Sacristy Press: 57 books
Perpetua
The Third Testament For The Third Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Perpetua, a 19 year old girl from South London, says that she is God. She gathers a motley collection of followers and begins her travels, performing miracles and spreading her gospel of unconditional love along the way.
Her message provokes a strong and ultimately lethal reaction from Christianity's...
Unity
The Third Testament For The Third Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
The tranquil development of the Perpetuan movement is disrupted by Gregg, a former US Secret Service operative and charismatic sex maniac. He subverts Perpetua’s message in a series of aggressive emails, pushing the movement’s non-combative leadership to breaking point.
After a series of...
Making Connections
Exploring Methodist Deacons' Perspectives on Contemporary Diaconal Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Churches are increasingly exploring the potential of diaconal ministry to help them serve wider society in the contemporary context. Those involved in this ministry seek to forge improved connections between churches and the wider communities in which they are located. However, the role of those...
Theonomics
Reconnecting Economics with Virtue and Integrity
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
At a time when economics, banking and commerce are never out of the headlines, Theonomics asks if theology is capable of informing, shaping and penetrating all aspects of life, and especially economic life. Theonomics argues for the recovery of the classic virtues of prudence, temperance, fortitude,...
Beyond Busyness
Time Wisdom in an Hour
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Following the success of his previous book, Beyond Busyness: Time Wisdom for Ministry, Dr Stephen Cherry has distilled the essence of Time Wisdom into this bite-sized book, essential for anyone seeking to restore some balance in their busy life.
As part of his “Give up busyness for Lent”...
Beyond Busyness
Time Wisdom for Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
"a gift to any busy minister"
* - Dr Tim Ling*
Beyond Busyness is a practical and effective step towards connecting up the limitations of time with the demands and realities of ministry. It helps ministers to take positive steps in developing a time wisdom which will help them navigate...
by Vibeke Vasbo
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
Abbess Hild of Whitby was an extraordinary woman living in extraordinary times. In this exquisite translation of the #1 Danish bestselling novel Hildas sang, we are drawn into a world of dark dealings, powerful patriarchy and religious wrangling.
In the political and religious upheavals of...
by Kevin Carey
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Bring the Christmas narrative to life with this Parish Nativity Play. Kevin Carey’s moving interpretation is suitable for all acting abilities, ages, and experience levels. It can be performed with props and costumes or simply read aloud.
By marrying the two Gospel accounts of the Incarnation,...
Stir Up, O Lord
A Companion to the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels in the Book of Common Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Anyone who finds solace in the words of the Book of Common Prayer will welcome this companion to its Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used at the Ministration of the Holy Communion, throughout the Year.
Written for both the lay and ordained, this thought provoking commentary gives the...
by Kevin Carey
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Christmas Carols are one of the most familiar aspects of Christianity, instantly recognisable to church-goers and others alike. Over the years many fine new musical settings have emerged, but the words remain the same. Kevin Carey has been inspired to create new and vibrant lyric poetry in an anthology...
Faith in the Age of Science
Atheism, Religion, and the Big Yellow Crane
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
"An outstanding book, and a much needed one, presenting a reasoned response to atheism. Appreciating the great scientific advances of our time and their religious components, the book is user friendly, even to readers who are not trained scientists. Mindbending terms and maths are explained clearly...
Hope in Dark Places
Poems about Depression and the Christian
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The deeper darkness,
*that smear you only just see out of the corner of your mind’s eye as *
you contemplate ending it all,
that not-so-much-no-go area
as a darkness-he’s-gone-further-into-than-anyone-else,
is where Christ is.
Hope in Dark Places explores the depths of depression...
A Brief History of End Time
Prophecy and Apocalypse, then and now
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Blake, Nostradamus, Christian fundamentalists, and latter-day prophets are just some of the many individuals and groups—both religious and secular—who have speculated about the end of the world.
Are they just misguided enthusiasts or is there still something to be learnt from them now...
The Judas Church
An Obsession With Sex
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
"That the Church of England should have spent so much energy on two matters of relative unimportance is bad enough. That this should have happened during the sharpest economic downturn since the early 1930s, with its disproportionate consequences for the most disadvantaged, is nothing short...