Brilliant Lent course for individuals and groups, based on the Oscar-winning film 'The King's Speech'.  The purpose of 'Finding a Voice' could be summed up in the words of the King's speech therapist: `To give them faith in their voice and let them know a friend is listening.'  The course, which offers five group sessions plus weekly material for private reading, uses the film as a discussion starter and relates it to what the Bible has to say about such universal issues as discouragement and determination, fear and friendship, calling and courage.  `The King's Speech' is such a runaway success because it holds that mirror to our world, and offers hope of overcoming the difficulties. It shows hope built out of friendship, trust and supportive love; and courage in the face of gathering evil. Lent is traditionally a time for strengthening resolve, bringing believers together in trust and encouragement as they strive to follow their calling.

Finding a Voice: A Lent Course based on The King's Speech

Brand, Hilary

History

Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd.

The Mystery of Everything is a new and original Lent course by Hilary Brand, which takes the multi-awarding winning film about Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything, as its starting point. The course explores ways in which the mysteries of the universe and of everyday life - and the acceptance that we have more questions than answers - can reinvigorate our faith and spiritual journey.
The course is based around five weekly group sessions entitled:
* The experience of wonder
* The enigma of weakness
* The complexity of relationships
* The encounter with frailty
* The hope beyond brokeness
Each session includes an extract from the film, group discussion questions and a meditation. There are also short introductory and follow up chapters for individual reading each week, and a chapter of Bible passages for further daily reading. The book supplies full notes for group course leaders.

The Mystery of Everything: A Lent Course based around the film The Theory of Everything

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Hilary Brand, author of popular Lent course booklets, has written a similar-styled course for Christian groups to explore issues of same-sex relationships, one of the most challenging and divisive subjects of the modern-day Church. Based on a course written for and conducted in her own village church, with participants representing a diverse range of viewpoints, this course does not seek to provide the answers but to allow discussion and exploration of the issues in a tolerant and compassionate environment. It goes beyond issues of sexuality to consider broader questions of how we form our ethical opinions, how we react to a changing society and how we understand the Bible. The five-week course is designed to be suitable for use at any time of year, including Lent.

Love That Dares To Speak: A five-session group study course exploring Christian reactions to homosexuality

What am I Doing Here?: A Beginner's Guide to Church

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

Chocolate for Lent

Pauline Books & Media

Hilary Brand What are you doing for Lent? How about watching a movie. Once again, best-selling author Hiliary Brand offers a unique twist to living the season of Lent. This lively five-week course explores the amazing power of the small choices we make every day, challenging us to broaden our spiritual horizons in ways that will make a difference. Two movies, The Shawshank Redemption, and Babette's Feast, demonstrate the invincible human ability to make choices - choices of observation, limitation, imagination, determination, and affirmation - even in the most limited circumstances. Learn how to turn small, daily choices into occasions for personal growth and practical love, and experience this season of conversion anew.

The Power of Small Choices:

Worship & Devotion

More Christians than ever before are studying and working in music, painting, sculpture, theater, television, film, architecture and more. Are you one of them? If so, you, like artists in every discipline, face the challenge of working in a way that is both wholly Christian and wholly contemporary, Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin have written this practical and inspirational guide for you. In Art Soul you'll find encouragement for developing a Christian worldview from which you can approach your craft. Here the best teaching on Christianity and the arts during the past fifty years is digested and reapplied, supported by a wealth of quotes from artists, critics and Christian thinkers. A wide range of illustrations, both historical and contemporary, illuminates the text as Brand and Chaplin explore the conflicting influences on Christians entering or working in the arts. They correlate the major biblical themes of creation, fall and redemption to the business of making art. And they examine the nature and purpose of the arts--along with the way you experience and interpret them. Finally, you'll find helpful guidelines on practicing and developing your art. Here is the book to help you meet the challenges facing you today--both from the world of art and from the world of the church.

Art & Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts

Arts & Photography

Chaplin, Adrienne

Religious

IVP Academic

More Christians than ever before are studying and working professionally in the arts - but how to do it with integrity, Christian grit and in the language of our time? This practical introductory textbook is seasoned with quotes from artists, critics and philosophers, and animated with 51 b/w illustrations representing visual art, architecture, music, poetry, drama, media and film. The authors make a quick tour through the history of western art and culture. They identify the roots that led to our current post-modern condition, as well as the sometimes strained relations between the church and artists. They examine the implications of the biblical themes of a good Creation, a perverting Fall and the reality of Redemption for the aesthetic dimension of life. They also look at the way we interpret and interact with art - why does art matter? And how can different approaches to art make art work for us in different ways? Finally they have bold advice and encouragement for Christians involved in the arts or considering an artistic career.

Art and Soul

Brandt, Hilary H.

Piquant Editions

This practical guide encourages artists and those interested in the arts to develop a Christian worldview from which they can approach art. The authors explore the conflicting influences on Christians entering the arts, the relation of the major biblical themes of Creation, Fall and Redemption to the business of making art, and the exact nature and purpose of the arts and the way we experience and interpret them. Finally, readers are given practical guidelines on practising and developing their art.

Art and Soul: Signposts for Christian Artists

Authentic Media

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Finding a Voice: A Lent Course based on The King's Speech

The Mystery of Everything: A Lent Course based around the film The Theory of Everything

Love That Dares To Speak: A five-session group study course exploring Christian reactions to homosexuality

What am I Doing Here?: A Beginner's Guide to Church

Chocolate for Lent

The Power of Small Choices:

Art & Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts

Art & Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts

Art and Soul

Art and Soul: Signposts for Christian Artists