The Lent Factor: Forty Companions for the Forty Days of Lent
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Forty Lenten reflections on forty remarkable people whose character and history is illuminated by scripture.
Human character is best described by telling stories about people. The Lent Factor describes forty very different people - one for each day of Lent - who have a special quality about them, and uses their stories to reflect on how faith and character are connected.
A theme from each brief story is illuminated by reflection on a scene, passage or word from the Bible. The appropriateness of the use of a cross to mark out the 'X' factor within human beings becomes the more pertinent as the journey through Lent approaches Holy Week and Easter.
The cast list includes Edith Cavell, Philip Toynbee (father of Polly), U.A. Fanthorpe, Dorothy Sayers, Charles Wesley, Rabbi Hugo Gryn, Julian of Norwich, Kathleen Ferrier, Eva Peron and many others from different backgrounds and diverse periods of history, some famous and some entirely unknown.
Forty Lenten reflections on forty remarkable people whose character and history is illuminated by scripture.
The first Mowbray Lent Book by a writer with a strong profile.
A fresh and immediately engaging way of journeying through the forty days of Lent.
Illustrates the capacity of ordinary individuals to transform the world around them by force of personality, conviction or faith - an antidote to cynicism and feelings of powerlessness.
Lent books are strong sellers in the religious book market each year.
Introduction
1 Blessed are the Pure in Heart, Charles Causley
2 Vessels of Grace, Michael Stagg
3 The Vulnerability of Love, John Miller
4 Resisting Temptation, Stanley Green
5 Transforming Love, Monica Furlong
6 Prophets with Honour, Lionel James
7 The Scandal of the Incarnation, John Everett Millais
8 Blessed are the Poor, Eva Peron
9 The Tenderness of God, U.A. Fanthorpe
10 Meanness and Mercy, Luke the Evangelist
11 The Prince of Generosity, Phyllis Simmons
12 Patience and Grace, James Paget
13 Living From Others, Charles Williams
14 Courtesy and Character, Robin Ferrers
15 The Indwelling Spirit, Charles Wesley
16 God Looking on Us, Douglas Feaver
17 The Woman at the Well, Elsie Chamberlain
18 Friendship in Christ, Launcelot Fleming
19 All Things to All People, Robert Runcie
20 Uncovenanted Mercies, Kathleen Ferrier
21 The Architect of Salvation, John Loughborough Pearson
22 Seeing God, Edith James
23 The Mind of the Maker, Dorothy L. Sayers
24 Restlessness, George Borrow
25 God, Forever Young, Enid Ralphs
26 Integrity and Justice, John Lyttle
27 Thanksgiving in Troubled Times, Edward Reynolds
28 Praying and Believing, W.E. Orchard
29 Faithfulness Under Pressure, Joseph Hall
30 God's Heart of Love, Julian of Norwich
31 Courage in Ministry, Susan Cole-King
32 Broken for Christ, Bernard Walke
33 Learning to Die Well, Philip Toynbee
34 Weeping over the Holy City, John Aves
35 Unjust Suffering, Hugo Gryn
36 Patriot of God's Kingdom, Edith Cavell
37 God's Exhausting Love, W.H. Vanstone
38 Priestly Sacrifice, Michael Evans
39 A Suffering God?, Geometry Studdert Kennedy
40 Grief and Love, Victoria James
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
- Title: The Lent Factor: Forty Companions for the Forty Days of Lent
- Author: Graham James
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781408184165, 9781408184042, 1408184044, 1408184168
- Resource ID: LLS:9781408184165
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-12T09:53:41Z
Graham James is Bishop of Norwich and a regular contributor to BBC R4's Thought for the Day. He was a highly-fancied contender in the recent Archbishop of Canterbury stakes and is a popular speaker, lecturer and broadcaster.