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RRP $19.95 Reviewed by Shauna Coombes, a member of the Murgon-Goomeri Uniting Church Spirit and Song 2 provides a range of worship songs showing lyrics, melodies and some guitar arrangements; some songs also have additional harmonies. There is a keyboard accompaniment version also available separately. Whilst this song book is described as containing “contemporary Catholic music”, it contains a range ...

HarperOne, 2007 RRP: $24.95 Reviewed by Marian Zaunbrecher, Associate General Secretary of the Queensland Synod. I became interested in the issue of people trafficking through documentaries I had viewed on TV and then my daughter started studying the topic at university and fed my desire for more information. Not For Sale met that need but also challenged me to further ...

Authentic Lifestyle, 2008 RRP $24.95 Reviewed by Barbara Bailey If you want to live the spectacular ordinary life, this book is for you. What a title! Viv Thomas, a Pastor and Theological lecturer writes a readable, credible, scripture-based text which could revolutionize any life. He sees deep into the “ordinary” and declares it is not principles or great ideas that ...

Chrysalis Books, West Chester, 2000. RRP $18.95 In writing this review, one is struck by the number of metaphors we use in every day parlance which relate to seeing, vision, imagery and light. By any stretch of the imagination, this book is exceptional in its perception and the light it sheds on the world of one who lived with (so-called) ...

Zeus Publications, 2009 RRP $34.95 Reviewed by Bill Adams.   The very title of God and Caesar quickens the pulse and sends the blood pumping. We think of all the confrontations, the strong encounters, the power struggles in times past, between church and state, and in the present day. Rather than deal only with the ideas and concepts the title ...

Lion Hudson plc, Oxford , 2008 RRP $22.95 Reviewed by Alan Cook. An Enneagram is usually thought of as a personality test based on nine personality types.  It grew from a theory of human behaviour traceable back to Pythagoras, 6th Century BC, and developed by Moslem, Christian and philosophical thinkers over centuries.  The use of the Enneagram as a tool for ...

Fortress Press, 2008 Reviewed by Don Whebell, a retired Uniting Church minister. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life and witness have been a source of inspiration for Christians for many years. His theological legacy in such books as Ethics, Christology and for many most notably, The Cost of Discipleship, have nourished many a Christians’ faith and witness. His books I Loved this People ...

Skylight Paths, 2008 RRP $34.95    Reviewed by Marian Zaunbrecher, Associate General Secretary of the Queensland Synod.   The author of Blessed Relief has been an Episcopal priest for thirty years and found himself drawn to Buddhist spirituality. Through a time of illness he was drawn to Christian contemplative practices and was enriched by Buddhist teaching. Buddhism is not a ...

Animated DVD RRP $9.95 Reviewed by John Ruhle. Car Park Parables is a collection of Jesus’ parables but based around cars in a car park – the Westbrook Church car park to be exact. This new resource, released July, uses humour, a creative flair and cars to engage children and adults alike in some of Jesus’ most famous parables. The ...

Lion Books, Oxford, 2009 RRP $22.95 Reviewed by Bill Adams Turning Points is a book of “stories to change your life” and it begins as the author tells the story of her own turning point. Julia Ogilivie is Scottish, born into privilege and opportunity. She has connections with royalty and aristocracy (the Queen was a guest at her wedding) and ...