Broken Light

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    • Broken Light

      by J. K. Denning ★★★★★

      Paperback £14.99

      A powerful story of the timeless search for meaning, hope and love, set against the sea-haunted backdrop of Northumbria, drawing on the rich spiritual and cultural heritage of North East England.

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    • Joy and Felicity

      by Sarah Meyrick ★★★★

      Paperback £14.99

      What happens when everything you thought you knew about your family turns out to be a lie? As two sisters meet at their dying mother’s bedside, they discover a bond between them that runs far deeper than they imagined. Will the truth about secrets buried in their past finally set them free?

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A better story

Novelist Jennifer Denning reflects on the experience of writing and publishing Broken Light, her first novel. Five years ago, in a pre-Covid world, I began writing my first novel, Broken Light. I have always loved stories, from being read to by my dad when I was small to writing my own stories …

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REVIEW: Here’s one to pack in your suitcase

Are you frustrated—even angered sometimes—by the way Christian leaders are portrayed in the media? Discover the perfect antidote in this review of Archdeacon Grantly Walks Again from the Methodist Recorder. Clergy in the media are either anodyne, anaemic, simpering souls who spend t…

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Craftie sinnes delight

Are Science and Christianity working together to unlock the mysteries of the temporal and spiritual, or are they observing an uneasy truce based on rigid demarcation lines? Paul Cobb, author of The Big Bang and the Holy Trinity, considers this question. In his poem “Man dreame no more of …

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Anglo-Catholic church planting: an interview with John Wallace

INTERVIEW: In the July 2024 issue of Together magazine, Alan Mordue speaks to John Wallace about his book which discusses the challenges and opportunities of reaching new communities and planting new churches in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Here is the interview in full. What do you thi…

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In Memoriam: The (Catholic) Public School

Image: Hugh Llewelyn/Flickr (CC BY-SA)  Among those who died in the First World War were many pupils of distinguished Catholic schools whose legacy is still remembered today. Mark Cleary, author of Educating in Faith, considers that legacy. Standing in the nave of the magnificent D…

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D-Day and the ministry of Catholic military chaplains

Image: Flickr/DVIDSHUB (CC BY) For the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944, James Hagerty and Barry Hudd recall the brave ministry of Catholic military chaplains during Operation Overlord On Tuesday 6 June 1944 – D-Day – Allied troops landed …

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