What's in a Phrase?: Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause

Well-known biblical phrases -- "in the fullness of time," "fearfully and wonderfully made," "in the beauty of holiness," and others -- suggest and evoke and invite. In this book Marilyn Chandler McEntyre offers brief reflections on more than fifty such scriptural phrases that prompt readers to pay attention, to pause where we sense a beckoning.
Some of these select phrases are devotional, some speculative, some whimsical, some edgy. McEntyre encourages us to see such "words within the Word" as invitations and, in doing so, to discover that they are places of divine encounter, epiphany, or unexpected guidance.
The three sections of the book "Assurance," "Invitation," and "Surprise" -- organize the reflections by tone as well as theme. Rich with eloquence, wisdom, and wonder, these reflections will lead readers to enter the sacred spaces of Scripture, play with possibilities, and connect the biblical word with the ordinary -- and extraordinary -- lives we've been given to live.

Author: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 127
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.48w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780802871145
Award: Christianity Today Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Christianity Today 05/01/2014 pg. 57
Library Journal 05/15/2014 pg. 63
Christian Century 06/11/2014 pg. 41

About the Author
Marilyn McEntyre is the award-winning author of several books on language and faith, including Where the Eye Alights, Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict, When Poets Pray, Make a List, Word by Word, and What's in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause, winner of the 2015 Christianity Today book award in spirituality.

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