Englishness and the Church

Englishness and the Church

Patrick Whitworth
The history of England cannot be understood without first understanding the history of the Church, argues Partrick Whitworth, author of a major new...
A Good Death

A Good Death

Sarah Meyrick
GUEST BLOG: What does it look like to die well? To grieve well? The COVID-19 pandemic has stolen the opportunity from many to die or grieve as they...
Peace. Be Still, Scientist!

Peace. Be Still, Scientist!

Daniel Ruy Pereira
GUEST BLOG: Against the backdrop of the Covid 19 pandemic, Daniel Ruy Pereira reflects on the interplay between science and faith and where we can ...
July #BookOfTheMonth: Leading a Church to Maturity in Love

July #BookOfTheMonth: Leading a Church to Maturity in Love

David R. Tomlinson
Is it a white candlestick or the outline of two black faces opposite each other? Or is it both? This picture is designed to make you wonder. Wh...
Vintage hymns: past their sell-by date?

Vintage hymns: past their sell-by date?

Sacristy Press
BOOK LAUNCH: Have the hymns we grew up with passed their sell-by date? Join musician and author Gillian Warson for the launch of her new book Us...
BOOK LAUNCH: Made in the Image of God

BOOK LAUNCH: Made in the Image of God

Sacristy Press
Transgenderism, artificial intelligence (AI), our relationship to animals and the natural world... Join seven distinguished theologians for the ...
Taking Back Control?

Taking Back Control?

David Newman
GUEST BLOG: #BookOfTheMonth author David Newman takes stock of what we have learned from a year of pandemic, and explores aspects of life in lockdo...
Busking the Gospel in Secular Employment

Busking the Gospel in Secular Employment

James M. M. Francis
GUEST BLOG: Self-supporting ministry is not a new phenomenon, but it has experienced renewed interest of late. Is this the model for twenty-first-c...
April #BookOfTheMonth: Growing Up into the Children of God

April #BookOfTheMonth: Growing Up into the Children of God

Sacristy Press
What does it mean for Christians to grow to be mature members of the body of Christ? Find out in our April #BookOfTheMonth, Growing Up into the Chi...
Meghan’s Lament

Meghan’s Lament

John Holdsworth
GUEST BLOG: What does the book of Lamentations have to do with the recent much-publicised TV interview with Meghan Markle? John Holdsworth wonders ...
Happy Birthday to Us! 🎉

Happy Birthday to Us! 🎉

Sacristy Press
Sacristy Press is a Durham-based publishing company that has just reached a significant milestone. It was founded on 16 March 2011 and is today cel...
A Year Like No Other

A Year Like No Other

Lyn McCrave
GUEST BLOG: We have come full circle, almost a year since the first lockdown commenced in the U.K. on 23 March 2020. We have nearly made it through...
Hanging Pictures on the Wall

Hanging Pictures on the Wall

Richard S. Briggs
GUEST BLOG: A good poem is like a picture on a wall, says Richard Briggs. Now I love art galleries. But I have never been good at hanging pictur...
March #BookOfTheMonth: The Geese Flew Over My Heart

March #BookOfTheMonth: The Geese Flew Over My Heart

Sacristy Press
Poems for prayer and reflection: our March #BookOfTheMonth is Lyn McCrave’s deeply personal and at times haunting collection, The Geese Flew Over M...
Book Launch: Christian and Sikh

Book Launch: Christian and Sikh

Sacristy Press
The Sikh Christian Forum invites you to the (virtual) book launch for Christian and Sikh: A Practical Theology of Multiple Religious Participation ...
A Prayer for Ash Wednesday

A Prayer for Ash Wednesday

Graham Turner
A prayer by #BookOfTheMonth author Graham Turner for Ash Wednesday. We are marred by the madness of contemporary living      and brought low by...
Top Picks for Lent 2021

Top Picks for Lent 2021

Sacristy Press
Nearly a year into the pandemic, many readers are searching for resources to help them to reflect prayerfully on the current moment and to better e...
A Different Look at the 40 Days of Lent

A Different Look at the 40 Days of Lent

Richard Noble
GUEST BLOG: With 40 Bible phrases for 40 days, The Writing on the Wall: Everyday Phrases from the King James Bible offers a fascinating alternative...
A Prayer for the Sunday next before Lent

A Prayer for the Sunday next before Lent

Graham Turner
A prayer by #BookOfTheMonth author Graham Turner for the Sunday next before Lent. It is good and frightening for us to be with you, Lord. You b...
A Fresh Approach to Praying the Lectionary

A Fresh Approach to Praying the Lectionary

Graham Turner
WATCH: Praying can be an ongoing struggle, but this inventive collection could reinvigorate your prayer life. For over thirty years, Graha...