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Fulcrum Subjects: Theology, Systematic / Spirituality / Art and Literature Other articles by Graham Kings are available from this site Discuss this Article on the Fulcrum Forum See the 7 comments on this article Signs and Seasonsa guide for your Christian journeyby Graham Kings
An interactive blog on the book, with the foreword by Tom Wright, the preface, and art, poems and illustrations from each chapter is at: Questions, new poems, and comments can be added there. Graham will respond to posts during the week and will be online every Saturday from 12.00noon to 1.00pm for interactive live discussion. 'Signs and Seasons' supports the Adano Fund of the Church Mission Society, which provides help to schools for the children of camel-based nomads in Northern Kenya. CMS has put a new video on YouTube telling the story of the Adano Fund, its launch with the 'Oxford to Cambridge with a Camel' walk in June 1999, and the launch of Signs and Seasons. The video (5 mins 50 secs) is called, 'Creativity for Kenya: Oxford to Cambridge with a Camel'. For articles on the book, click on the following links:
The Times, 11 October London Paper, 18 September Islington Tribune, 19 September Daily Mail, 19 September Islington Gazette, 18 September Evening Standard, 18 September
Discuss this Article on the Fulcrum Forum Forum Posts About This Article:Thanks, David. We have just republished 'Living in time with the rhythm of the Church's year' on Fulcrum, with permission of The Times. Concerning your question referring to the economy, faith can bring a stablising perpective but also the so-called prosperity gospel can be destablising. See the following forum threads: God and the Financial Markets - especially the link to the Templeton Foundation conversation I put up today Is the Prosperity Gospel Good News? Posted by: Dave Saturday 11 October 2008 - 11:05am Graham, Congratulations on being published by our most prestigious newspaper. I particularly liked the quote about hurry. Nature imposes its own rhythm on an agrarian society. The educational system still mirrors this. The modern economy drives us to go full speed all the time, till the wheels fall off. Does faith protect us from this? David The Church Mission Society (CMS) has put a new video on YouTube telling the story of the CMS Adano Fund, its launch with the 'Oxford to Cambridge with a Camel' walk in June 1999, and the launch of Signs and Seasons. The video (5 mins 50 secs) is called, 'Creativity for Kenya: Oxford to Cambridge with a Camel'. Watch out for the behaviour of the camel with the BBC interviewer and later with the Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge... YouTube, 7 October 2008 See also, Graham Kings, 'Living in time with the rhythm of the Church's year', Credo, The Times, 11 October 2008 For an article in the Islington Tribune today 19 September 2008, on Signs and Seasons, click here. For the article in the Evening Standard today by Mark Blunden on Signs and Seasons, click here. For that article in The Daily Mail, with a photo, click here. Islington Gazette has published today an article on 'Signs and Seasons' on their web page, which will be in the paper tomorrow, 18 September 2008. The Evening Standard of London picked up the story from the Islington Gazette and is also publishing an article tomorrow. I would value prayer for wisdom for the evangelistic opportunities these may bring, especially during the online sessions on Saturday mornings, 12.00 noon to 1.00pm. We have just published on Fulcrum details of my 'Signs and Seasons: a guide for your Christian journey' (Canterbury Press, 2008). If you are in London, do consider joining us at the book launch at Waterstones, 11 Islington Green, London N1 2EH, on Wednesday 10 September 2008, 6.30pm-7.30pm. For an invitation to the launch, which is open to all, click here. An interactive blog on the book, with the foreword by Tom Wright, the preface, and art, poems and illustrations from each chapter is at: www.signsandseasons.co.uk Questions, new poems, and comments can be added there. I will respond to posts during the week and will be online every Saturday from 12.00noon to 1.00pm for interactive live discussion. Do add your contributions. 'Signs and Seasons' supports the Adano Fund of the Church Mission Society, which provides help to schools for the children of camel-based nomads in Northern Kenya. |
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