Guest blog: Hilary Robinson on helping children understand the power of prayer
Hilary Robinson, author of Paws Together For God (SPCK, illustrated by Mandy Stanley), offers advice on how to pray with children
Stephen Cottrell – Praying By Heart: The Lord’s Prayer for Everyone
Perhaps you are wondering if there is anything fresh that can be said about words that are so familiar. Well, the answer is “Yes!”
Andrea G Burke – A Bit of Earth: A year in the garden with God
These gentle musings on winter, spring, summer and autumn combine a journal of the day-to-day experiences of gardening with helpful reflections on what it means to garden with God, by meditating on the spiritual lessons attached to working the soil.
Amy Orr-Ewing – Lead like the Real You: Wisdom for Women on Finding your Voice, Pursuing God’s Calling, and Leading with Courage
Amy Orr-Ewing has a high profile as a theologian, apologist and speaker. In this book she uses her experience of being a woman in these roles to send a series of letters to young Christian leader called Jo.
Rich Villodas – The Narrow Path: How the Subversive Way of Jesus Satisfies our Souls
This book is based on the Sermon on the Mount, which Rich Villodas describes as “essentially the greatest TED Talk ever given”. It is definitely the one talk in history that everybody still seems to be talking about.
Elizabeth Oldfield – Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times
Hodder and Stoughton Hardback ISBN 878 1399 81076 0 Price £16.99 264 pages This book by the former director of the think tank Theos is a bracing celebration of life. The book is part spiritual biography, part an exercise in Christian apologetics and part an exploration of the Seven Deadly…
Rebecca McLaughlin – Does the Bible affirm same-sex relationships?
Questions about same-attraction and the demand for the Church to validate same-sex unions has occupied and divided believers over the past decade. It is a hot topic that is not going away.
Tis Mercy All author Natalie Williams
‘I was regularly in floods of tears because of gratitude and joy’
Natalie Williams is the CEO of Jubilee Plus, and has written books on how the Church can be more engaged with working class people and the poor. John Woods recently interviewed her briefly about her new book Tis Mercy All.
Brian Croft and Ronnie Martin – The Unhurried Pastor
The Good Book Company ISBN: 9781784989576 Price £9.99 173 pages Eugene Peterson’s perceptive article The Unbusy Pastor has been a life saver for many church leaders, me included. I started my aim to be an unbusy pastor when I went to my second church, where I served for 23 years.…
Mike Cosper – Land of My Sojourn: The landscape of faith lost and found
There have been several podcasts made and books written about the crash and burn of Christian ministry. And it’s certainly important for the Church to navigate the territory that has led to toxicity and disfunction in Christian leadership.