Wake Up to Advent!
The Archbishop of York's Advent Book, 2019
Published on 5. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-281-08354-1 (ISBN)
Description
'This is the hour of crisis:
it is high time for you to wake out of sleep,
for deliverance is nearer to us now
than it was when first we believed.'
St Paul's encouraging words to the Christians in Rome are the springboard for the Archbishop of York's Advent book for 2019.
With prayers and stimulating questions for reflection at the end of each daily meditation, here is fresh spiritual food for the Advent journey - pressed down, shaken together and running over.
'Wake up! Clean up! Feed up! Grow up!'
Walk alongside Archbishop Sentamu this Advent, as he discusses the meaning and influence of those four gospel imperatives in this lively and invigorating book.
it is high time for you to wake out of sleep,
for deliverance is nearer to us now
than it was when first we believed.'
St Paul's encouraging words to the Christians in Rome are the springboard for the Archbishop of York's Advent book for 2019.
With prayers and stimulating questions for reflection at the end of each daily meditation, here is fresh spiritual food for the Advent journey - pressed down, shaken together and running over.
'Wake up! Clean up! Feed up! Grow up!'
Walk alongside Archbishop Sentamu this Advent, as he discusses the meaning and influence of those four gospel imperatives in this lively and invigorating book.
Reviews / Votes
This is a book full of insight and anecdote, gracefully combined to both engage us and lead us forward in our life's pilgrimage with Jesus. * Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster * 'This book is the perfect antidote to the stress and commercialism of our preparations for Christmas. Here is simple but satisfying food for prayer and reflection, shot through with personal stories and enlivened by a deep faith. This is soul food in which all can feed'. * Sir Philip Mawer, Canon Provincial of York * 'In a book packed with helpful biblical readings and inspiring personal stories, Archbishop Sentamu encourages us - and challenges us - to wake pp, clean up, feed up and grow up in Advent. Here is an Advent Calendar to open daily, and with mounting joy and expectation, as we prepare for Christmas.' * Jane Williams, Assistant Dean, St Mellitus College, London * 'For those of us who find mornings difficult the last thing we want is someone shouting to wake us up. More helpful is a hot invigorating drink! This delightfully written book does not shout at you to wake up, clean up, feed up or grow up. Rather, it stimulates and motivates, engaging intellect and heart, Bible and tradition. The Archbishop brings Advent to life, injecting hope into despair, urgency into complacency, and demonstrating God at work in the world.' * David Wilkinson, Principal, St John's College, Durham *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
164 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-281-08354-1 (9780281083541)
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John Sentamu
Wake Up for Advent!: The Archbishop of York's Advent Book, 2019
The Archbishop of York's Advent Book, 2019
E-Book
09/2019
1st Edition
SPCK Publishing
€9.49
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Person
The sixth of thirteen children, born and educated in Uganda, John Sentamu practised Law both at the Bar and at the Bench before he came to the UK in 1974. He was ordained priest in 1979, he was appointed Bishop for Stepney in 1996, Bishop for Birmingham in 2002 and Archbishop of York in 2005. He is Primate of England and Metropolitan, a member of the House of Lords and a Privy Councillor.