Giles Gordon Boeken

A journey through the Advent and Christmas seasons in the company of familiar seasonal and domestic objects, reflecting spiritually on their significance, meaning and message in a modern world.

Exploring the spiritual and biblical themes within beloved Christmas carols, this book invites readers to reflect on the music and meaning of the season. Through 25 short chapters, each ending with a unique prayer, it enhances the experience of Advent and Christmas. The book serves as both an Advent calendar and a resource for continued reflection throughout the Christmas season and into January, encouraging a deeper connection to the carols that celebrate the birth of Christ.

This is a collection of photographs of Scotland, with some text, taken from the air. Travelling to the farthest reaches of Scotland, where solitary, battlemented castles recall centuries of rebellion and unrest, the author and photographer capture the romance of Scotland.

Here is an original way of approaching Lent, one that will encourage you to consider your own faith journey in the light of the Easter story. Inspired by Ian McGregor's Radio 4 programme, 'The History of the World in 100 Objects', Gordon Giles spends each week in a different room gleaning spiritual lessons from everyday household objects. As a result, you might discover that finding God in the normal pattern of life - even in the mundane - transforms how you approach each day. Running as a thread through it all are the seven Rs of Lent: regret, repentance, resolution, recognition, reconciliation, renewal and resurrection.

This book focuses on the natural world and objects which through Covid-19 we have missed or been denied access to, encouraging us to view these with fresh, appreciative, spiritual eyes.