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.
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.
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…
In my early 20s, I was very involved in children’s work in my local church. I thought I knew exactly what needed to be done to help children thrive in their faith.
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.…
John Starke usefully reframes the question of how we experience intimacy with God.
IVP ISBN 978 1 5140 0524 8 Price 230 pages I love books like this. The author teaches English at Calvin University in the United States, and writes out of the conviction that: “Humans are story-shaped creatures.” She shares something of the story of her life as a teacher thorough…
Is this another one of those “I survived the lockdown; let me tell you about what I learned” books? Yes and no.