From the library..

Quiet days

bethanybooks — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:21:14 +0000

I appreciate you all checking the blog in the past few days! We’re still here.. it’s just.. summer. But we’ve got some projects for the library up our sleeve and you’ll be hearing more about those relatively soon!

In the meantime.. don’t forget us and we’ll be back with more!

Bibliophiles @ Bethany

bethanybooks — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:49:55 +0000

One of the great features of the new Bethany Online site is the ability to gather in ‘groups’ with common interests.

We’re calling all readers to join us to discuss books broadly categorized as “faith-based” in the new group Bibliophiles @ Bethany. Please check it out on Bethany Online and request to join!

Jerry Sittser on Regent Radio!

bethanybooks — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:59:22 +0000

It seems lately that this blog has had more to do with Regent Radio than the Bethany library, but it’s such a good resource!

Today Regent Radio began a new series by friend of Bethany Jerry Sittser entitled “Rise Up, O Saints: Rekindling Our Past to Illuminate Our Present.”

http://www.regentradio.net

More from Regent Radio

bethanybooks — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:40:46 +0000

Regent Radio, the online ‘broadcasting’ service of Vancouver’s Regent College is starting a new series today: As We Are Known: Representations of the Evangelical Experience in Literature of the 20th & 21st Centuries by Maxine Hancock. Sounds interesting!

New Acquisitions!

bethanybooks — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:05:59 +0000

We have three new arrivals at your Bethany library:

Eugene Peterson has completed his five-volume series on spiritual theology (a bit of a head-scratching moniker for me – isn’t all theology spiritual? I digress..) with the publication of Practice Resurrection. All five volumes are in the Bethany collection.

Also new is a ‘best of’ from our friends down the hill: Bearing the Mystery: Twenty Years of IMAGE. It boasts a fabulous lineup of some of the faith’s best poets, writers, and artists.

Finally, we have NT Wright’s latest, After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters. This is the most recent installment in his effort to clarify and expound upon some of the ‘basics’ of the faith.

While not directly related to this particular book, I think the following interview about his view of Heaven gives a feel for what Wright is trying to do in his recent work..

A Hymn for Good Friday

bethanybooks — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:48:26 +0000

Sung by Lebanese legend Fairuz…

Nouwen, Then

bethanybooks — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:01:26 +0000

Watch for another note from the library in April’s Bethany Briefs. With inspiration from our Lenten devotional, we’re highlighting the life and work of Henri Nouwen.

As mentioned in the article, you’ll find Bethany’s collection of Nouwen’s books assembled together near the new arrivals.

A Rare Glimpse

bethanybooks — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:50:22 +0000

Coptic Christians are rare. Copts celebrating their liturgy in English are even more rare. But thanks to technology…

Having spent some years of my youth in Egypt I have a particular fondness for this small and fervent, yet persecuted community of our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Shalom TV’s “From the Aleph-Bet”

bethanybooks — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:24:48 +0000

Interested in an easy introduction to the Hebrew language? If their schedule is correct, Shalom TV will be restarting their first series of “From the Aleph-Bet” this week on Comcast’s OnDemand. There are 20 episodes of the first series, so catching it at the beginning can be a little tricky.

The programming is updated weekly on the cable system (switching over at midnight on Saturday night/Sunday morning) and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the first episode on their website in the next few weeks (shalomtv.com).

Arts & Faith Top 100 Films

bethanybooks — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:10:41 +0000

Arts & Faith, the online community affiliated with SPU‘s Image Journal, has compiled a list of 100 films “characterized both by artistic excellence and a serious wrestling with questions that at root might be called religious or spiritual.”

You can see the list here.

I definitely count some of these films as my own personal favorites, especially The Seventh Seal, Winter Light, and Ostrov. I figured the fascinating Ushpizin would rank higher up in the list. And there’s one film I think should’ve made ‘the cut’: My Father, My Lord.

Any thoughts?