Christian Life

Dirt, Mess and Danger celebrates the One who came to earth to live a fully human life, who as a baby suckled at his mother?s breast, and as a man suffered an all-too-human death on the cross at Calvary.

Many people believe in a Christian spirituality which actually relates to the modern world ? in all of its division, hope, violence and interconnectedness. Others find belief in a God of any kind impossible. Our human future is uncertain in many ways and this is not a time for the churches to respond with easy answers.

Discovering the spirituality of the Iona Community in 28 days

The fifth edition of 'A Wee Worship Book' is not a revision of any of the previous incarnations. The vast majority of the material included here has never been published before, but it has passed through the minds and lips of people on both sides of the Atlantic and in continental Europe.

Reflections, meditations, prayers and liturgies for Holy Week following the journey of Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter Day.

This collection of poems can be compared to such crumbs – from many sources. Poems of strong and well-crafted connections – between communities in the West of Scotland and the West Bank Palestinian territories; between prayer and politics; between a lyrical delight in the natural world – and down-to-earth living, observed with warmth and humour.

Another great collection of seasonal resources from Ruth Burgess. 'Winter' is a liturgical resource book that covers the months of November, December and January.

The services and resources in the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect the Iona Community's commitment to the belief that worship is all that we are and all that we do, both inside and outside the church, with no division into the sacred and the secular.

Bible readings, reflections and prayers for the days of Holy Week, and a large section of resources, including ‘Prayers on the seven words from the Cross’, ‘A service of lamentation to liberate us for action’, poems, meditations, and reflections.

A wide-ranging collection of resources for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Transfiguration, Harvest, Holocaust Memorial Day, Mothering Sunday, and other special days, and on areas of concern, like refugees and peacemaking.

Liturgies for Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter, Transfiguration, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, All Saints’, St Columba’s Day, Father’s Day; on hunger, economic witness, peacemaking, the environment, pilgrimage, welcome, hospitality and friendship. Includes a blessing liturgy for a marriage or partnership, a wedding/partnership ceremony and resources for a memorial event.

Science and Faith in a time of Climate change

Wild Goose Big Book of Worship Resources 2. Another wide-ranging collection of resources, including material for Advent, Christmas, Lent and Holy Week.

Examines the evidence for the Resurrection.

You can’t read this and fail to be lifted to something higher and see your fellow human beings with a new more godly view, finding him in everyone – even yourself! ‘Seriously Funny 2’ follows the thoughts and musings of two, anything-but-grumpy men, as they look for new insights on life, faith and God through their own experiences

In How Can It Be Allright When Everything is All Wrong? Lewis B. Smedes offers a voice of hope for hard times that provides faith-filled consolation for troubled souls.

At the start of the church?s ministry, the apostles were not invited to deploy their resources or plan their strategy, but were commanded to wait for the Holy Spirit. That same command comes to the church today, in unfamiliar and unpredictable times.

Tend My Flock is a companion and guide for ordained and lay ministers seeking to live their pastoral ministry well, amid all the complexities and pressures of contemporary society.

'What this book makes clear is that inclusion is no mere political stance in a current church struggle...It is the conviction of the author that the passion to include is deep in the heart of God, and therefore belongs in every human too' Peter Selby