Author Blog
Furthering the cause of excellence in hymnody: the Pratt Green Trust
GUEST BLOG: Gillian Warson, author of Using Vintage Hymns in Worship: Hidden Treasures Rediscovered and one of the editors of First Flight Feathers...
Truth in a Neoliberal World: Navigating Challenges and Rediscovering Humanism
What challenges are Christians facing at the beginning of 2024, asks Alan M. Suggate, author of Living Culture, Living Christ.
At the heart of t...
Praying for the trouble spots of the world
In his book Morning Prayer in Urumqi, David Goodacre invites those who prepare intercessions for church services to think imaginatively about the p...
Wisdom’s call to write
During lockdown, an online course about Wisdom struck a chord with many. Course leader, therapist and author Helen Warwick reflects on learning how...
Piecing Together Peace: Faith, transformation, and the restoration of broken narratives
Barbara Glasson, President of the Methodist Peace Fellowship and author of Peace is a Doing Word, encourages us to reconsider the rhetoric of war a...
Unveiling First Flight: A Glimpse into the Best of Worship Live
Preparing a book for publication can be an interesting and rewarding journey. Here Sacristy Press authors Janet Wootton and Gillian Warson write ab...
A tribute to Deacon Dr David Clark
David Clark, author of Meeting the Global Crisis, sadly died shortly after completing his manuscript. Here is a tribute to David from his colleague...
Exploring Northumberland: A Journey Through England's Enchanting Border County in 4 minutes
Northumberland is a stunning county of great contrasts. Stephen Platten gives us a whistle-stop tour as a foretaste of his stunning hardback guide ...
Fierce Love: Why I wrote it
Adrian Snell is a well-known Christian singer-songwriter whose concerts and albums attract audiences across Europe. He is now a music therapist for...
And it was good…
GUEST BLOG: Biblical scholar Clare Amos asks why Christian thinking about ecology and the environment draws heavily on the Old Testament, but not s...
Exploring the harmony of science and religion: a new perspective on deism’s relevance in the modern world
GUEST BLOG: Deism is the belief in God based on rational thought rather than revelation or religious teaching. David O. Brown, author of All Things...
An exclusive author interview with Katharine Tiernan
Novelist Katharine Tiernan gives us an exclusive insight into the her latest work, Star of the Sea.
Sacristy Press: What made you decide to writ...
Light in the Darkness: Exploring the Path of Christian Hope
GUEST BLOG: Taking to heart the petition in the Lord’s Prayer that God’s Kingdom shall come on earth as it is in heaven Peter Sills asks: What does...
Exploring the Eighteenth Century – Love, Tragedy, and Social Change
GUEST BLOG: Katharine Tiernan explores the origins of her family and their exploits in the Age of Sail. Here is the captivating talk Katharine gave...
Praying Through the Bible – New Light on Thorny Subjects?
GUEST BLOG: Neil Richardson introduces us to his new book Love Answering Love.
Books about the Bible and prayer are often simplistic, or else to...
Baptised Into Fiercer Hope
GUEST BLOG: Bill Topping, a Methodist lay worker, reviews Like There’s No Tomorrow by Frances Ward.
Readers of Like There’s No Tomorrow are invi...
Godliness... and Gary Lineker
GUEST BLOG: David R. Tomlinson, author of Living for Love, shares his thoughts on the Gary Lineker row and the government’s new refugee policy.
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Refurbishing the Christian Faith
GUEST BLOG: As part of our #ThemeOfTheMonth focus on the after effects of lockdown Neil Richardson, author of Waking Up to God, challenges us to re...
Locked Down or Locked In?
GUEST BLOG: As part of our #ThemeOfTheMonth focus on the after effects of lockdown John Marsh, author of Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land,...
February #ThemeOfTheMonth: Changed by Lockdown?
Back at the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic we were all asking the same questions. When would things return to normal? Would things return to norma...