Books about our walk with God – not just praying but deepening our faith in and love for God, and what we can learn from Christians in other times and places
Mentoring for Spiritual Growth
Sharing the journey of faith
Tony Horsfall
A comprehensive introduction to spiritual mentoring, exploring the biblical basis for mentoring. The book also includes demonstrations and exercises to practically implement a spiritual mentoring programme.
The Hands and Feet of Jesus
Stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things
Clive Price
Published in conjunction with World Vision UK, celebrating 25 years in 2007.
Stories from the front line usually produce a guilt-trip. Not this time.
The Hands And Feet Of Jesus is a celebration – not a condemnation – of how ordinary people tackle extraordinary challenges. All involved with World Vision, they invite us to join them. They beckon us to take a look at their work. And rejoice.
Seeking Sabbath
A personal journey
David Shepherd
This six-month diary follows a very personal journey to rediscover sabbath and establish a more sustainable rhythm of life. His reflections are breath of fresh air, inspiring and contemplative without losing sight of the pressures and realities of everyday life.
One man's journey to rediscover a day. One week at a time.
In the Palm of God’s Hand
A diary of living against the odds
Wendy Bray
First published in 2000, this book follows Wendy Bray’s diagnosis and treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Writing with humour, humility and grace, she touched many people’s lives with her honest account of life with cancer. This, the third edition, picks up with Wendy’s diagnosis of a second, unrelated breast cancer in 2005. The process is achingly familiar but with God’s presence beside her, the love of family and friends, and that unbreakable sense of humour, she goes through it all again in her poignant and emotional diary.
Assist Our Song
Angels then and now
Carol Hathorne
Interest in angels has always been strong, even among those with no religious faith. In her work as an Anglican minister, Carol Hathorne has heard numerous tales of mysterious encounters, of strangers who offer some sort of divine intervention, and in this absorbing book she shares some of these stories. Grounded with Bible study,
Assist Our Song looks at angels then and angels now, inspiring us to be ministering angels to the people we meet.
Diary of an (extra)Ordinary Woman
Learning to listen to God day by day
Clare Blake
A highly readable blend of a personal and humorous account of keeping going as a Christian over the course of a year, with Bible-based reflections on the overall theme of ‘God taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary’. In the vein of Bridget Plass, ‘the diary of Clare’ is full of wry humour as the author lets readers into her daily life, the highs and lows, the everyday challenges and not a few life-changing experiences. Ideal for any woman looking for accessible spiritual writing, the
Diary of an (Extra)Ordinary Woman coaxes us into remembering that faith in God makes all the difference to a life— ordinarily extraordinary.
Pilgrims in the Kingdom
Travels in Christian Britain
David and Deborah Douglas
From Coventry Cathedral to St Margaret’s Chapel at the heart of Edinburgh Castle, from C.S. Lewis’ Oxford to T.S. Eliot’s Little Gidding, this book ranges across England, Scotland and Wales as it chronicles places where, in the words of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ‘Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God’. Journey through this book with David and Deborah Douglas as they visit each of these places and reflect on the men and women with whom they are associated, who lived out their faith boldly and who are examples to all of us.
Oh God, Why?
Reprinting October 2008
A spiritual journey towards meaning, wisdom and strength
Gerard Hughes
Drawing inspiration from the spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, Gerard Hughes has written a book of Bible readings that help us to ‘pray the Bible’ in a unique way. It includes helpful introductory chapters on the importance of prayer, Bible study and other spiritual disciplines, including the keeping of a ‘faith journal’. The book stresses that seeing our lives as a journey with Christ to God, who loves us beyond our imagining, can transform the daily walk of faith beyond recognition.
Living the Gospel
The spirituality of St Francis and St Clare
Helen Julian CSF
Helen Julian looks at the lives of both St Francis and St Clare together, for while St Francis remains an enduringly popular figure, St Clare, an early follower and teacher of his values, is far less well known. Living the Gospel shows how they shared responsibility for the growth and influence of the Franciscan order, and how deeply rooted their teaching was in scripture. Ideal for those already interested in St Francis as well as those seeking to extend their knowledge of the history of Christian spirituality.
Praying the Jesus Prayer Together
St Cuthbert and the 21st-century Christian
Brother Ramon SSF and Simon Barrington-Ward
This book invites us to share in the experience of Brother Ramon and Simon Barrington-Ward (the hermit and the bishop) when they came together for a week of prayer at Glasshampton Monastery. It was a time that they described as a ‘week of glory’, marked by Brother Ramon’s illness, in which they prayed an ancient yet simple form of contemplative prayer. Rooted in scripture, the Jesus Prayer has spread out of the Eastern Orthodox tradition and into the lives and spirituality of Western Christians, causing something of a quiet but dynamic revolution.
The Flame of Sacred Love
The divine fire in human experience
Brother Ramon SSF
The reissue of this popular title, with nearly 6,000 copies sold to date, is the ideal introduction to the practice of contemplative prayer. Based around themes from the popular Charles Wesley hymn, it explores the riches and insights of the wide range of Christian spiritual traditions-Orthodox, Catholic and Anglican. It includes helpful prayer exercises that will provoke thought and stimulate the mind and heart to growth.
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