Sacristy Press: 57 books
The Spirit of Peace
Pentecost and Affliction in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Whatever happened to the Arab Spring?
Not long ago there was the dawn of a vision of peace and justice in the Middle East. Just a few years later that vision seems to have vanished and instead there has been a renewal of new threats of violence between certain Middle Eastern peoples, especially...
A Sign of the Times
Unlocking Scripture with Familiar Phrases
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
A Study Guide for groups or individuals.
The King James Bible is a treasure-trove of idioms, clichés and phrases that have entered everyone’s vocabulary—and yet few are aware of the Bible as their source.
This book, suitable for both individual and group use, contains fifteen...
The Paradise Tree
Personal Prayer through Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
The Paradise Tree is a beautiful devotional companion about the experience of God and giving expression to our inner spirituality.
A creative mixture of poetry, prose and scripture, this book will challenge preconceptions about the nature of God, heaven, hell, intercessory prayer, and the relevance...
by Susan Bell
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
In the North East of England at the dawn of the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries, two women face tragedy and challenges.
Set within the compelling political landscape of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, and the complications and frustrations of the digital age, this dual romantic narrative...
At the Foot of the Cross
Reflections for Good Friday
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Impassive,
I stand in the turmoil, my load laid down
to watch the best and worst of humankind
thronging the narrow street
Good Friday is a deeply agonising, moving, and yet essential part of the Christian calendar. How can we process the events that took place on that dark day? Kevin Carey...
Growing Up into the Children of God
Exploring the Paradoxes of Christian Maturity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
A strong, mature faith is vital for Christians and for the life of the Church.
Reflecting on his own faith journey and nearly 40 years of ministry in the Church of England, David Newman offers ways of thinking about and experiencing faith which equips individuals in their growth as people...
Captain Gray's Houses
A History of Sion Row, Twickenham
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Twickenham is chiefly known today as the home of rugby, but its heyday could be said to be in the eighteenth century when first Alexander Pope and then Horace Walpole made it their home and extolled its Arcadian setting.
Captain Gray, a naval officer, acquired plots of land close to the river...
Alternative Collects
Prayers to a Disruptive and Compassionate God
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
These radical prayers break the mould of the “collect” prayers that are so familiar to millions of Christians worldwide. They are the result of the author’s struggle with the blandness and predictability of so many of the church’s traditional prayers.
Useful for both personal and liturgical...
Love in Thin Places
Confessions of a Cathedral Chaplain
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
In Love in Thin Places, David Grieve, a chaplain at Durham Cathedral, invites us to join him as he walks around the greatest of the Northern cathedrals. In this building that has offered sanctuary, silence and space for prayer to many over the centuries, we meet not only saints like Cuthbert, Bede...
Secret Lives
Part 1
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The Gharsias hold a secret which means they can never be safe.
1530: Hernando Gharsia flees Spain with Luis, the traumatised grandson he is determined to raise within the traditions and faith of his ancestors. As he grows up, Luis must learn to navigate French and English society, politics...
Secret Lives
Part 2
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
The Gharsias have guarded their secret closely, but has it secured their safety?
1547: the old kings of France and England are dead. In both kingdoms, uncertainty hovers over the question of religious reform. Discontent simmers in the countryside, ready to erupt, and the fragile peace between...
by David Lowther
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Britain is under attack on two fronts. The IRA is mounting a bombing campaign on the mainland, and agents of the German Secret Service are collecting vital information to help them if war breaks out.
Investigative journalist Roger Martin unearths a link between the IRA and Nazi Germany and,...
by David Lowther
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
A gripping WWII thriller set in London during the blitz.
Two families . . .
One, escaping the horrors of Nazi Germany, reaches England after a perilous journey just before the outbreak of World War II.
But another family awaits the illicit opportunities that the blackout and blitz...
The Old Rectory
The Story of the English Parsonage
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
“A humdinging page-turner of a book”
The Spectator
“This book will give great pleasure”
Country Life
Traditional English rectories and vicarages have been neglected by the Church in the post-war years, but have become highly desirable to property buyers, and are now cherished...