Personal Resources
Faith Hope Love
Resources by Chris Chapman - Diocesan Spiritual Formation Adviser
| Books | ||
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Life Together (SPCK) | |
| Mick Brooks | Faith, Hope, Love and Everything in Between (CWR 2011). Read more about it here. |
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| Steve Chalke | I Believe in taking action (Hodder) | |
| Graham Cray | Disciples and Citizens – a Vision for Distinctive Living | |
| Jared Dettmer | Hell with God: A personal perspective on Faith Hope Love (Author House 2007) | |
| Graham Gordon | What if you got involved (Paternoster 2003) | |
| Lesslie Newbigin | The Open Secret (especially chapters 4-6) (Eerdmanns) | |
| Simon Schama | Rembrandt's Eyes | |
| Rowan Williams | Lost Icons - Reflections on cultural bereavement (T & T Clark) |
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| Tom Wright | Virtue Reborn (SPCK 2010) | |
| Articles | ||
| Rowan Williams | Letter to a six-year old | |
| Poetry | ||
| Mary Oliver | ‘Wild Geese’ | |
| Janet Morley | Heart's Time - a poem each day for Lent and Easter (SPCK) | |
| Art | ||
| Jacob Epstein | 'Jacob andthe Angel' on permanent display in Tate Britain |
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| Music | ||
| Arvo Part | 'Antiphons' | |
| Websites | ||
| The following websites produce some interesting discussions and materials, both about the nature of Faith, Hope and Lone and about putting them into practice | ||
| St Paul's Theological Centre | http://sptc.htb.org.uk/resources | |
| Iona Community | http://iona.org.uk | |
| Community Mission (especially the ‘Resource’ section) |
http://www.communitymission.org.uk | |
Faith
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| Tina Beattie | The New Atheists | |
| Diarmaid MacCulloch | A History of Christianity (or watch the DVD boxed set of the television programmes) |
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| Jim Wallis | Faith Works (SPCK) | |
| Rowan Williams | Tokens of Trust – an Introduction to Christian Belief | |
| Tom Wright | Simply Christian | |
| Simply Jesus | ||
| Articles | ||
| B A Gerrish | ‘The Face of God’ a sermon in his ‘The Pilgrim Road’ | |
| Poetry | ||
| Carol Ann Duffy | ‘Prayer’ | |
| R S Thomas | ‘The kingdom’ | |
| Art | St Martin-in-the Fields – the East window |
Hope
| Books | ||
| Paula Gooder | Heaven (SPCK) |
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| Helen Openhiemer | The Hope of Happiness: A Sketch for Christian Humanism | |
| Tom Wright | Surprised by Hope |
Love
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| Ruth Burrows | Love Unknown (Continuum) The Archbishop's 2012 Lent Book |
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| Lorraine Cavanagh | Making Sense of God's Love (SPCK) | |
| CS Lewis | The Four Loves | |
| Stephen Cottrell | Nail - reflections on the crucifixion (SPCK) | |
| Simone Weil | Waiting for God | |
| Articles | ||
| Rowan Williams | ‘Charity’ a chapter in 'Lost Icons’ |