sales at logos dot com

Sounds like one of the en route internet servers stuttered...[;)] If so, chances are it'll clear up on its own... If it doesn't, contact Logos.

I'd be happy to begin getting an offer once in a while at all!

I think maybe you've got to prove yourself a shopaholic on the Logos website first before you start getting the discount emails...[;)] I think it's probably meant to be a frequent buyer reward. For all the folks who can't afford to be frequently aquiring new books, they do have some regular annual sales for everyone that have great bargains available. March Madness and the 12 Days of Logos (at Christmas) have been very popular.

Philip Spitzer said:

speaking of march madness, why is the summer always discriminated against? shouldn't we have a July 4th sale?

That would be too American-centric. Logos has an international customer base now, so that day would be meaningless to all outside the US (though as someone once joked: "Hey, do they have the 4th of July in Canada?" "Yes, of course, and the 5th and 6th.... Why would they skip that day?" [:)]). Even a "Hot summer sale!" would annoy the people Down Under who were experiencing winter. If it's going to be calendar based, I'd rather see them use the church calendar. Then again that might not sit too well with some of the low church folks who don't do Lent. But at least I think most Christian traditions celebrate (or acknowledge in some way) Pentecost, which this year was Sunday, May 23. So maybe a Pentecost-cutting sale would be good. And then the next sort of universal day in the church calendar is All Saints Day (day after Halloween in the secular calendar). So maybe an All Savings Day sale for that would be good.

Stephen Thorp said:

But seriously - a really good "Book of the month" or "monthly special" would help those of us who can only buy 'little but often' ... 

I like that idea.

Thomas Black said:

 

Rosie Perera said:

some of the low church folks who don't do Lent.

Um.... [:^] That'd be me.  But I'm amused - not offended.

It wasn't intended as pejorative. I happen to go to a pretty low church (no bells & smells or robes or clergy even for that matter), and the one I grew up in was even lower. We didn't observe Lent or any aspect of the church calendar and had only extemporaneous prayers except for the Lord's Prayer. There's a freedom and spontaneity about low church worship which is wonderful. There's a place for high church liturgies and such, but I love it that we have that diversity of ways of worshiping God. I think both high and low are honoring to him. After all, as Ps 36:7 (NIV) says: "How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings."[;)] (Note: see Exegetical Fallacies, to keep this on the topic of Logos)

Rosie Perera said:

It wasn't intended as pejorative.

I know, the term "low church" just amused the giggles out of me, I had to say something.  I'm actually on a kind of a quest - using the Logos Lectionaries to learn about the church calendar etc. 

Next year I'm contemplating taking our low church through a year of learning about the benefits or at least reasons for the various liturgical concepts by following to a certain extent the traditional church calendar.  I've not figured out how best to do that, as I want the scriptures and not the documents about the scriptures to remain the focus.  But I do hope to nail it. 

Any suggestions?

Thomas Black said:

I've not figured out how best to do that, as I want the scriptures and not the documents about the scriptures to remain the focus.

Thomas

I, too, minister in a non-liturgical church and I decided, after years of expository preaching – morning and evening – to follow the lectionary in the morning for a year.

I started that at Advent last year. I am using the lectionary calendar of readings from the Common Lectionary and focus developing several small series from the lectionary readings. For instance, I did a short series on Revelation between Easter and Pentecost called "Resurrection Results: Because He Lives …"

I look through the passages and decide whether I'm going to follow the Gospel, Epistle or Old Testament thread for a few weeks at a time.

Then I plan readings, themes and titles for about three months ahead.

At the start of the week I read prayerfully through the passage for the coming Sunday and sketch an outline of headings. Then I delve into Logos.

I got one or two ideas at different times from a Logos resource –Lectionary Reflections http://www.logos.com/products/details/3030 which just focuses on the Scripture. Also just opening a Passage Guide on the week's passage can provide useful insights.

The whole exercise has proved useful and insightful for me and the congregation so far, particularly as things like Trinity Sunday are topics that we wouldn't normally cover except as they crop up in the course of expounding a particular book of the Bible.

Hope that helps.

Every blessing

Alan

You can check what you're signed up to here: https://www.logos.com/user/MyMailingLists

That said, I'm signed up to everything, and almost never get 'special offer' emails - apart from Prepub stuff. I don't have Hengstenberg, either.

Mark Barnes said:

You can check what you're signed up to here: https://www.logos.com/user/MyMailingLists

That said, I'm signed up to everything, and almost never get 'special offer' emails - apart from Prepub stuff. I don't have Hengstenberg, either.

Ah thanks. I'd never known about that page. I wasn't signed up for the "Logos NewsWire" or "Freebies, Contests, Giveaways" feeds. That must be why I never heard about March Madness until I saw people start talking about it on the forums. I was only signed up for Regional Mailings, but I was getting the occasional (rare) email discount offer regardless.

Alan Macgregor said:

Every blessing

Alan,

That was great!  Thanks for your feedback.  I'll have to do some more reading, but I appreciate your input.

I would love a sale for Of Scribes and Sages: Early Jewish Interpretation and Transmission
of Scripture, Vols. 1 and 2 !!

Thomas Black said:

Next year I'm contemplating taking our low church through a year of learning about the benefits or at least reasons for the various liturgical concepts by following to a certain extent the traditional church calendar.  I've not figured out how best to do that, as I want the scriptures and not the documents about the scriptures to remain the focus.  But I do hope to nail it. 

Any suggestions?

 

Thomas,

As a "middle-church" kind of denomination; United Methodist, we use the Revised Common Lectionary for our scriptures.  Logos has this and it is a great resource.  A pastor can preach from any of the texts listed for that day.  Whether it be the Old Testament reading, the Psalms, the Gospels, or the rest of the New Testament.  The RCL is based on a three year cycle.  Year A, B, C.  Currently we (the UMC) are on year C.  The scripture readings for a season may be completely in line with what you as a pastor would preach on say during Christmas, Advent, Pentecost, or Lent.  However, by looking at all four of the readings, you may find something that will make a great series that is not so easily tied to the Christian Calendar.

Readings for tomorrow are:

Old Testament      2 Kings 5:1–14

Psalm                    Psalm 30 (UMH 762)

New Testament     Galatians 6:7–16 (1–6)

Gospel                   Luke 10:1–11, 16–2

I've enjoyed Celebrating the Christian Year by Martha Zimmerman (Bethany House). It's mostly focused on celebrating the Christian holidays throughout the year with your family, but it also explains the meaning and history behind the various seasons of the Christian year.

Another book I've dipped into which looks good is Seasons of Prayer; Rediscovering Classic Prayers through the Christian Calendar, by Donna Fletcher Crow (Beacon Hill Press). "Donna and her husband are cofounders of Epworth-in-the-Foothills, a worship and study center that is part of the Wesleyan worship renewal movement."

There are also circular liturgical calendar ("liturgical wheel") wall charts that are pretty cool. Here's one place where you can order them online, or here's a downloadable version.

Thomas Black:  Next year I'm contemplating taking our low church through a year of learning about the benefits or at least reasons for the various liturgical concepts by following to a certain extent the traditional church calendar. I've not figured out how best to do that, as I want the scriptures and not the documents about the scriptures to remain the focus. But I do hope to nail it.

Try to see if you get any inspiration from any of the lectionaries.  Even the Catholic Church (which I attend, to the horror of some low church brethren who at one stage disowned me....) has 4 Bible readings every week.  OT, Psalm, Epistle and Gospel.  Sometimes the OT reading may be from the OT Apocrypha, but only a few times a year.  I use the lectionary readings as the basis of my Bible study, combined with the stories we use in the women's and children's groups.  Incidentally RCL is not Roman Catholic Lectionary, but Revised Common Lectionary, as I discovered recently!  But there are Lutheran and Methodist lectionaries.  I got all my lectionaries free.

Alan Macgregor said:

I, too, minister in a non-liturgical church and I decided, after years of expository preaching – morning and evening – to follow the lectionary in the morning for a year.

 

In responding not to this particular point, but in general, I wanted to clarify on liturgical worship.  Or for those not familiar...

The liturgy is simply comprised of verses of the Bible.  There are parts from OT, NT, Psalm and Gospel.  Some recited, some to music.

One of the comforting things for people, is that there are things to say from memory, when times are rough, or when you just want to have something to include at prayer time. 

A lot of times, I could have a given thought, but seem to get my thought incomplete.  I can rely upon liturgical passages, to help.

http://www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/6494

http://www.logos.com/products/details/2460

http://www.logos.com/products/details/1663

 

 

 

Rosie Perera said:

Here's another suggestion:

Robert Webber's Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year

Thanks Rosie, in a long delayed purchase I just obtained this one as part of Webbers four book set.  (Robert Webber Ancient-Future Collection (4 Vols.) [DOWNLOAD] )

[sn]

What is being described here never happens to me, but every time they put something on Facebook I get it twice.

Wish I could fix that.

Jerry

Rosie Perera said:

Thomas Black said:

I wouldn't mark it with a snail. I admire your self-control.

But.... it was an accident.  LOL

Excellent! Thank you Todd!!!

Jerry