Christian Life

When Jesus Calls considers the new approach to vocation in the Church of England and offers a guide for those who are exploring a call to licensed ...

This landmark volume from an influential group of Anglican theologians and practitioners explores a phenomenon that is bubbling up in today's churc...

Looking Ahead answers big questions about life, God, and the world. Full of useful information, quirky facts, assorted prayers, stories of saints a...

​Christians who feel called to remain unmarried but not to life in a religious order often face the challenge of identifying, naming and responding...

​Since the rise of agriculture humans have made sense of time through the rhythms of the agricultural and pastoral year. These rhythms are reflecte...

​Peace is something to which we all aspire, but what does it actually mean? Giving a pattern for each day of the year, Peace is a Doing Word, uses ...

The local church holds a special place in the imagination of many people, whether or not they attend it regularly. Drawing on theology, literature,...

Samuel Wells explores the key tenets of Christian belief by engaging with the most widely used arguments against religious faith - that it's a crut...

Cardinal Robert Sarah has emerged as one of the clearest and most profound voices in the Catholic world today, speaking with his trademark clarity ...

What is the Bible? How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything. The New York Tim...

In the digital age, it is practically impossible to avoid lurid headlines or hot-off-the-press scandals. When these scandals involve the Church, it...

In this Church Times 'Top 100 Best Christian Book', a chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son,...

23 Days A Story of Love, Death and God, By Francis Bridger. Francis Bridger explores his journey in the fourteen months after his wife’s very sudde...

50 Books for Life. A Concise Guide to Catholic Literature. The trouble with new books is that they prevent us from reading old ones. That was the v...

7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit. An introduction to living with the Holy Spirit and the gifts it brings. Every Christian who has been confirmed has rece...

A Divine Gift, The Consecrated Life. This unique booklet explains the origins in the Gospel and the continuing value of the Consecrated life as a s...

A Test of Faith. When Life Doesn't go to Plan. The Christian response to the problem of pain and suffering began with the cross of Christ. Our answ...

A Year of Grace. Exploring the Christian seasons, by David Hoyle. Most of us think that theology is what you do if you haven't got a life. At best,...

A-Z of Living for Christ. Like the rich man who asked Jesus, ‘What must I do to inherit eternal life?’ many Christians struggle with the true meani...

A-Z of Spiritual Living. ‘Spirituality’ is a buzzword in our time, yet there is still much confusion about what it means. Arranged alphabetically b...

Be Strong in the Lord, Spirituality for Men. What is authentic male Catholic spirituality? How does masculine spirituality complement feminine spir...

Between the Bells. Stories of reconciliation from Corrymeela. Corrymeela - a Christian community committed to reconciliation, is bounded by bells. ...

A leading poet and a theologian reflect on the Old Testament story of Ruth, a tale that resonates deeply in today's world with its themes of migrat...

Brave. Being brave through the seasons of our lives, by Deborah Duncan. Hollywood's definition of bravery often centres on superheroes and death-de...

Bridgebuilding. Making peace with conflict in the Church, by Alastair McKay. There is a prevailing culture of ‘niceness’ within churches which can ...

Cause of Our Joy. Walking Day By Day With Our Lady. This is a beautiful book of meditations on Our Lady based on the Litany of the Blessed Virgin a...

Comfort in Sorrow. Words in Time of Bereavement from John Henry Newman. Cardinal Manning spoke of John Henry Newman as ‘a preacher of justice, of p...

Corporal Works of Mercy. Feeding the hungry and thirsty, clothing the naked, housing the homeless, visiting the imprisoned, the sick, and burying t...

Enfolded in Christ, The Inner Life of the Priest, by John-Francis Friendship. Enfolded in Christ is a book about priesthood with a difference. Inst...

There are many things that can cause us to doubt or disbelieve in God. Crises, grief and suffering may make us question, ‘How can God allow such th...

Finding God in Times of Stress. Whether at home or at the office, stress can affect the most hardened person. A Christian approach to reducing stre...

Finding God When a Loved One Loses Faith. Many influences can cause a person to abandon the faith that they once loved: the hostility of secular so...

Finding God When Prayer Doesn't Work. How do we make sense of Our Lord’s teaching that the Father will always answer the prayers of his children, g...

God's Little Book of Calm. Words of Peace and Refreshment. God’s Little Book of Calm restores peace to our minds and brings spiritual refreshment t...

God's Little Book of Comfort. Words to Soothe and Reassure. God’s Little Book of Comfort brings reassurance and encouragement for those dark and di...

God's Little Book of Hope. Words of Inspiration and Encouragement. With God’s Little Book of Hope, words of refreshment and encouragement are alway...

God's Little Book of Joy. Words to Cheer and Delight, by Richard Daly. God’s Little Book of Joy celebrates the joys that surround us, and highlight...

God's Little Book of Peace. Words of Comfort and Reassurance. God’s Little Book of Peace offers an inspiring collection of calm-inducing truths on ...

How to Discover your Vocation. Marriage, Priesthood, Consecrated Life, Permanent Diaconate, Single Life. Explaining the Christian vocations and how...

Into Extra Time. Living through the final stages of cancer and jottings along the way, By Michael Paul Gallagher. Into Extra Time comprises the pow...

Spiritual reading of the bible (Lectio Divina) has a long and eminent tradition in the Church. In this booklet the method is described in a fresh a...

Living Fruitfully, Generosity. Learning From the Saints. “The Lord loves a cheerful giver.” Being generous makes us feel good. It is a human act, w...

Living Fruitfully: Joy, Learning From the Saints. “Joy is not merely a positive emotion which can be displaced by negative ones, but a settled attr...

Using examples from the saints and other figures of the past, this booklet explores the forgotten virtue of patience, helping us to reclaim it and ...

Living with Dying. A profound insight to the greatest test we all face: to be beside someonewe love – a parent, a partner, a child – as they slip a...

Love Mercy is a thoughtful and realistic exploration of forgiveness and making peace from bestselling author and broadcaster Samuel Wells. Utterly ...

The movement for ordaining women in the Catholic Church is rapidly gaining ground. As it does, questions are increasingly being asked about how the...

Making Sunday Special. Looking at Sunday as a day set aside for God, in history and today. The fast pace of modern life and a growing secularism se...