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Easter with John Donne
All that the soul does, it does in,
and with, and by the body.
…from a sermon preached at St. Pauls, in the Evening, upon Easter-day. 1623.
This is a spiritual pilgrimage - a kind of reverse spiritual pilgrimage - from the Empty Tomb, back to everyday life, and on into eternity, through sacred writings of John Donne.
Donne is particularly well-suited as a companion for Easter. He suffered deep personal losses, knew grief intimately, and wondered if anything is solid, real, or trustworthy: whether anything abides. He found hope in the most profound act of love known to humankind: when one gave his own life for his friends, as a full giving in voluntary love, and when that one was vindicated by being raised from the dead, thus pioneering the way to eternal life, opening the horizon again, as it were, and keeping the story alive.
10% of profits go to international relief and development work.
Another 10% of profits go to ecological conservation work.
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Lent with John Donne
A pocket-sized guide to a spiritual pilgrimage to the Cross through the sacred poetry, meditations, prayers, and sermons of John Donne, the greatest of the Metaphysical Poets and England’s most popular preacher of his day.
Donne is particularly well-suited as a companion for Lent, having faced life’s hard realities. He suffered deep personal losses, knew grief intimately, and wondered if anything is solid, real, or trustworthy: whether anything abides.
He found hope in the most profound act of love known to humankind: when one gave his own life for his friends. And that voluntarily, with humble and quiet acceptance, no posturing, the furthest thing from the vogue arrogance of Donne’s own day. Donne’s sacred writings on this amazing love are refreshingly honest.
10% of profits go to international relief and development work.
Another 10% of profits go to ecological conservation work.
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Christmas with Irenaeus:
How Jesus’ Incarnation Honors Creation, Human Body, and the Human Story
What might Advent and Christmas have to do with justice, creation care, and social relationships? In Christmas with Irenaeus, we rediscover how the arrival of Christ compelled Irenaeus of Lyons to think deeply and act justly on these issues. This compelling book contains thought-provoking and heart-stirring reflections on Irenaeus’s organic-spiritual theology and its implications for today. Read this book to help center your Advent and Christmas around the thrilling incarnation of the Messiah.
"I love reading pretty much anything that Mako writes. Mako always does a great job connecting the past with the present and making both relevant for a spiritual sojourner. This little guide is filled with wonderful and marvelous truth about Jesus told through the lens of the writings of Irenaeus."
- Susan Cho Van Reisen, lead pastor of Palo Alto Vineyard Church, CA
Christmas with John Donne
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A pilgrimage to the Manger through the sacred poetry and sermon excerpts of John Donne, the greatest of the Metaphysical Poets and England’s most erudite and popular preacher of his day.
From the Introduction: "Donne found solidity in the event in which vulnerability was chosen by the Strong, and dependence by the self-existing, for love’s sake: in the Incarnation, he found paradox aplenty to provide mete fodder for his muse; to spark a fire of wit."
Fr Tim Clayton has curated selected poems and sermon excerpts. “Fr Tim’s book is a warm glass of wine, well-spiced and ready to comfort those of us who feel increasingly chilled by the mad salesmanship of the modern-day Christmas.” (Alex Miller, author of the poetry collection A Bow from My Shadow)
10% of profits go to international relief and development work.
Another 10% of profits go to ecological conservation work.