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Sarum Pause for Reflection: Wriggly Tin
Reflection Not all barriers are Bad Things. I sympathise with the farmer who felt a need to reinforce the message that the field beyond is not public space, but working land. Sometimes we need to protect the landscape of our interior, where … Read moreSarum Pause for Reflection: Enfolded by Love
Reflection Sometimes a change of perspective can be really useful. The difficult things in life are still difficult, and need attending to, but they do not form the whole picture. A friend of mine in East London, who has rediscovered … Read moreSarum Pause for Reflection: Lightshow
Reflection Corona is something I enjoy seeing – when it’s an atmospheric optical phenomenon, rather than a brand of beer popular with those who leave empties on the local meadows. It’s a partial corona. Caused by diffraction of sunlight … Read moreMore News »
Bookshop New Titles
Sarum Graduate Publishes The Spirituality of Jane Austen
Congratulations are in order for Sarum graduate The Rev Prebendary Paula Hollingsworth, who has just published The Spirituality of Jane Austen: Her Faith Through her Life, Letters and Literature. Paula completed her MA in Christian Spirituality in 2007, and wrote … Read more
Book of the Month: April 2014
Journey to the Empty Tomb: Exploring the Final Week of Jesus’ Life by Paula Gooder (2014) “maybe the poet… shows you new ways to see” Paula Gooder’s Biblical Exploration might well have been titled ‘the Subversive Jesus’. From Jesus’ entry … Read more
The Art of Worship CD Now in stock
A companion CD to Nicholas Holtam’s ‘The Art of Worship’ this recording features arrangements of many of the prayers included in the book, sung by the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. Read more
Simply Jesus
We begin with a thought experiment. Modern critical biblical scholarship often points out how the church’s teachings about Jesus have become encrusted with tradition so that it is hard to see what the core documents—the New Testament—really say about him. Read more
The Nail
This Lent book offers imaginative reflections on Christ’s crucifixion. Each of the seven chapters is focused on a different key character, who describes his or her experience of the Passion. The nails used to crucify Christ are used as a jumping off point for their reflections. Read more
The Heart’s Time
A day by day Lent book aimed at the individual reader, in which a poem appropriate to the themes of the season is read, along with a short reflection from the editor and a couple of questions to ponder. The purpose is to use a poetic text as the basis for ‘slow reflection’ during Lent and Eastertide. Read more
Evensong
Kenneth Steven’s poems are inspired first and foremost by wildscape, by the places and people of Highland Perthshire and of the Celtic west – Iona and the Hebrides. But they are inspired by faith too, by the struggle to see God in the complexities of this world’s turmoil and find light in the darkness. Read more
The Philosopher and the Gospels
The teachings of Jesus Christ, as presented in the Bible, are familiar to millions around the world. But do we really understand what he said and did? Read more
Speaking Christian
In Speaking Christian, Marcus Borg takes some of the key words in the Christian dictionary and exposes the negative and unhelpful connotations they still carry today. At the same time, he goes back to the Bible and unpacks their meaning in a way that is both more faithful to the teaching of Jesus and more relevant to his followers today. Read more
Making the most of your Child’s Baptism
A short, full-colour gift book which explains the baptism service for parents. Aimed at those not familiar with church, this book explains what baptism is and is structured around the service itself. It includes questions to think about and follow-up activities for parents and children. It is ideal for baptism preparation. Read more
