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Publication Date: 19 Dec 2019 |
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Publisher: SPCK Publishing |
Page Count: 224 |
Author: Ruth Valerio |
ISBN-13: 9780281083770, 9780281083787, 9780281085040 |
Saying Yes to Life
Summary of Saying Yes to Life
Ruth Valerio’s book is perfect for individuals and groups to think, reflect, pray and be challenged together.
An arresting and thought-provoking book, brilliantly conceived . . . by turns beautiful and sobering, encouraging and challenging.
Timely and on point [with] fine use of examples from a global perspective.
Ruth Valerio is a true pioneer . . . This book brings us all the benefit of her hard-won experience and applied faith, and will be an essential resource for all concerned to live the whole of their lives to God's glory and for the healing of his creation.
Offers a challenge that none of us can ignore. Buy it, read it, and make a difference.
Thanks to Ruth Valerio we have a new resource to help us live better, more just, more beautiful lives.
Prophetic . . . an important book, as key as Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger was forty years ago.
A book that is as inspiring as it is challenging.
An enjoyable and informative read. [Ruth] cheerfully guides the reader through the different sections of the book in a down-to-earth kind of way, which is appealing.
'An arresting and thought-provoking book, brilliantly conceived . . . by turns beautiful and sobering, encouraging and challenging.' PETE WILCOX, BISHOP OF SHEFFIELD
Saying Yes to Life (originally published as the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2020) lifts our focus from natural, everyday concerns to issues that are having an impact on millions of lives around the world. As people made in the image of God, we are entrusted to look after what he has created: to share in God's joy and ingenuity in making a difference for good. Ruth Valerio imaginatively draws on the Days of Creation (Genesis 1) as she relates themes of light, water, land, the seasons, other creatures, humankind, Sabbath rest and resurrection hope to matters of environmental, ethical and social concern.
Foundational to Saying Yes to Life is what it means to be human and, in particular, to be a follower of Jesus. Voices from around the world are heard throughout, and each chapter ends with discussion questions and a prayer to aid action and contemplation.