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                  After Prayer – New Sonnets and other poems By Malcolm Guite, Canterbury Press, £10.99 This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than 70 new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of 27...

By Malcolm Guite, Canterbury Press, £10.99 This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than 70 new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of 27 sonnets written in response to George Herbert’s exquisite sonnet ‘Prayer’, each one describing prayer in an arresting...

By Nathan Eddy, Lion Hudson, £9.99  This book aims to inspire your reading of the Bible in a changing world. Its contributors include biblical scholars, creative writers, church leaders, activists for peace and justice and a range of others.  The book offers 366 sets of notes, prayers and suggestions for action on biblical themes.

By Canon Dr Andrew White, SPCK, £14.99 Having spent most of his life ministering and being a peace negotiator in the Middle East (especially Bagdad and Jerusalem) Canon White introduces his readers to some of the horrific truths of a suffering world, including kidnapping and terrorism. With each meditation throughout the year Andrew White shares...

By Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, DLT, £6.99 In this beautiful little book Ronald Rolheiser turns on its head the idea that religious life is the preserve of monks and nuns. Our cloisters are the walls of our home and our work, the streets we walk, and the people with whom we share our lives. The domestic...

By Thomas Graumann, SPCK, £11.99 Aged eight, Thomas Graumann boarded a train in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to embark on what he believed was a three-month holiday. “Go to Britain, learn English, and when the Germans leave, you can come home again,” his mother assured him.  Thomas knew his country had been taken over by the Germans...

Wake Up to Advent! – The Archbishop of York’s Advent Book, 2019 By John Sentamu, SPCK, £9.99 ‘This is the hour of crisis: it is high time for you to wake out of sleep, for deliverance is nearer to us now than it was when first we believed.’ St Paul’s encouraging words to the Christians...

By John Sentamu, SPCK, £9.99 ‘This is the hour of crisis: it is high time for you to wake out of sleep, for deliverance is nearer to us now than it was when first we believed.’ St Paul’s encouraging words to the Christians in Rome are the springboard for the Archbishop of York’s Advent book for...

By Amy Scott Robinson, BRF, £8.99 As we look towards celebrating the incarnation at Christmas, we consider how God chose to express Himself, in a moment in history, as a tiny baby. But what other images describe God in the Bible, and what can we learn about His character through them? How does an invisible...

By Paula Gooder & Peter Babington, CHP, £2.99 Following the popularity of Love Life Live Advent for Kids, this edition for Adults and Youth offers a prayer activity for every day of December up to Christmas Day, designed to enrich your understanding of the season of waiting and preparation. Each activity is accompanied by a...

By Mina Munns, Justin Welby and John Sentamu, CHP, £1.50 Follow the Star returns for 2019 with 12 brand-new reflections for the Christmas period.   Each day includes a reflection, a short Bible passage, a simple prayer and a challenge to reflect or act differently. Wherever you are on your own journey, Follow the Star will...

By Rachel Mann, Canterbury Press, £12.99 Best known for her poems-turned-carols In the Bleak Midwinter and Love Came Down at Christmas, Rossetti’s rich and wondrous faith provides an inspiring seasonal companion. For each day from Advent Sunday to the Epiphany, Rachel Mann selects a poem and reflects on it, drawing on Rossetti’s many other writings...