Culture

Lion, 2012 RRP $9.95 Reviewed by Marian Zaunbrecher. I handed My very First Easter Playtime Activity Book to my 5-year-old grandson whose eyes lit up but his little 3-year-old sister decided it should be hers. Fortunately we had another one for him that required some reading ability and was suitable for his age group. It showed me that the book ...

Acorn Press, 2009, RRP $21.95 Reviewed by Rev Dr Noel Park, minister-in-association with Nambour Uniting Church. BOTH ministers and lay people come across many difficult pastoral concerns. Historically there have been varied ideas about how to respond to people in need. Some ideas have been most helpful while others have been more about the needs of the carers than those ...

Paulist Press, 2010, RRP $21.95 Reviewed by Julie Price, chaplain at Raymont Residential College and member of The Gap Uniting Church, who has a particular interest in using the arts in prayer and refl ection. THIS book is full of succinct refl ective poems on scripture related to the Ignation exercises (Ignatius of Loyola, a 15th–16th century Catholic leader at ...

Mostly for Mothers, 2011, RRP $24.95 Reviewed by Rev Jennifer Roberts, minister with South Rockhampton Uniting Church. IN her book, The Sound of Silence: Journeys through miscarriage, Irma Gold shares the painful and traumatic stories of 22 women and their journey through pregnancy loss. Written in their own words, each story is one woman’s personal and raw account of her ...

Canterbury Press, 2010, RRP $26.95 Reviewed by Barbara Bailey. THIS volume is a timely reminder of the privilege, responsibility and transformation possible through the journey of worship for pastors, while leading the congregant in the knowledge that their expectancy and participation are what forms an authentic worshipping community. The Very Reverend Richard Giles, former Dean of Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, USA, ...

Lion Children, 2011 RRP 19.95 Reviewed by Bob Warrick. Here is an overview of the Bible for middle to upper primary children with nine chapters, each of four pages, on the Old Testament and six on the New Testament. The emphasis is on the visual. Each chapter consists of two pages of mainly text with simple uncluttered maps, photos, and ...

Parachute Press, 2009 RRP $34.95 Reviewed by Julie Price, a member of The Gap Uniting Church who values discussion and sharing of spiritual journeys with others. HERE I am reviewing the reviewers of 12 novels. Twelve people who belong to a book club write a review each of 12 books of contemporary fiction. All books reviewed deal with an aspect ...

Continuum, 2008 edition RRP $56.95 Reviewed by Karyl Davison. BORN in 1928, Hans Kung is a Roman Catholic priest, theologian and author. Ordained in 1954, he was appointed as professor of theology at Eberhard Karls University in 1960. Like his colleague Joseph Ratzinger he was, in 1962, appointed as an expert theological advisor to members of the Second Vatican Council ...

Orbis, 2003 RRP$20 Reviewed by Aaron J. Ghiloni, Education Officer of the Moreton Rivers Presbytery. A monk admires furniture. A mysticsnaps photographs. A workman responds to the call of God by building a chest of drawers. Thomas Merton’s Seeking Paradise – a collection of photographs, conference talks, essays, and personal correspondence on topic of American Shakers– beautifully blurs the boundaries ...

World Library Publications, 2010 Reviewed by Karyl Davison. THIS music CD is a collection of 27 songs performed by a wide variety of performers. The majority of the songs included are recent compositions although you will recognise a couple of more traditional hymn tunes. As someone who has conducted the majority of weddings for couples with only loose links to ...