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By Steven Croft, Christopher Herbert and John Pritchard, CHP, £4.99 Reflections for Lent is designed to enhance your spiritual journey through the forty days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (26 February – 11 April 2020). Covering Monday to Saturday each week, it offers reflections on readings from the Common Worship Lectionary, written by some...

By Samuel Wells, BRF, £9.99 As a collection of 66 books spanning thousands of years, the Bible can be daunting in size and scope. In The Heart of It All, the Canterbury Press Lent book for 2020, Samuel Wells simplifies the Bible’s complexity and presents the entire sweep of its narrative in 18 key themes....

By David Walker, BRF, £8.99 At this time of Lent, David Walker explores different aspects of human belonging through the medium of scripture and story, in order to help us recognise the different ways in which we are God’s beloved. And as we recognise ourselves and our own lives in the narrative of God’s engagement...

By David Adam, Kevin Mayhew, £9.99 The six weeks of Lent are a time of preparing: a time when we seek to understand the fullness of Christ’s offering on the cross and rejoice in the resurrection. Lent is a time to improve our prayer life and to make sure we spend some time each day...

By Simon Cozens, IVP, £9.99 Shame, humiliation and stigma are all around us. Online shaming reminds us of the power of shame, the crisis of self-worth, the weight of judgement and the need for freedom. At the same time, people are becoming less responsive to gospel messages about guilt, morality and sin. If we want...

By Peter Walker, Lion Hudson, £15.99 This book teaches the basics of the Christian faith, looking first at what Jesus himself taught, and then at what His apostles had to say. It is for anyone who wants to follow Jesus, but who is not sure or would like to be reminded of the way. In...

By Andrew Brunson, Authentic, £9.99 In 1993, Andrew Brunson was asked to travel to Turkey, the largest un-evangelised country in the world, to serve as a missionary. Though hesitant because of the daunting and dangerous task that lay ahead, Andrew and his wife, Norine, believed this was God’s plan for them. What followed was a...

                  After Prayer – New Sonnets and other poems By Malcolm Guite, Canterbury Press, £10.99 This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than 70 new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of 27...

By Malcolm Guite, Canterbury Press, £10.99 This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than 70 new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of 27 sonnets written in response to George Herbert’s exquisite sonnet ‘Prayer’, each one describing prayer in an arresting...

By Nathan Eddy, Lion Hudson, £9.99  This book aims to inspire your reading of the Bible in a changing world. Its contributors include biblical scholars, creative writers, church leaders, activists for peace and justice and a range of others.  The book offers 366 sets of notes, prayers and suggestions for action on biblical themes.

By Canon Dr Andrew White, SPCK, £14.99 Having spent most of his life ministering and being a peace negotiator in the Middle East (especially Bagdad and Jerusalem) Canon White introduces his readers to some of the horrific truths of a suffering world, including kidnapping and terrorism. With each meditation throughout the year Andrew White shares...

By Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, DLT, £6.99 In this beautiful little book Ronald Rolheiser turns on its head the idea that religious life is the preserve of monks and nuns. Our cloisters are the walls of our home and our work, the streets we walk, and the people with whom we share our lives. The domestic...