Words for Today

Plot

WORDS FOR TODAY is different from other daily Bible reading notes. It provides- A whole year’s readings in one volume- Writers drawn from around the globe and from many different traditions- Includes Jewish as well as Christian biblical scholars- Presents a lively, fresh and often radical approach to the text- Challenges readers to act in the light of the readings- Combines systematic reading of texts with wide-ranging themesThis year includes readings in Luke (the lectionary gospel for the year), Questions in Job, Navigating Numbers, Hosea, Isaiah 56-66 and Acts 6-12, plus a wide range of interesting themes, Living differently, Through Lent and Passiontide in poetry, Fire, Mountains and valleys, Paul for today, Contested sites, Mothers and Facing death.This is a contributed volume.The Editor is poet and theologian Nicola Slee, a well-known writer, speaker and leader of retreats who is based at the Queen’s Foundation. Birmingham.The contributors come from a wide variety of Christian denominations and backgrounds and include some Jewish perspectives from specialists on Old Testament theology.