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March #BookOfTheMonth: God B.C.
Our March #BookOfTheMonth, God B.C., makes for perfect Lenten reading.
“A classic of biblical interpretation”
Rowan Williams, former Archbishop...

St Cuthbert’s Last Journey
GUEST BLOG: It is gone eight o’clock on the least-light day of late December, the winter solstice. Katharine Tiernan is standing on the whinstone r...

A Busy Retirement
GUEST BLOG: As we continue to look at what ‘retirement’ really means for clergy, Tony Neal adds some reflections on his own retirement to those of ...

New Hymn: Christ the Saviour
GUEST BLOG: Author Ian Black shares a new hymn he has written based on Follow Me: Living the Sayings of Jesus, our February #BookOfTheMonth.
Whe...

Reflecting on Retirement: A New Lease of Life?
GUEST BLOG: What does ‘retirement’ mean for clergy who have made a life-long commitment to their vocation? Leslie J. Francis explores the motivatio...

Honorary Doctorate Awarded to Kevin Carey
We are delighted to hear that Kevin Carey, author of multiple books with Sacristy Press, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University o...

February #BookOfTheMonth: Follow Me
As we approach Lent, our February #BookOfTheMonth is perfect material for the penitential season.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love o...

London Book Fair 2020
UPDATE 04/03/2020: London Book Fair has been cancelled by the organisers due to COVID-19 coronavirus. If you were due to meet with us, we will rear...

What Is “Artistic Duplicity”?
Juliana Horatia Ewing
GUEST BLOG: Author William B. Dillingham explains the meaning behind the title of his new book, and explores a little ...

Thirty Years Later As I Walked
A brand new poem by David Grieve, author of Hope in Dark Places (our January #BookOfTheMonth) and Love in Thin Places.
There’s a fellside very c...

A Church Without Boundaries
The Sheppard-Worlock Statue, Liverpool
GUEST BLOG: In this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Nicholas Henshall (Dean of Chelmsford) gives ...

Blue Poetry for Blue Monday
GUEST BLOG: In this bluest month of the year, #BookOfTheMonth author David Grieve explains that there is still plenty of Hope in Dark Places.
Bl...

How Do We Preach in a Secular Age?
GUEST BLOG: Jenny Wilson, Canon Precentor of St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide, explores how good preaching in this and every age is about listening f...

January #BookOfTheMonth: Hope in Dark Places
January is often considered the most miserable month of the year: Christmas cheer is over (in the secular world, at least…) and there seems to be n...

The Jesus Prayer
GUEST BLOG: Western Christians may not be familiar with the Jesus Prayer, which developed within Eastern Christianity and is central to the spiritu...

Stephen Cottrell’s foreword to Dear Nicholas...
Photo: Stephen Cottrell speaking at the launch of Dear Nicholas... © Nick Robinson (used with permission).
Stephen Cottrell has been announc...

The Womb of Advent
GUEST BLOG: The season of Advent is a particular gift in the northern hemisphere, even more so the further north you travel. The darkness of the se...

Out of the Whirlwind: The Inspiration behind the Book
GUEST BLOG: Author Adrian Roberts describes the circumstances that led him to write his new book, Out of the Whirlwind.
I suppose the idea for w...

December #BookOfTheMonth: The Divine Heart of Darkness
As we enter the darkest month of the year (for our northern hemisphere readers, at least...), check out our December #BookOfTheMonth, The Divine He...

Where Does Dear Nicholas… Come From?
GUEST BLOG: The book Dear Nicholas… wasn't really intended as a book at all. Nicholas Henshall, the original recipient of the letter and now Dean o...