Meditations on resilience and renewal. Volume one / Don Priest

Meditations on Resilience and Renewal 1 and 2 considers the resilience of Hebrew and early Christian communities as they sought sustainable renewal in the context of their resistance to unwelcome political, cultural and religious pressures. These books are edited collections of background notes written during sermon preparation. Each volume is divided into two sections that reflect natural connections between authors, content and context, and with their sub-groupings, give helpful insight to the concerns of the Bible's authors and the communities in which they lived and with which they shared. They are published as a personal response to the biblical narratives of God's ongoing presence with his people, and as an acknowledgement that these experiences have been passed on to us by those who devoted themselves to sharing them with future generations.--Adapted from introduction.