In a collection of thought-provoking meditations and parables on the spiritual life, the author of Parables: Arrows of God explores the significance of storytelling in the spiritual life and the role of the storyteller as a teacher, examining the insightful power of traditional and contemporary stories that are integral parts of diverse spiritual traditions.

Send My Roots Rain: A Spirituality of Justice and Mercy

McKenna, Megan

Religion & Spirituality

Doubleday Religion

One of today’s most popular and respected Catholic writers presents the first guide to the new Stations of the Cross, reflecting the revisions made by Pope John Paul II. A traditional devotion for Catholics for more than four hundred years, the Stations of the Cross commemorates the route Jesus traveled from being sentenced to death, crucified, and then buried in a borrowed tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem. In the past, the devotion included a number of stations based on popular stories of piety and devotion, but not mentioned in the Gospels. Over the past eight years, however, Pope John Paul II has made substantial changes to the devotion in his Good Friday celebrations of the stations, removing those not found in the Bible and replacing them with stations that more accurately follow scriptural accounts of Christ’s passion. The revised Stations of the Cross focuses on the condemned Jesus and on the community walking the way with him to the cross. Unrelieved by stories like Veronica’s wiping blood off the face of Jesus and his meeting with his mother; this is a story of an execution. The new stations deal directly with the pain, suffering, betrayal, and injustice to which Jesus was subjected. In explaining his reasons for revising the stations, the Pope has said that the alterations are intended to serve as a model for other devotions and to encourage the return to the Scriptures as the source of and inspiration for contemporary worship. In this helpful, authoritative guide, Megan McKenna presents the fourteen new stations with the scriptural passages that Pope John Paul II uses on Good Friday. She also provides a basic introduction to the practices and reflections on the importance of the devotion for present-day Catholics and Episcopalians.

The New Stations of the Cross: The Way of the Cross According to Scripture

History

World

Random House Publishing Group

Renowned Catholic author Megan McKenna celebrates her 50th book with a controversial interpretation of the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John and what they mean for the Church and society today. In many ways, modern audiences have become so familiar with the gospels that we've stopped listening and integreting their wisdom into our everyday lives. Acclaimed author Megan McKenna explores the messages of the four gospels in the context of daily life when they were originally written and interprets their meaning for our modern world. While some argue for the development of new gospels for the 21st century, McKenna argues that we haven't paid due attention to the ones we already have; in many cases, we've ignored sections of these teachings entirely and twisted their meaning to suit our own agendas. McKenna breaks it down, gospel by gospel, and shows us how the lessons of Jesus's apostles continue to resonate.

Like a Hammer Shattering Rock: Hearing the Gospels Today

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Internationally acclaimed author Megan McKenna gives this Catholic tradition enriched modern relevance in a completely up-to-date guide to praying the Rosary, designed for general readers and incorporating the recent additions made by Pope John Paul II. As a speaker, teacher, and bestselling Catholic author, Megan McKenna has informed and inspired audiences both in- and outside of the Catholic tradition with her warmhearted, contemporary approach to spirituality. Now she turns her attention to the Rosary, revealing the universality of this ancient practice and how it can enrich lives today. Praying the Rosary—the act of counting off prayers with a string of beads in a rhythm of focused spiritual contemplation—is a practice that has existed for centuries and is common to many faiths. For the world’s one billion Catholics it has become the most popular form of devotion. Though strongly associated with the Virgin Mary, the prayers of the Rosary are ultimately meant to bring those who say them closer to Jesus Christ, whose life and teachings are central to all branches of the Christian faith. This gives the Rosary an ecumenical dimension that is in sync with today’s emphasis on the common bonds, rather than the divisions, among all Christians. In 2002, Pope John Paul II updated the Rosary by adding a new section on the teachings of Jesus, further emphasizing the centrality of Christ and the biblical Gospels at the heart of the prayers. Embracing this ecumenical attitude in Praying the Rosary, Megan McKenna explores the Rosary and explains how to pray it, incorporating the Pope’s recent additions and revealing its relevance to a new generation. She breaks down the Rosary into its twenty components, prefacing each with a selection from Scripture that identifies the prayer’s source in the Bible. Combining practical instruction with meditative reflections on the prayer’s spirituality, she reveals the Rosary’s richly contemplative nature and shows how praying the Rosary can inspire peaceful, calm attitudes, and an awareness of the universal spiritual mystery that connects all Christians.

Praying the Rosary: A Complete Guide to the World's Most Popular Form of Prayer

80 insanely tasty gluten-free recipes from TV star, singer-songwriter and Celebrity MasterChef UK contestant Megan McKenna\n"Yes, I'm gluten and wheat free. Yes, it's an allergy. Yes, coeliac disease... No, I don't want a salad! If that sounds familiar, and you too want to munch into breaded chicken or enjoy gooey Mac & cheese, then I'm here to show you that, yes, you can make ANYTHING gluten free."\nMegan McKenna, Celebrity MasterChef UK finalist, singer-songwriter, highly-engaged influencer, coeliac and home cook invites you into her gluten-free kitchen. After years of sharing her cooking videos to over 4 million viewers, she is regularly messaged to ask: "Can you make that gluten free?"\nNow, with more than 80 gluten-free recipes to explore, Megan's first cookbook will prove that you can eat delicious, mouthwatering meals, just like everybody else - simply by swapping a few ingredients along the way.\nWith chapters covering Quick Bites, Naughty Nights In, Posh Nosh and Heaven O'clock, there's no need to be left out on pancake day, spend another birthday without cake, or miss out on the food at parties and events.\nGrowing up, Megan was constantly unwell and found herself eating her lunches alone in the stairwell at school. Following her coeliac diagnosis, her mom taught her to cook everything from scratch and she finally gained the strength and resilience enjoy food again.\nMegan has had her fair share of trolls, tantrums and toilets, but her relaxed kitchen vibe and down-to-earth recipes have shown millions that you, too, can cook everyday tasty, gluten-free meals.

Can You Make That Gluten-Free?

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking Methods

Hamlyn

Love Gluten-free: 80 gluten-free recipes to enjoy together

Main Courses & Side Dishes

In This Will Be Remembered of Her Megan McKenna juxtaposes biblical women and contemporary women, exploring the reasons why each has been remembered throughout time. In the end, her most important question is asked of readers: how will you be remembered?

This Will Be Remembered of Her: Stories of Women Reshaping the World

Christian Books & Bibles

Christian Living

Eerdmans

Megan McKenna focuses her spiritual ken in this book on the messengers of God who have played such important roles in Hebrew and Christian scriptures. She writes about Michael, the protector; Gabriel, archangel of truth; Raphael, companion angel; and Uriel, archangel of death and conversion. At one point McKenna calls angels "mysteries of God's imagination." As usual, the author spices up this material with stories from many different religious traditions. McKenna concludes that the guardian angels of the poor, the dispossessed, and the persecuted are deeply appreciated. This is one book on angels that refreshingly stays grounded on earth. --Spirituality and Practice

Angels Unawares

Theology

Paulist Press

God is listening. What are we saying?"" With these words Megan McKenna begins this inspiring, accessible, and practical guide to finding and building the spiritual connection that brings God's love into our life and our world. She is not primarily focused on praying to God but on creating a long enduring, deepening relationship with Godthat we are listened to, as a people, as one voice. Individual voices are all there, but what do we sound like, as one voice crying out since in our humanness we are all one, wanting not only God to hear and listen to us to attend to us, but we want everyone else to hear and listen to us as well? This book is for everyone, anyone who seeks to hear, to listen, and to become more human, in the image of the one who is listening to us all. And it asks: What are we saying? And then it probes deeper still: ""Are we listening back?

Listen Here!: The Art and Spirituality of Listening

In her collection of extraordinary poems, bestselling author Megan McKenna unifies words and angels to explore a series of remarkable moments which are stumblings or fallings into the domain of the spirit. The result is a passing blur of wings, leaving in one's hands words on paper--these poems.

Dancing With Angels: Selected Poems

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Continuum Intl Pub Group

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