Category: Christian Living

This is a book that is so far from anything I have read before, so profoundly revelatory, that it brings about a complete change…

With the particular focus on helping us as churches to understand how trauma can affect individuals, this is a practical resource that will help…

“This book is not for the young,” Mark Rutland declares, jokingly. He is right, kind of. It is for the older generation to read…

Polished Arrows poses the question “what does it take to become a ready arrow in God’s hands?” An arrow that is intentionally formed and…

The topic of work – how we see it, how we can use it, how we can be a part of God’s Kingdom and…

Discipleship means different things to different people, often with unhelpful connotations. But stay with me. This book is about being a disciple, which John…

At different times in my life, at local and national elections, I have voted for all three main UK political parties as well as…

This seems to be a book about everything and nothing. But what on the surface may seem like random ramblings, in fact are observations…

This is a well-written collection of thoughts on why words, language and stories are so central to our own narrative. I believe that creativity…

Firstly, it is clear that this book just oozes love, which makes it a pleasure to read. It is written from a place of…

Subtitled “How Your Words Can Glorify God and Encourage Others”, this title grabbed me. I think I am an encourager by nature, so coupled…

In the US there are apparently 7 million Christians with depression, so no doubt there are proportionally similarly large numbers across other countries. Depression…

The Wonders of Creation is a set of three essays exploring our attitudes to creation through the consideration of imagined worlds, namely those created…

Losing a dog, an ever-faithful friend who has offered so much unconditional love, is a trauma I fear having to face. Bruno, our 10…

As a foster carer and a Christian, you can understand why this book grabbed my attention ! Fostering can be hard. To open up…

This is just a short book presenting the gospel, the greatest story ever told, in which Jesus is the bringer of hope, peace, purpose…

As a part of the Talking Points series from The Good Book Company, this is a quick, short delve into the topic. It is…

A Changed Mindset is written with the objective to help the reader deepen and grow in their relationship with God, so that they can…

In all walks of life there is an underlying attitude that ordinary is dull, second best or worthless. Glory is given to those who…

‘Being a parent is such an important job’ … sorry if it seems a bit pretentious to quote my own writing, but I wrote…

As someone who loves to relax by pottering in my garden, this book attracted me from the start. The author uses a lovely picture…

The Air We Breathe offers a point of view that I had not really encountered or considered before, but probably should have been aware…

Matt has quite some story to tell, and he lays it out in this new book that is clearly written and easy to read…

It was the book title that grabbed me for this one. You just know it is going to be an unusual and fascinating story,…

Encounters, by Rachel Treweek, the Bishop of Gloucester, captures thoughts on the centrality of relationship and community to the Christian faith, clearly a topic…

Abused . Addicted . Free by Trudy Makepeace, is such a powerful autobiography. It is far from appropriate to write a “book review” as…

I read Believing is Seeing by Michael Guillen, as background research for another project that I am working on, and I am so glad…

The Christing, by Paul White, was a great find. Paul comes across as being informed and authoritative, wise in fact, but never academic or…

We read different books in different ways. A novel we may want to binge read, becoming immersed in the story, obsessed with the characters…

This article was first featured by the publisher, Muddy Pearl, on their web site, back in December 2020, a time when the world of…