Seven Words
How do Christ's 'seven last words from the cross' speak to us in the 21st century? This was the question behind the Seven Words project which has led to two publications: Seven Words for the 21st Century and the shorter Seven Words for Three Hours, and a production involving some of the contributors and live music by Adrian Snell, with performances in St Paul's Cathedral, London; the National Cathedral, Washington DC, and St John the Divine Cathedral, New York.
Seven Words for the 21st Century (book and CD)
edited by Edmund Newell, music by Adrian Snell
(Darton, Longman and Todd, 2002)
Contributors: Sabina Alkire, Helen Cunliffe, Peter Doll, Giles Fraser, Richard Harries, Edmund Newell, Tarjei Park, Hugh White and Rowan Williams.
Seven Words for Three Hours:
A Good Friday Meditation in Words and Music
edited by Edmund Newell, music by Adrian Snell
(Darton, Longman and Todd, 2005)
Contributors: Sabina Alkire, Giles Fraser, Richard Harries, Edmund Newell, Tarjei Park, Rowan Williams and Lucy Winkett
Samples
'Behold your son, behold your mother'
The Surrender
Reviews of Seven Words for the 21st Century:
'The contributors are crisp and refreshing … It will appeal to those who, like me, find themselves so often believing with all their heart but doubting with all their mind.'
Mark Oakley, Church Times
It's nothing short of stunning.
Baptist Times
This book and CD will inspire anyone involved in pastoral leadership this Lent.
The Tablet
A remarkable book both in content and conception.
Reform (URC)
A challenge to synagogues as well as churches to restore their contemporary spiritual purpose.'
Common Ground (Council for Christians and Jews)
A strikingly different and contemporary approach to traditional Lenten meditation.
Church of England Newspaper
Everyone reading this book will have their minds stretched by these thought-provoking contributions and their hearts moved by new insights into the atoning love of Christ.