Songs in Waiting: Spiritual Reflections on Christ's Birth

There remains a constant need for new perspectives on the liturgical church seasons in order to keep them spiritually fresh and to bring them to life in new ways.

This book enables Christian readers to experience a new depth in their faith journey as they celebrate the season of Advent.

This is a short book of spiritual meditations for the Advent season on the four Middle Eastern songs sung around the birth of Jesus: canticles that play an important role in the liturgical worship of the church over the centuries.

These canticles include the Song of Mary (Magnificat), Song of Zechariah (Benedictus), Song of the Angels (Gloria), and Song of Simeon (Nunc Dimittis). The devotions emphasize the Middle Eastern cultural elements of these songs.

Author: Paul-Gordon Chandler
Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9780898690699

About the Author
Chandler, Paul-Gordon: -

Paul-Gordon Chandler is a rector of the Church of St. John the Baptist/Maadi, an international English-speaking Episcopal/Anglican church in southern Cairo, Egypt. Previously he served as the president/ CEO of Partners International, an international ecumenical Christian non-profit that helps indigenous Christian NGOs in over 70 countries in the Two-Thirds World. He has also served as CEO of the International Bible Society and as director of SPCK.