What's in a Phrase?: Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause - Softcover

McEntyre, Marilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802871143 ISBN 13: 9780802871145

Publisher: Eerdmans, 2014

Synopsis

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An invitation to seek the sacred space of Scripture's words and phrases

Well-known biblical phrases — "in the fullness of time," "fearfully and wonderfully made," "in the beauty of holiness," and others — suggest and evoke and invite. In this book Marilyn Chandler McEntyre offers brief reflections on more than fifty such scriptural phrases that prompt readers to pay attention, to pause where we sense a beckoning.

Some of these select phrases are devotional, some speculative, some whimsical, some edgy. McEntyre encourages us to see such "words within the Word" as invitations and, in doing so, to discover that they are places of divine encounter, epiphany, or unexpected guidance.

The three sections of the book "Assurance," "Invitation," and "Surprise" — organize the reflections by tone as well as theme. Rich with eloquence, wisdom, and wonder, these reflections will lead readers to enter the sacred spaces of Scripture, play with possibilities, and connect the biblical word with the ordinary — and extraordinary — lives we've been given to live.

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About the Author

Marilyn McEntyre is the author of multiple books on language and faith, including What’s in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause (winner of a Christianity Today 2015 book award in spirituality), Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict, Make a List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open Our Hearts, and Start with a Word: On the Craft and Adventure of Writing. She teaches writing at Western Theological Seminary and New College Berkeley and coaches writers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802871143
• ISBN 13: 9780802871145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 127