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John Bell is a writer and occasional broadcaster, and is a member of the Wild Goose Resource Group of the Iona Community, working in the areas of liturgy and spirituality

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Obres de John L. Bell

Present on Earth (2002) 33 exemplars
Heaven Shall Not Wait (1987) 30 exemplars
Enemy of Apathy (1988) 28 exemplars
Love from Below (1989) 26 exemplars
When Grief is Raw: Songbook (1997) 20 exemplars
The Last Journey (1996) 15 exemplars
Composing Music for Worship (1996) 10 exemplars
Sent by the Lord (1991) 6 exemplars
Wild Goose Prints: No. 2 (1986) — Autor — 5 exemplars
Wild Goose Prints: No. 4 (1990) 5 exemplars
Wild Goose Prints: No. 1 (1985) 5 exemplars
A Wee Worship Book (1989) 4 exemplars
Songs of the Incarnation (1984) 3 exemplars
Wild Goose Prints: No. 5 (1990) 2 exemplars
I Was Glad 2 exemplars
Singing the Unsung 1 exemplars
Nunc Dimittis 1 exemplars
Love Which heals 1 exemplars
Take This Moment (2000) 1 exemplars
Wild Goose Prints: No 6 (1990) 1 exemplars
God comes tomorrow 1 exemplars
Do Not Be Vexed 1 exemplars
Lux Aeterna 1 exemplars
Wisdom's Table 1 exemplars

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Nom oficial
Bell, John Lamberton
Data de naixement
1949
Gènere
male
Llocs de residència
Iona, Scotland
Educació
University of Glasgow
Organitzacions
Church of Scotland
Iona Community

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Sounds Like Sondheim
 
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rschwegel | Feb 21, 2014 |
A readable debunking of all those traditional attitudes towards Jesus which have more to do with hymnals and stained glass windows than anything in the biblical accounts. John Bell notes the passivity of traditional Western depictions (primarily based on the Nativity or the Crucifixion), and counters this by looking directly at the gospels, often drawing on discussions with congregations, youth groups, or others, and refusing to view Jesus only through the filter of Paul. He looks at Jesus' ancestry among foreign women with curious sexual histories, and his rootedness in ordinary humanity (highlighted by the incontestable assertion that Jesus had a penis). He points out that, despite the image of countless nativity plays, the Christmas story is predominantly about old people (and does not involve either a solemn hush or a donkey), He portrays Jesus the religious reprobate, the counter-cultural friend of women and non-Jews, angered by social and religious injustice, and delighting in funny stories, good food, and company, while (like Old Testament figures before him) signally failing to live up to ideals of "Christian" family life. Many points struck me enough to want to quote them:

In thinking of the first century, we should see one-parent families as the norm rather than the exception because of the high death rate.

Here are over twenty women [in the gospels] who in one way or another were admirers or followers of Jesus.... Somehow the teaching of the church has stressed discipleship as a primarily male activity, modelled by men.
It seems odd that we have no difficulty in thinking of or physically depicting God as the Shepherd who brings back the lost lamb, but seldom do we think of God as the woman who goes down on her knees to find the lost coin.

We could stop here and ponder whether there is any other figure in world history who is so frequently referred to as being in the proximity of a meal table.
Somehow it has been more important to associate him with the tragedy of life than with its enjoyment, even though he specifically said that it was for the latter that he came.
Hospitality is at the heart of God. Indeed, though it is often unrecognised, the world's favourite psalm has God depicted as a host. "You spread a table for me... My cup overflows."
Think of Christ as the gregarious guest, the contented diner, the generous host, the breakfast cook.

We should be aware that when Jesus says that he has come to fulfil the law and the prophets, there is within that an implicit expectation that the social welfare provided for the impoverished as required by the Law, and the indictments against social injustice articulated by the Prophets are not surpassed by Jesus but are part and parcel of the gospel.


Much in this book was not really new to me, but it is clearly and engagingly expressed, and Bell's passion for the gospel of love and justice is palpable.

MB 4-xi-2012
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MyopicBookworm | Nov 4, 2012 |
Met een groot gevoel voor humor hebben Bell en Maule dialogen tussen voornamelijk Petrus en Jezus neergezet die heel duidelijk maken waar het echt om gaat als je Jezus wilt navolgen.
 
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wannabook08 | Sep 26, 2011 |
A collection of "songs of the world church", edited and arranged by John L. Bell of the Iona Community in Scotland. The songs come from African countries, South America, the Caribbean, eastern Europe and Russia, with one Dakota Indian song from the U.S. The arrangements are by the Iona Community.
Most of these are short songs, simple refrains to use at different transition points in a service, or as an aid to prayer and meditation. The music is not suited to organ, but works with simple guitar, or rhythmic instruments and clapping, or can be sung unaccompanied.
A good resource for contemporary worship.
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tripleblessings | Oct 14, 2006 |

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Obres
81
Membres
1,001
Popularitat
#25,758
Valoració
½ 4.4
Ressenyes
15
ISBN
102
Llengües
1
Preferit
1

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