{"id":4778,"date":"2019-05-27T17:53:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T22:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2019-05-30T21:36:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T02:36:50","slug":"members-new-book-offers-creative-resources-for-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2019\/05\/27\/members-new-book-offers-creative-resources-for-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Member&#8217;s new book offers creative resources for churches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-4.44.10-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-4.44.10-PM.png 289w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-4.44.10-PM-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John McTavish<\/strong>, a United Church of Canada minister and longtime member of The John Updike Society, has included three Updike poems in his new book:  <em>Jesus and Elvis: Creative Resources for Schools and Churches.<\/em> In addition to the title poem, &#8220;Jesus and Elvis,&#8221; there are reprints of &#8220;Perfection Wasted&#8221; and &#8220;Seven Stanzas at Easter,&#8221; along with McTavish&#8217;s commentary on all three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book is intended to offer &#8220;a host of creative resources for use in schools and churches. . . . Categories include poems, plays, hymns, prayers, pictures, a communion service, participatory readings, and essays.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the blurb writers for the book, Catherine MacLean, the senior minister at St. Paul&#8217;s United Church, notes that &#8220;John Updike&#8217;s poem &#8216;Jesus and Elvis&#8217; glitters among the gems&#8221; and describes McTavish&#8217;s book as a &#8220;wide range of reflective and performance material&#8221; that &#8220;brings together biblical traditions, ethics, and contemporary life\u2014a shining collection.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jesus-Elvis-Creative-Resources-Churches\/dp\/1532663072\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jesus+and+elvis+john+mctavish&amp;qid=1558993900&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\">Amazon link to the book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McTavish, a United Church of Canada minister and longtime member of The John Updike Society, has included three Updike poems in his new book: Jesus and Elvis: Creative Resources for Schools and Churches. In addition to the title poem, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2019\/05\/27\/members-new-book-offers-creative-resources-for-churches\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4780,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778\/revisions\/4780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}