovers and reading groups. You may like to take a look here.
You can find out about literary groups e.g. the Inklings and the Metaphysical poets. There are podcasts and various other options available to non-subscribers, but you have to be a subscriber to have unlimited access to the DNB lives.
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You can find out about literary groups e.g. the Inklings and the Metaphysical poets. There are podcasts and various other options available to non-subscribers, but you have to be a subscriber to have unlimited access to the DNB lives.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Caroline Gill (3): Book Review, Gideon Cecil
THE REVELATION OF LOVE by the Reverend Gideon Cecil
Outskirts Press, Inc., Denver, Colorado (2009).
360pp. ISBN 978-1-59800-710-7
Available at £21.95 from: www.amazon.co.uk
Available at $28.95 from: www.amazon.com
It is the author’s prayer that these lyrical poems will highlight Christ’s ‘message of hope and salvation’. The title is presumably intended to echo the Medieval mystical work, A Revelation of Love, by Mother Julian of Norwich.
This substantial volume from a prize-winning writer explores Christian faith and the plight of humanity: it covers most subjects under heaven. The poet paints a rainbow of joy and pain. His work is seasoned with spice from the Caribbean ‘pepper pot boiling in the heat’.
Cecil, a college lecturer, journalist and ordained Christian Minister of Religion in Guyana, holds a Masters Degree in Theology from Life Christian University in Tampa, Florida. He speaks up on behalf of his ‘scattered people’, who have been ‘drifting on many shores’ since those shameful days when their ancestors ‘worked as slaves in the cane fields’. His portrayal of national sorrow is arresting. This reviewer, however, feels less at ease with some of the more intimate, confessional-style poems of deep hurt, such as ‘My Lover’s Kiss’.
The poet points the reader on from his land of ‘the bush hog’ and the ‘magnificent macaw’ to Christ, who alone fully understands those frail human faculties with which we experience love and loss.
Outskirts Press, Inc., Denver, Colorado (2009).
360pp. ISBN 978-1-59800-710-7
Available at £21.95 from: www.amazon.co.uk
Available at $28.95 from: www.amazon.com
You are the secret singer in the last note
of my song...
From ‘My Final Song’
It is the author’s prayer that these lyrical poems will highlight Christ’s ‘message of hope and salvation’. The title is presumably intended to echo the Medieval mystical work, A Revelation of Love, by Mother Julian of Norwich.
This substantial volume from a prize-winning writer explores Christian faith and the plight of humanity: it covers most subjects under heaven. The poet paints a rainbow of joy and pain. His work is seasoned with spice from the Caribbean ‘pepper pot boiling in the heat’.
Cecil, a college lecturer, journalist and ordained Christian Minister of Religion in Guyana, holds a Masters Degree in Theology from Life Christian University in Tampa, Florida. He speaks up on behalf of his ‘scattered people’, who have been ‘drifting on many shores’ since those shameful days when their ancestors ‘worked as slaves in the cane fields’. His portrayal of national sorrow is arresting. This reviewer, however, feels less at ease with some of the more intimate, confessional-style poems of deep hurt, such as ‘My Lover’s Kiss’.
The poet points the reader on from his land of ‘the bush hog’ and the ‘magnificent macaw’ to Christ, who alone fully understands those frail human faculties with which we experience love and loss.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Publications (1): Helena Wilkinson
NEW BOOK!
Click here to pre-order a copy
'Designed for Living'
Workbook
Unlock the secrets of abundant life
By
Jeannette Barwick & Helena Wilkinson
Understand yourself and others better as you discover God's original design for your life with this 8-session resource for women.
Explore your deepest longings, motives and patterns of thinking and relating, and find deep security and personal significance as you learn to draw more thoroughly on the Father's love for you.
This workbook, based on CWR's popular Designed for Living seminar, will help you to uncover and correct harmful beliefs, thought processes and behaviours so you can live life more freely and fully as a child of God.
Suitable for group or individual use.
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'Designed for Living changed my life'
"More than a decade ago my life was drastically changed when I encountered the design for living which this book describes – and I genuinely have never been the same person since!
"By helping me to understand and accept myself, and others, I was able to discard the 'candy floss' mask I'd always hidden behind. I'm no longer afraid to be the person God created me to be, as I find my identity in Him."
Jennifer Rees Larcombe
***********************
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Jeannette Barwick
is the founder of CWR's Ministry to Women and has long been committed to helping women around the world apply biblical truths to their lives and relationships, through seminars and books.
Helena Wilkinson
is a freelance writer and speaker. She was the Founder and Director of Kainos Trust, a charity for eating disorder sufferers, which merged with Nicholaston House in South Wales where she runs courses
Click here to pre-order a copy
'Designed for Living'
Workbook
Unlock the secrets of abundant life
By
Jeannette Barwick & Helena Wilkinson
Understand yourself and others better as you discover God's original design for your life with this 8-session resource for women.
Explore your deepest longings, motives and patterns of thinking and relating, and find deep security and personal significance as you learn to draw more thoroughly on the Father's love for you.
This workbook, based on CWR's popular Designed for Living seminar, will help you to uncover and correct harmful beliefs, thought processes and behaviours so you can live life more freely and fully as a child of God.
Suitable for group or individual use.
********************
'Designed for Living changed my life'
"More than a decade ago my life was drastically changed when I encountered the design for living which this book describes – and I genuinely have never been the same person since!
"By helping me to understand and accept myself, and others, I was able to discard the 'candy floss' mask I'd always hidden behind. I'm no longer afraid to be the person God created me to be, as I find my identity in Him."
Jennifer Rees Larcombe
***********************
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Jeannette Barwick
is the founder of CWR's Ministry to Women and has long been committed to helping women around the world apply biblical truths to their lives and relationships, through seminars and books.
Helena Wilkinson
is a freelance writer and speaker. She was the Founder and Director of Kainos Trust, a charity for eating disorder sufferers, which merged with Nicholaston House in South Wales where she runs courses
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Caroline Gill (2): Buying books aboard the 'Logos Hope'
It was an unusually balmy evening on Tuesday 2 June 2009 as we clambered up the gangplank of the Logos Hope in Cardiff Bay. The ship's mooring was barely a stone's throw from the Senedd, the Norwegian Sailors' Church and the Millennium Centre. Logos Hope belongs to the missionary organization, Operation Mobilisation (OM): it is a ship that will sail around many parts of the world on its mission to take the Gospel to all nations. The warm weather had brought everybody on to the streets, and there was an atmosphere of excitement in the air: people were keen to come aboard to explore the ship and to enjoy a snack in the international café. We were joined by the Mayor of Cardiff. UK supporters had travelled from parts of Wales, Oxfordshire and the West Midlands to be there.
The ship's motto is 'Bringing knowledge, Help and Hope', and during the course of our evening on board, we enjoyed a presentation about aspects of this unique ministry. One of the main thrusts of the work comprises the 'world's largest floating book fair' which carries an incredible 6000 titles. We had a most enjoyable browse. There were Bibles in many languages, commentaries (including an archaeologist's guide to the Bible!), Christian books, familiar names like C.S. Lewis and Tolkien - and a huge selection of children's books, hobby books, cookery books, CDs, diaries, polo shirts and all manner of items. I was pleased to buy a copy of W. Phillip Keller's book, 'A Shepherd looks at Psalm 23'. I also bought a travel book about Scotland and a few small presents for the family.
The 400+ crew members, representing 50 nationalities, seek to promote 'education and international understanding through relief work, the floating book fair and cultural exchange programmes.' They serve on board as a practical expression of their faith in Jesus Christ.
The Logos Hope had its 'Official Opening' in Denmark. Since then it has sailed to Cardiff from Edinburgh via Belfast. It will soon be departing for London and then for Saint Vincent in the Caribbean. The ship is 'open' from 12.30 to 20.30 pm on Tuesdays to Fridays and from 10.00 to 22.00 pm on Saturdays. If you are in the Cardiff Bay area before 7 June, do climb aboard to see this remarkable project for yourself.
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