Parables of Northern Seed
Anthology from BBC's Thought for the Day
Published on 1. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
143 pages
978-1-84952-302-8 (ISBN)
Description
When Alastair McIntosh was asked what makes a good BBC radio 'God slot' he quoted his late friend Walter Wink: 'To conceive of heaven as the transcendent possibilities latent in every emerging moment.' This anthology shares the best of Alastair's Prayer and Thought for the Day pieces from nearly a decade. Here is that of God, transcendent, yet also here and now, immanent, within the day's hard news. 'O taste and see - '
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Language
English
Place of publication
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84952-302-8 (9781849523028)
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Alastair McIntosh
Parables of Northern Seed
E-Book
07/2014
Wild Goose Publications
€9.49
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Alastair McIntosh
Parables of Northern Seed
E-Book
07/2014
Wild Goose Publications
€0.00
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Person
Raised on the Isle of Lewis and resident in Govan, Alastair is a Quaker and author of books including Soil and Soul (2001), Hell and High Water (2008) and Island Spirituality (2013). His writing has been described by the Bishop of Liverpool as 'life-changing', by George Monbiot as 'world-changing' and by Thom Yorke of Radiohead as 'truly mental'.