Gail Ramshaw

This book offers an academic, ecumenical examination of liturgical language — its metaphoric nature and the question of inclusive expression — from broader Christian liturgical scholarship. It is not a magisterial Catholic teaching document; readers seeking official norms on liturgical language should refer to Church documents on liturgy (e.g., the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and Vatican liturgical guidelines).

The author uses images abstractions (ashes, food, mother, water, and so forth) as seeds for daily meditations during Lent. I struggled with trying to make the authors images as my images, hence I felt like I was in a foreign land.

The author is also a Lutheran, and Lutheran theology and doctrine is apparent throughout the book. Since I am not Lutheran, it also made me feel like I was in a foreign land.

The book refers to hymns and prayers from "Evangelical Lutheran Worship," which I don't show more have, so I was unable to read the the words to the hymns cited each day. show less

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