Glimpses of Glory: The Mowbray Lent Book 2017

by David Bryant

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Continuum

, 2016

In the 2017 Mowbray Lent Book, the late David Bryant reflects on his unexpected moments of divine encounter.

Facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, David Bryant looks back on his life and writes powerfully about the moments when he unexpectedly encountered God in the most unlikely places: a high security prison; at the bedside of a dying child; in the gift of imagination; or in Bible passages that have been startlingly brought to life in his own experience.

Forty reflections offer a reading a day for Lent, with an explanatory introduction and a concluding Easter meditation. He draws widely on poetry, literature, art, music, and above all human encounter, to trace a divine thread running through a life that has been 'always unpredictable and often surprising'.

David Bryant died shortly after delivering this final book to his publishers.

Features

Intensely personal reflections on some of the major topics in life, broadly held together by the theme of searching for God in everything
Lent book (still one of the cornerstones of religious publishing)
Written with the passion and intensity of a man for whom time is running out
The author's search for God in the least likely places makes this a book for those who struggle with faith as well as those who are more convinced

Contents

Preface

1 Chaos
2 Ladders
3 Towers
4 Names
5 Tragedy
6 Lust
7 Kindness
8 Suicide
9 Laughter
10 Story-Telling
11 Brutality
12 Holiness
13 Possessions
14 Rebuilding
15 Passion
16 Mercy
17 Loneliness
18 Escape
19 Prison
20 Alienation
21 Imagination
22 Re-routing
23 Guilt
24 Gender
25 Abortion
26 Silence
27 Eternity
28 Agnosticism
29 Transfiguration
30 Peace
31 Prayer
32 Voyaging
33 Cosmology
34 Ethics
35 Fear
36 Process
37 Music
38 Discipline
39 Darkness and Light
40 Resurrection

Acknowledgements
Permissions

Praise for Glimpses of Glory

A sustained plea for us to open our eyes to the presence of God's love in the everyday life around us, and to rejoice in the adventure of our existence.

Product Details

• Title: Glimpses of Glory: The Mowbray Lent Book 2017
• Author: David Bryant
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781472934291, 9781472934284, 1472934288, 1472934296
• Resource ID: LLS:9781472934291
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-15T04:26:20Z

About David Bryant

David Bryant is the former president of Concerts of Prayer International (COPI) and chairman of America’s National Prayer Committee. David worked with the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, was the senior pastor at a church in Ohio for six years, and served as a missions trainer for three years in southern California. He has played an extensively visible role in the emergence of a worldwide prayer movement through city-wide rallies, national and international conferences, training seminars, and media outreach. Since January, 2003, Mr. Bryant has devoted his time exclusively to his outreach called Proclaim Hope!. He holds graduate degrees in Biblical Studies and Missiology. Among the books he has written are The Hope at Hand and Messengers of Hope.