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Englishness and the Church
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
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!
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
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?
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
Transgenderism, artificial intelligence (AI), our relationship to animals and the natural world...
Join seven distinguished theologians for the ...

Taking Back Control?
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
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
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
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! 🎉
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
WATCH: Praying can be an ongoing struggle, but this inventive collection could reinvigorate your prayer life.
For over thirty years, Graha...