What's in Kelvin's Head

Here comes another book trying to persuade me that life in rural churches has a different set of challenges, presumptions and priorities to those which apply in an urban setting. To articulate that is also to articulate an uncertainty about who this book is aimed at. It might be written to encourage others engaged in [...]

The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality – A resource to enable listening and dialogue Edited by Phil Groves (SPCK – £14.99) The clearest call for a process of listening to the experience of lesbian and gay Anglicans came 10 years ago at the Lambeth Conference of 1998. That this book is being published just a couple [...]

Creative Ideas for Quiet Days by Sue Pickering – from Canterbury Press – £14.99 Many folk in churches are picking up on the idea of a day retreat or quiet day. These are particularly popular during Advent and Lent. It is common for retreat houses and religious communities to offer to organise and host such [...]

Rabble-Rouser for Peace – the authorised biography of Desmond Tutu by John Allan (Rider Books – £18.99) Episcopal biographies are a very specialised form of literature. I remember during one of the many (over 50) interviews that formed a part of my selection for ministry being told that all that I needed to do was [...]