
The Wind, the Fountain and the Fire
Scripture and the Renewal of the Christian Imagination: The 2020 Lent Book
Mark Barrett(Author)
Bloomsbury Continuum (Publisher)
Published on 12. December 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-4729-6837-1 (ISBN)
Description
The 2020 Lent Book from Bloomsbury explores the vivid imagery of the Psalms and the Gospels as a path into scriptural prayer.
Scripture, and especially the Book of Psalms, has always formed the substance of the daily prayer of Christian monks and nuns. Monastic men and women spend more time among the scriptures each day than in most other activities.
How do such regular interactions with the texts of the Old and New Testaments help us renew our Christian imaginations; how might these reflective encounters enable all of us to discover the wind of the Spirit, the fountain of living water and the fire from which God speaks, within the printed pages of our Bibles?
In The Wind, the Fountain and the Fire, Mark Barrett, a Benedictine monk of Worth Abbey, offers a Lenten pathway through scripture, opening the gateway of sacred imagery as a mode of prayerful reflection. For each week of Lent he has selected a different image: the Dust; the Mountain; the Well; the Light and the Tomb.
In these richly imagined biblical symbols we are invited to find keys which can unlock both our experience of scripture and our understanding of our own hearts.
Scripture, and especially the Book of Psalms, has always formed the substance of the daily prayer of Christian monks and nuns. Monastic men and women spend more time among the scriptures each day than in most other activities.
How do such regular interactions with the texts of the Old and New Testaments help us renew our Christian imaginations; how might these reflective encounters enable all of us to discover the wind of the Spirit, the fountain of living water and the fire from which God speaks, within the printed pages of our Bibles?
In The Wind, the Fountain and the Fire, Mark Barrett, a Benedictine monk of Worth Abbey, offers a Lenten pathway through scripture, opening the gateway of sacred imagery as a mode of prayerful reflection. For each week of Lent he has selected a different image: the Dust; the Mountain; the Well; the Light and the Tomb.
In these richly imagined biblical symbols we are invited to find keys which can unlock both our experience of scripture and our understanding of our own hearts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
2608 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-6837-1 (9781472968371)
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Mark Barrett
The Wind, the Fountain and the Fire
Scripture and the Renewal of the Christian Imagination: the 2020 Lent Book
E-Book
12/2019
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Continuum
€10.49
Available for download

Mark Barrett
The Wind, the Fountain and the Fire
Scripture and the Renewal of the Christian Imagination: the 2020 Lent Book
E-Book
12/2019
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€10.49
Available for download
Person
Mark Barrett OSB, is a monk of Worth Abbey, Sussex, UK. His previous book was entitled Crossing: Reclaiming the Landscape of our Lives and was published by Darton, Longman and Todd.
Content
Introduction
Prelude to Lent: Stepping into the Story of Scripture
1 The Dust: Ash Wednesday and the First Week of Lent
2 The Mountain: Second Week of Lent
3 The Well: The Third Week of Lent
4 The Light: The Fourth Week of Lent
5 The Tomb: The Fifth Week of Lent
Acknowledgements
Prelude to Lent: Stepping into the Story of Scripture
1 The Dust: Ash Wednesday and the First Week of Lent
2 The Mountain: Second Week of Lent
3 The Well: The Third Week of Lent
4 The Light: The Fourth Week of Lent
5 The Tomb: The Fifth Week of Lent
Acknowledgements