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– The forgotten story of the ‘Christian Vikings’ By Martyn Whittock and Hannah Whittock, LionHudson, £9.99 We are all familiar with the fierce pagan warriors that burst out of Scandinavia during the eighth century, plundering, ravaging and shedding blood wherever they went. A lesser-known fact about these infamous pillagers is that the majority converted to...

By Julia Golding, Andrew Briggs, Roger Wagner and Brett Hudson, LionChildren, £5.99 A good book for children this summer.  Meet Harriet, Darwin’s pet tortoise, and Milton, Schrodinger’s indecisive cat, on a time-travelling quest of discovery. First stop, the cave paintings drawn by our human ancestors. Did these pictures mean anything and what can they tell...

By Jessie Faerber, SPCK, £6.39 Prettier. Smarter. Funnier. Thinner.  Those are the other girls, not us. We girls know what it’s like to feel inadequate. Despite our best efforts, we constantly compare ourselves to the models in magazines, the selfies we see on Instagram, and even our closest friends. But we’re worth so much more...

By Helen Thorne, IVP, £7.99 If only this book weren’t needed. If only men and women didn’t beat their partners. If only spouses didn’t cruelly manipulate and control. If only people didn’t bully elderly relatives . . . Most incidents go under the radar, and it is estimated that only around a third come to...

By Alan Everett, Canterbury Press, £12.99 In the immediate aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, the local parish church became a focal point of the relief effort, and a gathering place for a traumatised community. In the months that followed, it worked closely with other community and faith groups to provide a compassionate network of...

By Renita Boyle, BRF, £8.99 Storytelling is a vital skill for everyone in ministry of any kind. Everything we are and everything we do revolves around the big story of God’s love for us and how we respond to it. Tell It Together combines stories that have been written to read well aloud with tools...

By John Wyatt, IVP, £9.99 We cannot choreograph our own death, but we can die well.  This is a book for those who are facing death. It is also for their relatives, friends and carers. John Wyatt looks at recent trends in dying. He examines the ‘art of dying’, a Christian tradition from the past....

Reviews On My Knees – rebuilding our confidence in prayer China’s Oasis – Love, hope, and opportunity for the hidden children of China The Character of Virtue – letters to a Godchild Earthed in God – four movements of spiritual growth When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend Journey: The Way of the Disciple Follow Me! ...

On My Knees – rebuilding our confidence in prayer  By Chris Band, Monarch, £8.99 Life has a tendency to knock our confidence in prayer. In the face of persistent difficulties, our prayer-fuelled hopes can be overwhelmed by such despair that we end up “on our knees” not so much in prayer, as in defeat. In...

China’s Oasis – Love, hope, and opportunity for the hidden children of China By Richard Harris and David Gotts, Monarch, £8.99 Here is an inspiring tale of love, hope, and opportunity for China’s abandoned children. At the tender age of 22, David Gotts was shocked by the condition of the children at a Chinese welfare...

The Character of Virtue – letters to a Godchild By Stanley Hauerwas, Canterbury Press, £16.99 Stanley Hauerwas is one of today’s greatest theologians, but like many of us, he is also a godparent. In this very special collection he invites us to share in fifteen letters which he sent to his godson, Laurence Wells. Each...

– four movements of spiritual growth By Christopher Chapman, Canterbury Press, £18.99 This resource for spiritual directors explores how we can cooperate with God in our own spiritual growth.  Using biblical imagery of the natural world, Christopher Chapman explores four recurring patterns of spiritual development: Rooted and Grounded: finding stability through prayer and humility; Emergence:...