Books

An Advent Book of Days tells the stories of all the characters and creatures that make up the Christmas story, with daily prayers and reflections based on their experiences. Fully illustrated in colour, this rich seasonal companion combines the...

Dave's enthusiastic fans will welcome this eighth collection of his shrewd church cartoons. It includes: All-age talks - how to get everyone on your side; Curates - the mess they leave behind when they move on; A guide to understanding the Cake...

Gardening and growing has never been so popular, nor has the awareness of why we need to do it been so acute. Hazel Southam relates with humour, wry observation and poignancy the story of her first year as an allotment holder, reflecting on...

Each year, the Christmas double issue of the Church Times offers a feast of seasonal reading. News of Great Joy draws together the best Christmas writing by outstanding authors and poets over twenty years to create an ideal Christmas gift and a...

Drawing on the riches of Persian culture and her own dramatic experience of loss of a homeland, Guli Francis-Dehqani offers memorable and perceptive reflections on Jesus' seven final sayings from the cross, opening up for Western readers fresh and...

Jay Hulme is an award-winning transgender poet, performer, educator and speaker. In this new poetry collection, Jay details his journey through faith and baptism during an unprecedented world-wide pandemic. Jay’s poetry explores belief in the...

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...

In this bold and provocative invitation, Martyn Percy imagines what the post-pandemic Church might look like and sets out what it needs to learn. It argues that the Church needs to stop obsessing about itself - its size, its strategies to shore up...

A collection of around 500 original collect-style prayers and biddings covering the life of the Church, and the life of the world. Contemporary in focus and language, the prayers are written in a concise style that makes them ideal for public...

Lucy Winkett explores the lived reality of faith through a series of around fifty reflections on scripture narratives that span the Christian year. Reflecting a 'head, heart and feet' approach to understanding scripture, this collection will delight...