Candles in the Dark: Faith, Hope and Love in a Time of Pandemic

by Rowan Williams

Publisher:

SPCK

, 2020

Overview

‘As we contemplate the coming months, not knowing when we can breathe again, it’s worth thinking about how already the foundations have been laid for whatever new opportunities God has for us on the far side of this crisis.’

Rowan Williams offers these words of wisdom and many more in Candles in the Dark . This powerful and timely book brings together the 26 weekly Christian meditations originally posted online from March to September 2020, during lockdown in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, for the congregation of his local parish church.

Candles in the Dark is a lovely Christian book of comfort for anyone looking for the light in these dark times. Written with warmth and compassion, these meditations offer us hope and encouragement as we continue to endure the most devastating and disturbing world crisis for over a generation. They will leave you spiritually uplifted and with a strengthened faith to guide you through whatever may come.

Key Features

• Provides short meditations by members and clergy at St. Clement’s church in Cambridge
• Represents six months of weekly reflections which meditate upon the
• Seeks to provide comfort for those seeking light during the recent times of global pandemic

Contents

• A change has begun
• A clearer vision
• Staying put
• All times belong to him
• Fragile trust
• We are not alone
• Life beyond lockdown
• A steady solidarity
• At the still centre
• We are not God
• Keep yourselves from idols
• Online communion
• The problem with statues
• Second nature
• Meditative walking
• Power to be free
• Behind the mask
• At home in the world
• Liturgy in life
• Tranfiguration
• To be born again
• The rule of the algorithm
• Praying for Jerusalem
• Law and order
• The presence of the past
• Herd mentality

Praise for Candles in the Dark

One of today’s most brilliant and profound thinkers.

Jonathan Sacks

Rowan Williams is one of the great theologians of our time. He is also an inspiring teacher whose godly wisdom helps us understand profound truths.

Nicky Gumbel

Rowan Williams writes with a gentle strength that witnesses to the joy to be found in being disciples of Jesus.

Kate Bottley

Product Details

• Title: Candles in the Dark: Faith, Hope and Love in a Time of Pandemic
• Author: Rowan Williams
• Publisher: SPCK
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Pages: 112
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:CNDLSDRKTMPNDMC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-02-25T20:40:27Z

About Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams was educated in Swansea (Wales) and Cambridge. He studied for his theology doctorate in Oxford, after which he taught theology in a seminary near Leeds. From 1977 until 1986, he was engaged in academic and parish work in Cambridge, before returning to Oxford as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity. In 1990, he became a fellow of the British Academy.

In 1992, Professor Williams became Bishop of Monmouth, and in 1999 he was elected as Archbishop of Wales. He became Archbishop of Canterbury in late 2002 with 10 years’ experience as a diocesan bishop and three as a primate in the Anglican Communion. As archbishop, his main responsibilities were pastoral—whether leading his own diocese of Canterbury and the Church of England, or guiding the Anglican Communion worldwide. At the end of 2012, after 10 years as archbishop, he stepped down and moved to a new role as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Professor Williams is acknowledged internationally as an outstanding theological writer and teacher as well as an accomplished poet and translator. His interests include music, fiction, and languages.