Untamed Gospel complements The Bright Field and Darkness Yielding, and offers meditations, reflections, stories, prayers and poems for use throughout the church year. Each one focuses on the often startling nature of Jesus' sayings and teachings, the raw honesty of the psalms and other biblical texts, and on contemporary issues, such as mental health and displacement, seen in the light of the demands of the kingdom of God. A rich resource for worship, preaching, teaching and personal reflection throughout the year, Untamed Gospel contains hundreds of reproducible items, including seasonal reflections, stories, homilies, poems and some of Jim Cotter's last writings as he was being treated for cancer: a moving sequence of prayer poems inspired by the psalms.

Untamed Gospel complements The Bright Field and Darkness Yielding, and offers meditations, reflections, stories, prayers and poems for use throughout the church year. Each one focuses on the often startling nature of Jesus' sayings and teachings, the raw honesty of the psalms and other biblical texts.

Martyn Percy

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Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Introduction

Part 1: Untamed Gospel: Protests and Promptings

Wisdom and counter-intuition

Human evolution to ‘higher things’

A gospel according to risk management, health and safety?

Horror or glory: what’s basic?

The mustard seed and the yeast

On judgement, repentance and restoration

Litter: a moral and spiritual problem 

In praise of moderation

Everybody wants a happy ending (Reflections on Ian McEwan’s Atonement)

Healing the centurion’s servant

Story: The Pigs Can Swim

Part 2: Sermons and Homilies for the Christian Year

Waiting in Advent

Two readings for Christmas: abiding

Candlemas

Conversion of St Paul

Having a laugh (in Lent)

Palm Sunday: what does it take not to bend?

Holy Week

Reading the ascension

Pentecost

Transfiguration: a meditation

Michaelmas: Feast of St Michael and All Angels

St Luke

Bible Sunday

Christ the King

Remembrance: but why?

Story: In the Beginning, the Word

Part 3: Sermons and Homilies for Other Occasions

The twilight zone

The Angel of the Lord and Gideon

Martyrs

Witnesses – after the ascension

‘Hear My Prayer’

Shepherds

Odds and ends

Love Actually

Christian unity at Jacob’s Well

Debating the trivial things: tactics and strategies

Story: The Free-market Church

Part 4: Prayers and Poems

Readings and Poems

A Psalm and Reading for Each Day of the Week

Poems and Prayers

The Candle Trilogy

Kingdom Come: Spartacus, Untamed

Untamed Gospel complements The Bright Field and Darkness Yielding, and offers meditations, reflections, stories, prayers and poems for use throughout the church year. Each one focuses on the often startling nature of Jesus’ sayings and teachings, the raw honesty of the psalms and other biblical texts, and on contemporary issues, such as mental health and displacement, seen in the light of the demands of the kingdom of God.  
  
  
  
A rich resource for worship, preaching, teaching and personal reflection throughout the year, Untamed Gospel contains hundreds of reproducible items, including seasonal reflections, stories, homilies, poems and some of Jim Cotter’s last writings as he was being treated for cancer: a moving sequence of prayer poems inspired by the psalms.

Corrymeela is Northern Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation organisation. At its heart is a simple pattern of daily worship that is structured around meditation on the Gospels. This prayer book captures the essence of the Corrymeela prayer experience for everyone who wishes to incorporate its spirituality into their regular prayer practice.

Corrymeela is Northern Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation organisation. Founded 50 years ago in the belief that people and communities can learn to live together well, it is a dispersed Christian community with 200 members and 4000 friends worldwide, hosting 11,000 guests each year. Its leader is the writer and poet, Padraig O Tuama. At the heart of its life is a simple pattern of daily worship that is structured around meditation on the Gospels. This prayer book captures the essence of the Corrymeela prayer experience for everyone who wishes to incorporate its spirituality into their regular prayer practice. Structured over 31 days, it offers for each day a Bible reading, a reflection and a specially written prayer by Padraig O Tuama. In addition, it includes an introduction to the spirituality of welcome that sustains Corrymeela's remarkable work.

Padraig O Tuama is leader of the Corrymeela Community, a poet, theologian and mediator. He has worked in conflict resolution in Ireland, Africa and the Middle East. He is a popular figure at Greenbelt, Solas and other festivals.

• A new book from an author with a fast rising profile in his native Ireland and far beyond. • Corrymeela has a large and loyal following around the world. • Through its extensive residential and non-residential programme of events, and the author's many public appearances, there will be many opportunities for promotion.

Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community draws on the spiritual practices of Northern Ireland's longest established peace and reconciliation organisation. For over fifty years, it has been bringing fractured communities together and resourcing others in the work of healing conflict. At the heart of its life is a simple pattern of daily worship. This prayer book captures the essence of the Corrymeela prayer experience to help you incorporate its spirituality into your practice of prayer. Structured over 31 days, it offers a daily Bible reading with accompanying prayer by Pádraig Ó Tuama. as well as an introduction to the spirituality that sustains Corrymeela's remarkable work.

These poem-prayers are compassionate, contemporary and formally innovative. Improvising key moments in scripture, they offer a fresh perspective, linguistic rhythms grounded in truth and love. Savour them on the tongue, learn them off by heart, customise them, make them your own. Patience Agbabi, poet, author of Telling Tales, former Poet Laureate of Canterbury.

The bestselling writer and popular broadcaster Sam Wells reflects on the essence of discipleship and Christian ministry today. Believing that ministry is essentially about 'being with' the other, whether that is God, the church, friends or strangers, he explores the theme of 'being with' in a variety of contexts.

The bestselling writer and popular broadcaster Sam Wells reflects theologically and practically on the essence of discipleship and Christian ministry today. Beginning with a central understanding that ministry is essentially about 'being with' the other, whether that other is God, the church, friends or strangers in the world, he explores the theme of 'being with' in a number of important spiritual, pastoral and ethical contexts. These include: \* Being with God, alone and with others \* Being with oneself \* Being with the creation \* Being with others in the everyday \* Being with the troubled \* Being with those who have lost a sense of self \* Being with the dying This book, and its forthcoming companion, Incarnational Mission, develops ideas first explored in Sam Wells' highly acclaimed and seminal book, A Nazareth Manifesto.

'At the interface of critical academic reflection and faithful church theology, we have no better voice than that of Sam Wells. He invites us to rethink, from the ground up, our abiding temptation to condescending help and service to others. He compellingly renders a more excellent way toward the transformative with.' -- Walter Brueggemann

Samuel Wells is Vicar of St Martin in the Fields, London, and is the author and editor of many acclaimed books. Previously he was Dean of Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University, North Carolina, and has worked closely with Stanley Hauerwas.

• Sam Wells is a leading voice in the church and in theology today. • A book for all who are seeking ways for their faith to inform their lives or who are exploring a call to ministry. • A wise and refreshing guide for all who are already engaged in pastoral ministry.

The bestselling writer and popular broadcaster Sam Wells reflects theologically and practically on the essence of discipleship and Christian ministry today. Those in ministry, like Jesus, are called to the task of 'being with': with God, with the church, with the created world and those who live in it. Incarnational Ministry explores the concept of 'being with' in eight dimensions: presence, attention, mystery, delight, participation, partnership, enjoyment and glory. It challenges readers to deeper discipleship and more vital ministry as they explore what it means to be with the troubled, the hurt, the afflicted and the dying – and all who are embraced by the Church's incarnational ministry.

'At the interface of critical academic reflection and faithful church theology, we have no better voice than that of Sam Wells. He invites us to rethink, from the ground up, our abiding temptation to condescending help and service to others. He compellingly renders a more excellent way toward the transformative with.'

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Incarnational Ministry helps you to live out ministry by drawing on principles of discipleship to help you care and comfort those in need

Untamed Gospel complements The Bright Field and Darkness Yielding, and offers meditations, reflections, stories, prayers and poems for use throughout the church year. Each one focuses on the often startling nature of Jesus' sayings and teachings, the raw honesty of the psalms and other biblical texts, and on contemporary issues, such as mental health and displacement, seen in the light of the demands of the kingdom of God. It offers a prophetic challenge to the church's tendency towards management and control. A rich resource for worship, preaching, teaching and personal reflection throughout the year, Untamed Gospel contains hundreds of reproducible items, including seasonal reflections, stories, homilies, poems and some of Jim Cotter's last writings as he was being treated for cancer: a moving sequence of prayer poems inspired by the psalms.

Martyn Percy is Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Rowan Williams was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury and is now Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Malcolm Guite is Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge. A performance poet and singer/songwriter, he lectures widely on poetry and theology in Britain and the US. Jim Cotter, who died in 2014, was an Anglican priest, retreat leader and one of the most creative liturgists of our day.

• An original and varied resource for worship and reflection throughout the Christian year, that allows the undomesticated voice of the gospel to be heard. • A stellar line up of contributors, all with excellent track records in their own right. Collectively, they have sold over 100,000 Canterbury Press books. • The companion volume, Darkness Yielding has sold over 5000 copies and is in its third edition.

The bestselling writer and popular broadcaster Sam Wells reflects on the essence of discipleship and Christian ministry today. Believing that ministry is essentially about 'being with' the other, whether that is God, the church, friends or strangers, he explores the theme of 'believing with' in variety of contexts.

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