SPCK Publications 2010
isbn 9780281062300    £9.99

Following Christ is a dynamic venture in faith.  God may call his people to step into the unknown, but he travels with them on their way.

This collection of daily readings, activities and prayers provides a valuable resource for the journey.

SPCK Publications: Classic Series 2010

isbn 9780281062232    £9.99

First published in 1977, Holy Spirit quickly became a bestseller.
With consummate clarity of thought and style, Michael Ramsey sets out to establish what the Spirit meant in the experience and the language of the early Christians.  For 'there are none from whom we can learn more about a theme so intimately linked with the coming of Jesus Christ'

isbn 9780281063284   £9.99

This selection of Thomas Merton's finest writing, first published over 30 years ago, remains as relevant as ever to those wishing to progress in the spiritual life.   Here we find Merton discussing solitude, St John of the Cross, the primitive Carmelite ideal, Christianity and totalitarianism, and the power and meaning of love.

Many people today are finding some of Christianity's most ancient patterns of discipleship, worship and prayer to be a source of blessing, healing and renewal.   Here, the classic spiritual disciplines that have nourished Christians over the centuries are explored afresh.  They offer practical help for our anxious, pressured lifestyles and are a reminded of the countless ways in which God seeks us and speaks to us, as the language of traditional worship puts it, 'at all times and in all places'; in words and in silence, in solitude and in the company of others, in times of celebration and in quiet reflection.   The popular writer and broadcaster David Winter introduces time-honoured ways of fostering spiritual growth.

In Compass Points, Ignatian spirituality author and speak, Margaret Silf leads us to discover God beyond the grandiose and to find the Divine in our daily lives.   Through short but powerful meditations and vignettes based on her own spiritual experiences, Silf reveals the interior process of Ignatian mindfulness - of which a core tenet is that God can be found in all things.
 

isbn 9780826441782   £12.99

'Sister Wendy draws us in to share her pilgrimage.  Her enthusiasm is contagious as she braves the gusts of frozen snow in Ukraine, crosses the bleak Sinai desert, even climbs scaffolding to glimpse precious art within a monastery.   As she shares what she sees in these ancient works of art we are drawn yet again into deep reflection so that our own faith in her words "is irradiated with the light that we see in the faith of the early Christians".'  (Delia Smith)
 

Over the last few years, the 'Soul Space' initiative at the Greenbelt Festival has provided spiritual direction for people wanting to talk about their faith journeys, and a prayer corner where a variety of ways into prayer may be explored.   This highly readable volume has been compiled by two of the spiritual directors involved in this work.
The God you already know opens by looking at how to recognize and build upon our own experience of God, and how we might learn from those times when God seems silent and absent.  It then offers helpful ways of praying in particular circumstances.
 
 

In The Journey of Thomas Merton, the insights of two dozen Merton scholars, biographers, friends and monastic brothers are woven together into a rich tapestry.   This volume provides vivid testimony to why Thomas Merton's life and work continue to matter for the Church and for the world, four decades after his death.