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Where are you on the journey of life?
GUEST BLOG: Where are you on the journey of life? Author John Davey explains how his latest two books can help us on our Christian journey. He desc...
The inside story on “Mission From Below”
GUEST BLOG: Dr Janet Hodgson’s new book is a radical and controversial challenge to the top-down leadership models that are so widespread in the ch...
The Crucifixion: a personal or public matter?
GUEST BLOG: Is the Crucifixion a personal or public matter? Kevin Carey, author of Cross Purposes, reveals his thoughts.
The tragedy of Reformatio...
Living Cathedrals
GUEST BLOG: Do cathedrals still matter in the twenty-first century? Bishop Stephen Platten shares why they are still popular, but also the challeng...
6 inspiring books to give you a helping hand in Lent
Time to dig out your pancake pan and select one of our excellent Lent companions to help you to think and reflect more deeply and purposefully this...
Collection of Poems about Depression and Christianity by Retired Priest Launched at Durham Cathedral
PRESS RELEASE: Sacristy Press, based in Durham City, launched a new collection of poems written by a depressive priest on Blue Monday (Monday 15 Ja...
Feeling blue? It’s not just you...
BOOK LAUNCH: Approximately 300 million people worldwide suffer with depression (WHO, 2017). For those who suffer from this invisible disease, it’s ...
VIDEO: The Divine Heart of Darkness - a book launch for all the senses
There was music. There was art. There was even Divine dark chocolate. This was a book launch for all the senses. We streamed it live on Facebook, a...
Finding God in the Shadows
Darkness is not just night. It is twilight and dawn. It is shape and shadow. It is beyond and beneath. It is shelter and shade. It is It is power a...
Did Luther actually nail his 95 Theses to a church door?
On this day five hundred years ago Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg.
Or did he?
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A book launch for the dark nights...
As the nights get darker, join us at Church House Bookshop to launch The Divine Heart of Darkness: Finding God in the Shadows by Catherine Bird.
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Follow Me: Living the Sayings of Jesus
GUEST BLOG: How can we live out the sayings of Jesus in our busy, cluttered lives? Ian Black, canon of Peterborough Cathedral, explains how his new...
Spy Stories and the Relevance of Cathedrals: Durham Book Festival Fringe events at Durham Cathedral
PRESS RELEASE: In association with Sacristy Press, Durham Cathedral will host two events as part of the Durham Book Festival Fringe. On 10 October ...
Be part of a triple book launch...
Bishop Stephen Platten has been a busy man. He has written three crucial new books – two for Sacristy Press and one for SCM Press – and there are f...
Two events you can’t afford to miss at the Durham Book Festival
Sacristy Press and Durham Cathedral are hosting two events as part of the 2017 Durham Book Festival “fringe”.
Don’t miss this opportunity to mee...
Danish best-selling book to be translated into English
PRESS RELEASE: Sacristy Press, based in Durham City, will be publishing an English version of a Danish best-selling and critically-acclaimed book a...
A Summer of Books!
Heading off on holiday this summer? Don't forget to pack our new releases and some of our old favourites! (There's also a teaser of some new books ...
Revealed: the centuries-old secret hidden in Open Treasure?
This weekend the stunning Treasures of St Cuthbert go back on display at Durham Cathedral. But was Cuthbert’s famous pectoral cross – a symbol of D...
Opening Cuthbert’s Tomb
Here’s what happened when David Willem live tweeted the opening of St Cuthbert’s tomb in Durham Cathedral, 190 years to the day since it occurred.
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10 Deadly Sins of Preaching
Preaching is an art form that can take years to master. In this extract from his book, Michael Sadgrove shares his experiences of what makes a bad ...