Keeping Watch for Kingfishers: God Stories
Ebook
Keep Watching for Kingfishers is a collection of sermons preached in St Peter's Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. Jenny Wilson places the stories of scripture alongside stories of some of the classic novels, poetry, stories found in the news and on social media, stories found in the visual arts such as photography, together with snippets of insight gleaned from contemporary theologians such as Rowan Williams and Walter Brueggemann. The sermons mine these stories for the voice of God and hope to find some expression for our voice, the human voice, the voice of prayer. In reading the sermons we are invited to know our own life stories and the stories of our time and place belonging in the story of God.
She weaves her sources together deftly, darting in and out of theology and literature, as she hunts for God in the biblical readings that lie behind each sermon. … They speak to a congregation whose stories and level of faith commitment cannot be reliably known; so … draw initially on broad common ground, before turning to the personal. […]
An anthology to dip into and relish in small bites. […]
Wilson combines intelligence, warmth, and a love for God. She does so in an attractive way that belies the skill required to present complex thought simply and accessibly.
- Title: Keeping Watch for Kingfishers: God Stories
- Authors: Jenny Wilson, Christopher Stoltz
- Publisher: Sacristy Press
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781789590753, 9781789590739, 1789590736, 9781789590746, 1789590744, 1789590752
- Resource ID: LLS:9781789590753
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-07-20T09:49:42Z
Jenny Wilson is Canon Precentor of St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide with responsibilities in liturgy, music and pastoral care.
Christopher Stoltz is Precentor at Westminster Abbey. He was previously Chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge and served his curacy at St Michael's Church, Highgate, London.