A Treasury of Thanksgiving: Illustrated Poetry, Prose, and Praise
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Giving thanks to God is a yearlong Christian practice. In this lavishly illustrated anthology, Leland Ryken presents forty of the greatest, most enduring thanksgiving texts of the English-speaking world—including Scripture, hymns, and prose—with helpful commentary and devotional remarks.
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A beautiful volume—a feast for the eye and the ear. Filled with gorgeous artwork and classic literary works, it is a book to return to again and again all year long.
—Karen Swallow Prior, Author, The Evangelical Imagination and On Reading Well
Encourages thought, inspires gratitude, and increases our wonder at a God who would bring us such happiness. Through this beautifully illustrated collection of forty meditations, Dr. Ryken helps us to see anew how many psalms, hymns, and poems express thankfulness in addition to extolling the worthiness of God. And yet Dr. Ryken makes an important distinction between thanks and praise: thoughtfulness leads us to gratitude, which in turn leads us to give thanks. It is this extension of thankfulness from us to the Giver of All Gifts that leads the grace embodied in us by the living Christ to come to fruition. Each of these entries and its enlightening corresponding discussion encourages the head toward reflection, the heart toward righteousness, and the spirit toward its joyous eternal home.
—Carolyn Weber, Professor, New College Franklin; Author, Surprised by Oxford
This is a volume that speaks to our minds and our hearts and lifts both to engage in thankfulness and praise to our great Redeemer God. Poetry and prose from an amazing breadth of authors are presented with clear explication and thoughtful application. And the carefully chosen reproductions of a wide range of visual art wonderfully illuminate the text. This is a volume for us to keep, to share with others, and to return to again and again when we need to be reminded that our great calling as the Lord’s people is to offer him our praise and deep thanksgiving for his grace and mercy to us in Jesus Christ.
—Linda Boice, wife of the late James Montgomery Boice
- Title: A Treasury of Thanksgiving: Illustrated Poetry, Prose, and Praise
- Author: Leland Ryken
- Publisher: P&R
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 176
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subject: Thanksgiving Day › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781629959702, 9781629959719, 1629959707, 1629959715
- Resource ID: LLS:TRSRYTHNKSGVPRS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-11-08T23:53:20Z
Leland Ryken, (PhD, University of Oregon) served as professor of English at Wheaton College for nearly fifty years. He served as literary stylist for the English Standard Version Bible and has authored or edited over sixty books, including The Word of God in English and A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible.