Name: Waiting on the Word: A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
ISBN: 9781848258006

Waiting on the Word: A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

Malcolm Guite

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Advent is a season of waiting and anticipation in which the waiting itself is strangely rich and fulfilling. Poetry can help us fathom the depths of Advent's many paradoxes: dark and light, emptiness and fulfilment, ancient and ever new. For every day from Advent Sunday to Christmas Day and beyond, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it. In the spirit of the season, he blends the familiar and the new, ranging from from spiritual classics such as Edmund Spenser, John Donne, George Herbert and Christina Rossetti, to contemporary voices Luci Shaw and Scott Cairns. His own acclaimed sequence of sonnets for the great Advent antiphons are also included.

Book Details

Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
Publish Date: Aug 31st, 2015
Pages: 176
Language: English
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Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.41in - 0.51lb
EAN: 9781848258006
Categories: • European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh• Christian Living - Inspirational• Holidays - Christmas & Advent

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About the Author

Guite, Malcolm: - Malcolm Guite is Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge. A performance poet and singer/songwriter, he lectures widely on poetry and theology in Britain and the US and has a large following on his website, www.malcolmguite.wordpress.com.

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Quote is an excerpt from the poem, “O Emmanuel” in Waiting on the Word: A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by Malcolm Guite. It's an encouraging and thoughtful book. I recommend! #advent #christmas #emmanuel https://t.co/yyhgodNdBB

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“The Advent hope – indeed, the Advent miracle – was that this unknowable, un-namable, utterly holy Lord chose out of his own free will and out of love for us to become known: to bear a name and meet us where we are.” ― Malcolm Guite, Waiting on the Word

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What people are saying

Ocieanna

@ocieanna

2 years

Died & came back. Author, Blogger, Speaker. Receive God's love and truly live. #homeschool mom of 4, caregiver for #T1D son. #BVD

Christian, husband, girl dad, pastor of @cpcnashville, writer, dog enthusiast, work in progress. All my best stuff is here: https://t.co/Y7BQ1dwDt5

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