Some of you might be be familiar with the BBC series Who do you think you are? In the programme a number of celebrities uncover, one assumes wit
In praise of Evensong
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This is an illuminating, thoughtful and carefully researched book that holds history, theology, spirituality and mission in skilful synergy ! Its
Outcome orientated chaplaincy – perceptive, intentional and effective caring
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by Brent Peery, London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2021, 121 pp., £18.99 (PBK), ISBN 9781785926822
This is a well-researched, grounded, an
What shapes Faith ?
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Mapping the intellectual ideas that shape us
This is a gentle, modest and humane book by one of the leading theologians in the UK today. It absor
Send my Roots Rain : A Poetry Retreat
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Join the Church Times online poetry retreat on Saturday 15 May, from 10am to 3pm.
Sarum College seeks to offer space and learning to nourish the
A Writers Life ?
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Bird by Bird : Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
Google informs me that around 4,500 books are published each day across the wo
Theology for Pandemic Times
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Honest Sadness Lament in a Pandemic Age John Holdsworth Sacristy Press 2021
Many of my friends have commented on their weariness with these we
Understanding how decisions are Made?
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What Does Jeremy Think?
Jeremy Heywood and the Making of Modern Britain, by Suzanne Heywood (Collins 2021)
Jeremy Heywood, senior civil servan
Practices for the Soul : Finding Meaning in our strange new World ?
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The Power of Ritual : Turning Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices Casper Ter Kuile William Collins 2020
Casper Ter Kuile
I am indebted
Does Faith help us Age Well?
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Finishing Well - A God's Eye view of Ageing by Ian Knox ( SPCK 2020)
Ian Knox is an experienced, wise, creative priest and evangelist. His love of
People who changed the course of Covid 19
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More than 80 years ago, in Greece, 60 thousand Jews lived peacefully in Thessaloniki. It was a vibrant and valuable community, with most of these Jew
Priests in Secular Work -Participating in the Missio Dei by Jenny Gage
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Sacristy Press 2020 (207 pages) 978-1-78959-142-2 £14.99
Sacristy Press has established itself as an innovative publishing house with a div
Listening and Learning from the journey of Jonathan Herbert : Accompaniment,Community and Nature (JKP 2020)
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Jessica Kingsley 2020
This is a book that has taken a long time in the reading. Why? It is so rich, so searching, so challenging that I had to kee
Lessons in Ministry : Reflections on fifty years of Ministry, Paul Beasley- Murray DLT 2020
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Nothing much stands still these days except perhaps weekends in Lockdown. I have been to Church (online of course) and my usual catch up with fri
Being Reverend – A Diary Matt Woodcock CHP 2020
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At Sarum College a significant part of our work is in the formation of women and men for lay and ordained ministry ( see a little of our work her
On writing Autobiography
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Lessons from the 44th President of the United States of America
all 751 pages of it !
I have spent far too much time with my head buried in th
Thinking Again Jan Morris Faber & Faber 2019
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A second volume - for musings on the first see (https://www.jameswoodward.online/wp-admin/post.php?post=8586&action=edit)
An observant friend
Spirit of Place Susan Owens Thames & Hudson 2020
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As adventures in reading go this wonderful volume is a sheer delight. Skilfully researched and lucidly written the author inhabits the space with cre
In Praise of the Oak Tree
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The Glorious Life of the Oak
John Lewis-Stempel Doubleday 2018
As the 'hibernation' ( see my post 22 December) continues helped by persi
In My Minds Eye : A Thought Diary by Jan Morris (Faber & Faber 2018)
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Jan Morris who died on 20th November 2020
Pre Christmas hibernation has started with a necessary limitation of Covid 19 travel. So being nourished