This year, Ash Wednesday falls on the 2nd March, just over a month away, as I write this. How quickly it seems to have come round this year. As usual, I present a selection of books for personal reflection or giving.
Embracing Justice by Isabelle Hanley. The Archbishop Of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2022
In the Archbishop Of Canterbury’s Lent Book for 2022, Isabelle Hanley invites us on an exhilarating journey through Scripture to discover how we, as churches, communities and individual Christians, can seek and practice justice even when enmeshed in such a fractured world. Full of practical encouragement, Embracing Justice brilliantly weaves together biblical texts, diverse voices, contemporary stories, and personal and group meditations to reveal liberating and imaginative ways in which we may grow in discipleship – and more fully reflect the justice, mercy and compassion of Christ in our lives.
REF 5342 SPCK (RRP £10.99) ASLAN £8.49
Sharing The Easter Story: From Reading to Living the Gospel by Sally Welch
In this year’s Bible Reading Fellowship’s Lent Book Sally Welch explores two questions; what is the Easter story really about, and how do we share it? Through each week in Lent, a different aspect of the Easter story is examined, repenting, changing, hoping, trusting, forgiving, loving and sacrificing. Within each week, the days are focused on what we need to do in order to share the story: listening, understanding, reflecting, living, telling, sharing and becoming. Each day offers a Bible passage, followed by a reflection and prayer activity.
REF 5382 BRF (RRP £8.99) ASLAN £7.49
Where The Lost Things Go by Lucy Berry
Where the Lost Things Go is a ‘practically perfect’ Lent course for small group study – or for reading on one’s own – based on the popular film ‘Mary Poppins Returns’.
REF 3000 DLT (RRP £6.99) ASLAN £5.99
Preparing for Easter: Fifty Devotional Readings by C. S. Lewis
Together in one special volume, selections from the best of beloved, best-selling author C. S. Lewis’ classic works for readers contemplating the ‘grand miracle’ of Jesus’ resurrection. Preparing for Easter is a concise, handy companion for the faithful of all Christian traditions and the curious to help them deepen their knowledge and consideration of this holy season – a time of reflection as we consider Jesus’ sacrifice and his joyous rise from the dead. Carefully curated, each selection in Preparing for Easter draws on a major theme in Lewis’ writings on the Christian life, as well as others that consider why we can have confident faith in what happened on the cross.
REF 4111 WILLIAM COLLINS (RRP £8.99) ASLAN £6.99
Lent Talks A Collection of Broadcasts
This handpicked selection from BBC Radio 4’s popular Lent Talks will help you discover anew the meaning of Jesus’ ministry and passion.
REF 2026 SPCK (RRP £7.99) ASLAN £5.99
The Easter Story by Karen Williamson
A delightful re-telling of the Easter Story ideal for sharing with toddlers, with bright, charming illustrations by Marie Allen. The story is expanded to give a little more detail and to enable it to be read as a continuous story over a number of days leading up to Easter. This is an Easter story with a difference for young children, perfect for bedtimes or church groups. Ages 2 to 4.
REF 5447CANDLE (RRP £6.99) ASLAN £5.99
Wishing you all a meaningful and Holy Lent and a joyous Easter.
All suggestions taken from the special Lent and Easter edition of Aslan Christian Book’s magazine. It is well worth perusing their website for a huge selection of books, Bibles and gifts. Aslanchristianbooks.com or phone 01373 823451. Alternatively, I can order for you.
Lynn Winter
