Monarch

This new resource will meet the constant need for new games and icebreaker activities for youth groups. It mixes energising, entertaining games with learning points to create an invaluable resource providing a fun introduction to hundreds of staple topics.

Fifty-two stories about the large themes of life, nature and faith. Positive and life-affirming, 52 Original Wisdom Stories follows the liturgical year and is an ideal resource for public worship.

The question of how, and whether, God answers prayer has been intellectually shaped by the rise of science, the problem of evil and the nature of the biblical records.

Some gay Christians have sought healing. Others have turned away from a conservative interpretation of the biblical texts. Others have remained celibate and invested their lives in Christian service. All have found that their sexual orientation has strongly influenced who they perceive themselves to be, and how others perceive them.

We like to think of our churches as welcoming. Michael Harvey, an expert on church growth, asks, 'How welcoming can we be if we don't take our welcome outside with the gift of an invitation?' God sent his son to invite us all into a relationship, and so to be like God is to be a person who invites.

'I lost my husband and two of my four children on the same day. They left in the morning as usual, the girls happily following their Dad out of the door, and they didn't come back.'

A series of devotional commentaries, which allow people to get to grips with each book of the Bible one bite at a time. Phil Moore focuses on key sections of each book. There will be 25 volumes in all. Although the tone is light, the text is full of useful application and backed by substantial scholarship.

The background to this book is that the secular world is letting people down. There is no cure on the horizon, and the pharmaceutical companies are reducing their investment. Too little advice is available, yet at least two-thirds of dementia sufferers are cared for in their own homes. This book offers practical help based on Christian values of compassion, loving and serving, developed from the i