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Patrick's Books and CDs
A NEW CD by Patrick:
TIME TO GROW UP
Living into our eternal destiny
a 2-CD set
This series of talks by Patrick Oliver was presented at the Christian Meditation Community’s retreat day in November 2009. In Time to Grow Up, Patrick invites the listener to go beyond the more common perceptions of what Christian life is about, and into the heart of the Gospel message. He reminds us that eternal life isn’t a prize in the future for those who’ve fulfilled certain requirements, but it’s about sharing in God’s presence now.
Heaven and hell are real – but not as places we get sent to because we’ve passed or failed a moral exam. God’s judgment and justice are real – but not as we may have thought. “Following Jesus” is an absolute necessity for all of us - but in a way more sublime and sacred than we’ve made it to be.
CD 1 – From where are you living? Trinity, heaven and hell
Divine judgment’s upon you! God’s justice and mercy
CD 2 – Living prayerfully Revisiting difficult gospel passages
Phone Patrick on (07) 3356 4218 for your copy of the CD "Time to Grow Up: Living into our Eternal Destiny", or send your cheque for $20 plus $5 postage, made to "Patrick Oliver", to 94 Reuben St Stafford Brisbane Qld 4053.
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Excerpts from the book THE FREEING OF GOD Revisiting the gospels in the second half of life
Track 11- Peter after the Resurrection (John 21: 14-25)
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Phone Patrick on (07) 3356 4218 for your copy of the CD "Excerpts from 'The Freeing of God: Revisiting the Gospels in the Second Half of Life'", or send your cheque for $15 plus $5 postage, made to "Patrick Oliver", to 94 Reuben St Stafford Brisbane Qld 4053.
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There are some things you can know only by staying on the journey for a few decades …
When we’re “staying awake”, we find that life has a habit of trying to teach us about what it means to really love, to fail, to hope and to pray. It teaches us about being human … which is about belonging to God.
Sadly, countless people through the years have been bruised and bludgeoned through the misuse and abuse of the scriptures. Rather than being set free to enjoy and relish the fullness of life, their passion and humanity have been hobbled through needless shame and guilt. The liberating message of the Gospel so often has been twisted into a voice of condemnation, a confirmation of self-hate, and a reinforcer of people’s fear of themselves as a failure – and it’s this abuse that “The Freeing of God” sets out to offset.
This book doesn’t pretend to be either a commentary or a translation of the gospels. Rather, it’s a retelling of every verse and chapter, from the perception of what’s sometimes called “the second half of life”. And what is this?
Most of us spend our first few decades trying to get it together, get secure, get loveable, or get over our fears – and when the Gospel is heard through these lenses, we can hear it as a finger-wagging insistence for us to improve. God gets painted wearing a perpetual frown that displays divine displeasure – for it seems we’re never good enough, never moral enough, or never believing fervently enough. Why would anyone want to have anything to do with God?
Hopefully though, somewhere along the line we gradually learn that love can’t be earned, that peace of soul can’t be bought and that forgiving life for being imperfect is the only way through. In this “second half of life”, we can let mistakes and wounds be the way into deeper loving, we can let ourselves and others be mixtures of light and shadow, and we can surrender the need to be something other than who we are. Such shifts in perspective also change the way we let the gospels tell us of who God is …
“The Freeing of God” holds that the Gospel speaks to the heart of being human, and will help readers to discover their own life as the sacred story. It’s an offering that invites the soul to dance with the God who woos.
$30 plus $10 postage throughout Australia. (See "Recent News" page for order form)
‘FROM PALMS TO PENTECOST – THE ETERNAL STORY’ was the theme of the 2007 Lay Retreat for the Toowoomba Anglican Diocese at the James Byrne Centre at Highfields, outside Toowoomba. These five CDs are edited recordings of the talks that trace the last week of Jesus’ life, through to the Ascension and Pentecost. Patrick approaches these talks through a spirituality that asks “How are these Gospel stories also my own? How is my story within the Great Story of the gospels and the story of humanity?”
CD1 – Track 1: Friday evening: Introduction to the retreat CD2 – Track 1: Entry into Jerusalem to Washing of the Feet Track 2: Last Supper reflection Track 3: Gethsemane CD3 – Track 1: Betrayal by Judas to Carrying of the Cross Track 2: Stations of the Cross reflection Track 3: Crucifixion to the Burial of Jesus Track 4: Good Friday reflection CD4 – Track 1: The Resurrection to Pentecost CD5 – Track 1: From Performance to Participation
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Please send me __ copies of “From Palms to Pentecost”. Cost: $30 plus $5 postage and packaging throughout Australia. (Please write cheques to “Patrick Oliver”) Send to: Patrick Oliver 94 Reuben Street Stafford Brisbane Q 4053
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