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Growing a Kingdom Community
GUEST BLOG: The inspiring story of two Loreto Sisters’ work with one of the most deprived communities in the North East, by Janet Hodgson.
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August #BookOfTheMonth: Mission From Below
A radical and controversial challenge to conventional church leadership: discover Mission From Below, our August #BookOfTheMonth.
“A book that n...

Holy People and Places of Yorkshire
WATCH: Gavin Wakefield speaks to Pam Rhodes on Premier's Sunday Night Live about some of the holy people and places of Yorkshire.
Gavin Wa...

Assisted Dying: Can It Be Right?
GUEST BLOG: Dying is something we all have to face at some time or another, however much we choose to ignore it. But mentioning assisted dying ofte...

Cathedrals: the Jewel in the Crown of English Worship
GUEST BLOG: What makes cathedrals such an integral part of England’s sacred and secular life? #BookOfTheMonth author Stephen Platten explains.
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The Christian Hope for Today
GUEST BLOG: There is much to depress us in today’s world, but Peter Sills explains why his Christian faith sustains his hope for the future.
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July #BookOfTheMonth: Holy Ground
What is the future of England’s great cathedrals? Find out in Holy Ground, our July #BookOfTheMonth.
“At last a group of informed writers tackle...

A Hero for Our Time
GUEST BLOG: It has been quite the year already, but Jane Merson shows there is still time for you to play a starring role…
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What Makes a Place Holy?
GUEST BLOG: Yorkshire is full of places that pilgrims and visitors would consider holy, but what is it that makes them so? Gavin Wakefield gives hi...

Why Are Parsonages So Popular?
GUEST BLOG: Rectories and parsonages are a quintessential part of the English countryside. But what is it that makes them so popular with non-churc...

June #BookOfTheMonth: The Old Rectory
A gift that “will give great pleasure”… Our June #BookOfTheMonth is a beautiful hardback with stunning colour plates and detailed analysis. The Old...

Holy Ground and Common Ground
GUEST BLOG: Nicholas Henshall, Dean of Chelmsford, reflects on what the COVID-19 lockdown has meant for him and the work of his cathedral.
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The Empires of Things
A poem by Catherine Bird, inspired by God’s People and the Seduction of Empire by Graham Turner and written during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nicholas Henshall: How I Write
GUEST BLOG: What is Nicholas Henshall’s secret to writing effectively?
Most of my writing comes from a passionate concern to get a message acros...

UPDATED: The Christian Booksellers dispatching books during Coronavirus Lockdown
Christian bookshops are fighting for their survival. Now more than ever they need us to shop with them. Despite having to close their doors, many a...

Pandemic Theology: An Engineer’s Guide to Truth
GUEST BLOG: Peter Bold draws on his engineering career as well as his faith in considering how groups can come together and listen to each other to...

May #BookOfTheMonth: The Blue Pencil
A thrilling story of Nazi appeasement and sympathy at the highest levels of British government in the days leading up to the Second World War – dis...

The Coronavirus and Liminal Space
WATCH: How do we make sense of what is happening to us as a world community as the coronavirus spreads across the globe?
For over thirty yea...

Finding God Pitched Among Us
GUEST BLOG: Benjamin Carter heads to the countryside (in spirit, at least) to explain the origins of God’s Tent, an exciting new pattern for rural ...

Coronavirus: Changing the Way We Listen to Nature
GUEST BLOG: The consequence of this global crisis will be a new-found respect for the natural world, suggests Frances Ward.
It’s six weeks or so...