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– Lent Reflections on Life in Christ By Sarah Mullally, SPCK, £7.99 This is the first Lent book from the Bishop of London, and it explores the ways in which we can live the Christian life to the full today. The forty reflections will help you to go deeper into the meaning and practice of...

– Devotional Readings for Lent By Trystan Owain Hughes, BRF, £8.99 This is the BRF Lent book for 2021.  Lent is not about giving up or taking up, but a radical opening up: the opening up of our lives to God’s transformative kingdom. Lent is not about giving up or taking up, but a radical...

Many saints have fed the poor, but not many were interested in actual food production.  Nathalan (died c.678) was, so perhaps he might be the patron saint of anyone who produces food – and gives most of it away to those in need. Scotland in the 7th century must have been a hungry place, especially...

– a Lenten Journey from Adversity to Maturity By Justine Allain Chapman, SPCK, £9.99  Is it possible to respond to the adversities of life by becoming stronger, wiser and more loving? The art of kintsugi (‘repairing with gold’) not only restores cracked objects but makes them even more beautiful than before. Alone on an 8-day retreat...

Editor:  Because most of the current ‘church stories’ are focussed on Christmas, we have brought you a smaller selection than usual this month. Five things I’d like to see in 2021 Tearfund helping the vulnerable CAP Scotland to open new Debt Centres across Scotland Introducing ‘The Wellbeing Journey’ Giving gifts of HOPE Being salt and...

– a Prayer Journey through Lent By Sheila Upjohn, SPCK, £7.99 Sheila Upjohn explores the ‘Revelations of Divine Love’ alongside passages from Scripture.  She reveals how Julian’s fresh perspectives on sin and judgement, anger and forgiveness, the Incarnation and the crucifixion can challenge and enlighten us, six hundred years later, in a world so badly...

Courage, vision and leadership are found in the most unlikely of places. Mary Slessor was born in December 1848 into a wretchedly poor family. Her father was an alcoholic who lost his job as a shoemaker. Mary was the second of seven children, and in 1859 they moved from Aberdeen into the fetid slums of...

If you have nothing much going for you, Antony Pucci (1819-92) should be your patron saint. He came from nowhere – a peasant family in Tuscany. He went nowhere – he spent his life as a parish priest in the Tuscan city of Viareggio. He was unattractive to look at.  He wasn’t good with words...

By John Prockter, Monarch, £8.99  Framed around 12 real-life sticking points in John Prockter’s life, this book offers us hope in a faithful God and a pathway through difficult times. John encourages us to engage with Scripture in a new and inspiring way, allowing Jesus to bring the freedom we all need to live our...

By Patrick Regan OBE, Monarch, £9.99 What do you do when life falls apart, and it feels as if God has left you? How do you keep going when your faith is rocked to the core? Sometimes things get so hard we’re not sure where God is – or what He’s up to. For Patrick there...

I keep hearing people say that 2020 was a ‘year like no other.’ Friends have been writing a special journal recording the year, so they can pass it on to their grandchildren. Others just want to leave 2020 behind and look to a happier new year. Both reactions are completely understandable. But I’ve been looking...

Heroes are not always men or women of action. Sometimes the fight for right over wrong can be even more powerful when done through words and argument. Hilary was such a champion of the Christian faith. Born into a wealthy pagan family in Poitiers in 315, he first became an orator of Neo-Platonism. Here he...