FOP: Preaching in Perilous Times

Priest, poet and broadcaster Rachel Mann believes the world is charged with a divine spark. She explains how in our encounters with what she terms 'the spectres of God', one can become at peace with limitation, precariousness, lack of certainty, and...

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Fierce Imaginings

The Great War, Ritual, Memory and God

From Rachel Mann, Canon Poet-in-Residence at Manchester cathedral, comes a lyrical and very personal story of remembrance, faith, family and identity shaped by the chaos and trauma wrought by the Great War and the flux in early twentieth century...

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The Gospel of Eve

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Littlemore College is in a picturesque village just outside Oxford. Its calm surroundings have seen generations of aspirant priests pray and train. As far the outside world is concerned, human passions are restrained by devotion to a higher...

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Love's Mysteries

The Body, Grief, Precariousness and God

Love's Mysteries reflects powerfully on our fundamental limitations as creatures of flesh and bone, and what our experiences of grief, loss, and fragility tell us about God.

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Kingdom of Love

A Kingdom of Love is a lyrical interrogation of the place of the sacred and profane in a demythologised world from poet and Anglican parish priest, Rachel Mann.

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The Risen Dust

Poems and stories of passion & resurrection

Powerful and moving readings, stories and poems for Easter.

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David's Crown

Sounding the Psalms

A corona is a crown, the pearly glow around the sun in certain astronomical conditions and a poetic form where interlinking lines connect a sequence. It is the perfect name therefore for this new collection of 150 poems by the bestselling poet...

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Faith, Hope and Poetry

Theology and the Poetic Imagination

Faith, Hope and Poetry explores the poetic imagination as a way of knowing; a way of seeing reality more clearly. Presenting a series of critical appreciations of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day, Malcolm Guite applies the...

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After Prayer

New sonnets and other poems

This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than seventy new and previously unpublished works. It includes a sequence of twenty seven sonnets written in response to George Herbert's exquisite sonnet...

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Dazzling Darkness - 2nd edition

Gender, Sexuality, Illness and God

Dazzling Darkness is a true story about searching for one’s authentic self in the company of the Living God. Rachel Mann has died many ‘deaths’ in the process, not the least of which was a change of sex, as well as coming to...

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Lifting the Veil

Imagination and the Kingdom of God

Christianity has often been suspicious of the human imagination, equating it with what is imaginary or merely made-up, while in the secular world the arts are often seen as little more than a source of entertainment. In Lifting the Veil, Malcolm...

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Heaven in Ordinary

A Poet's Corner Collection

A second collection of Malcolm Guite's widely acclaimed columns on the back page of the Church Times

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Sounding the Seasons

Poetry for the Christian Year

Poetry has always been a central element of Christian spirituality and is increasingly used in worship, in pastoral services and guided meditation. Here, Cambridge poet, priest and singer-songwriter Malcolm Guite transforms 70 lectionary readings...

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Love, Remember

40 poems of loss, lament and hope

The bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses forty poems from across the centuries that express the universal experience of loss and reflects on them in order to draw out the comfort, understanding and hope they offer.

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The Singing Bowl

Malcolm Guite's eagerly awaited second poetry collection offers poems that seek beauty and transfiguration in contemporary life; sonnets inspired by Francis and other outstanding saints; poems centred on love, parting and mortality; and poems...

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My Theology

The Word within the words

My Theology: The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs. The Word within the words is a Poet's Credo, in which Malcolm Guite describes how his Christian faith informs and underpins his...

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Parable and Paradox

Sonnets on the Sayings of Jesus and Other Poems

This much-requested follow-up to Sounding the Seasons offers a sequence of new 50 sonnets that focus on many passages in the Gospels: the Beatitudes, parables and miracles, teachings on the Kingdom, and the 'hard sayings' - Jesus' challenging...

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Waiting on the Word

A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany

For every day from Advent Sunday to Christmas Day and beyond, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive seasonal reflections on it. A scholar...

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In Every Corner Sing

A Poet's Corner collection

The first collection of Malcolm Guite's widely acclaimed columns on the back page of the Church Times. His perceptive musings draw together everyday events and encounters, journeys, poetry, stories, memory and a sense of the sacred to open a door...

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Untamed Gospel

Protests, poems and prose for the Christian year

Martyn Percy, Jim Cotter, Sylvia Sands

Untamed Gospel complements The Bright Field and Darkness Yielding, and offers meditations, reflections, stories, prayers and poems for use throughout the church year. Each one focuses on the often startling nature of Jesus' sayings and teachings,...

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In the Shelter

Finding a Home in the World

Padraig O Tuama

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. Drawing on this Irish saying, poet, storyteller and theologian Padraig O Tuama relates ideas of shelter and welcome to journeys of life, using poetry, story, biblical refelction and prose...

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Readings from the Book of Exile

Pádraig Ó Tuama

The first, long-awaited poetry collection from Pádraig Ó Tuama, interweaving parable, poetry, art, activism and philosophy into an original and striking expression of faith. His poems emerge powerfully from a context of struggle and...

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Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community

Pádraig Ó Tuama, Padraig O Tuama

Corrymeela is Northern Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation organisation. At its heart is a simple pattern of daily worship that is structured around meditation on the Gospels. This prayer book captures the essence of the Corrymeela prayer...

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The Word in the Wilderness

A Poem a Day for Lent and Easter

For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive reflections on it. A scholar of poetry and a...

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Borders and Belonging

The Book of Ruth: A story for our times

Padraig O Tuama, Glenn Jordan

A leading poet and theologian reflect on the ancient story of Ruth that resonates deeply in today's world with its themes of migration, the stranger, mixed cultures and religions, law and leadership, women in public life, kindness, generosity and...

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Sorry For Your Troubles

Pádraig Ó Tuama

One of the most engaging voices contemporary spirituality in is that of the Irish poet, Padraig O'Tuama. This second poetry collection arises out of a decade of his hearing stories of people who have lived through personal and political conflict....

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Book of Queer Prophets

24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion

Ruth Hunt

Is it possible to believe in God and be gay? How does it feel to be excluded from a religious community because of your sexuality? Why do some people still believe being LGBT is a sin?

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Finding Abundance in Scarcity

Steps Towards Church Transformation A HeartEdge Handbook

All churches have had to learn to do things differently during closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. None has been more imaginative or inventive than London's St Martin in the Fields. Here the St Martin's team reflects theologically and share its...

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Incarnational Mission

Being with the world

In this compelling follow-up to Incarnational Ministry: Being with the Church, Wells explores what it means for mission-minded Christians and churches to be with the world.

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What Were You Arguing About Along The Way?

Gospel Reflections for Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter

Padraig O Tuama, Pat Bennett

The Spirituality of Conflict website is one of the most exciting and vibrant online lectionary resources. This volume of collected material focuses on the beginning and the end of Jesus' human life and covers the gospels for Advent, Christmas. Lent,...

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Humbler Faith, Bigger God

Finding a Story to Live By

Samuel Wells explores the key tenets of Christian belief by engaging with the most widely used arguments against religious faith, seeking to understand how and why they have taken hold, what part the church has had in making people so resistant to...

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Who Is My Neighbour?

The Global And Personal Challenge

Richard Carter

With increasing division, xenophobia, and confusion over future national and international relationships, this thought- and action-provoking book considers the crucial question, Who is my Neighbour?

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Love Mercy

The Twelve Steps of Forgiveness

Love Mercy is a thoughtful and realistic exploration of forgiveness and making peace from bestselling author and broadcaster Samuel Wells. The sequel to 'Walk Humbly', it is the second of three volumes by Samuel Wells that offer a basic introduction...

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For Good

The Church and the Future of Welfare

Samuel Wells, Russell Rook, David Barclay

It is often claimed that local churches provide a significant proportion of social care today. In this important new study, Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin's in the Fields and the Salvation Army's Russell Rook consider the reality of the church's...

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A Future That's Bigger Than The Past

Towards the renewal of the Church

Samuel Wells shares his vision for the Church as imagined by HeartEdge, the growing network of churches established by St Martin-in-the-Fields, with its fourfold focus for renewing the mission activity of the church: commerce, culture, congregation...

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Liturgy on the Edge

Pastoral and attractional worship

This practical companion to creating pastoral liturgies arises from the vibrant ministry of St Martin-in-the-Fields and is designed to aid local ministry teams in devising forms of worship outside and beyond the scope of authorised church liturgy,...

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The Heart Of It All

The Bible's Big Picture

As a collection of 66 books spanning thousands of years, the Bible can be daunting in size and scope. In The Heart of It All, the Canterbury Press Lent book for 2020, Samuel Wells simplifies the Bible's complexity and presents the entire sweep of...

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Learning to Dream Again

Rediscovering the Heart of God

This striking guide to thoughtful Christian living explores the everyday experience of Christian hope and wisdom. In thirty six short and engaging reflections, Sam Wells explores what influences and shapes how we live, love, think, read Scripture,...

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What Anglicans Believe

An Introduction

At a time when disagreement is rife, this guide introduces the historic beliefs that unites all Anglicans. Suitable for new and seasoned believers alike, it offers a timely reminder Anglicanism's historic breadth and generosity.

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Speaking the Truth

Preaching in a diverse culture

`Truth' is a difficult subject in a pluralistic culture. Yet the preacher's call is to be a speaker of truth - the truth of God in Jesus Christ. Samuel Wells reflects on the practice of speaking about God, faith, the Bible, discipleship,...

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A Cross in the Heart of God

Reflections on the death of Jesus

A Cross in the Heart of God focuses on the significance of the story at the very centre of Christianity: the crucifixion. Samuel Wells writes as a theologian and pastor to explore the cross in the purposes of God and how this act brings about...

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Face to Face

Meeting Christ in Friend and Stranger

Samuel Wells reflects theologically and pastorally on twenty pastoral encounters that were both hugely challenging and hugely instructive for him. The result is a book of profound practical wisdom and understanding that will inform and enrich...

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Crafting Prayers for Public Worship

The Art of Intercession

An inspirational and practical guide for all who help to lead the intercessions in regular worship or offer prayers on specific occasions. It aims to empower and equip lay people and clergy alike to offer heartfelt, informed, thoughtful and...

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Incarnational Ministry

Being with the church

The bestselling writer and popular broadcaster Sam Wells reflects on the essence of discipleship and Christian ministry today. Believing that ministry is essentially about `being with' the other, whether that is God, the church, friends or...

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How Then Shall We Live?

Christian Engagement with Contemporary Issues

The world constantly throws up new challenges about what it means to be Christian and to live a distinctively Christian lifestyle. The priest, broadcaster, writer and ethicist, Sam Wells considers some of the biggest contemporary political, social...

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Nazareth Manifesto: Being with God

S Wells

A Nazareth Manifesto is an eloquent and impassioned ecumenical proposal for re-envisioning Christianity s approach to social engagement away from working for the people to being with them. * Questions the effectiveness of the current trend of...

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Joining the Angels' Song

Eucharistic Prayers for Sundays and Holy Days, Years A, B & C

Samuel Wells, Abby Kocher

This invaluable liturgical resource presents 150 new Eucharistic prefaces, one for each Sunday and major holy day of years A, B & C, plus special occasions. Aiming to reflect the many dimensions of Christian life, each one is rich in Biblical...

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Walk Humbly

Encouragements for living, working and being

In the spirit of the popular poem 'Desiderata', world-renowned ethicist, theologian and preacher Samuel Wells offers eight exhortations in this extended meditation on being alive in the world and making our way through life.

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Improvisation

The Drama of Christian Ethics

Samuel Wells, Wesley Vander Lugt, Benjamin Wayman

This introductory textbook establishes theatrical improvisation as a model for Christian ethics, helping Christians embody their faith in the practices of discipleship. Clearly, accessibly, and creatively written, it has been well received as a text...

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Praying for England

Priestly Presence in Contemporary Culture

Professor Sam Wells, Professor Sarah Coakley

It is often said that the heart of Anglicanism is not about numbers, but it is less frequently articulated what that heart actually is. This book identifies and testifies to that heart. Each chapter herein reflects on and quietly celebrates the...

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SCM Studyguide: Preaching

Peter Stevenson

A step-by-step guide to learning about preaching and more importantly how to craft and deliver a sermon. It offers a student-friendly, jargon-free introduction which requires no prior knowledge of the subject. Suitable for all church traditions and...

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Be Not Afraid

Facing Fear with Faith