CANTERBURY PRESS

Malcolm Guite's eagerly awaited second poetry collection offers poems that seek beauty and transfiguration in contemporary life; sonnets inspired by Francis and other outstanding saints; poems centred on love, parting and mortality; and poems searching for the life of the spirit in the midst of the modern era.

In The Vanishing Song, trans Christian poet Jay Hulme goes in search of what is all but lost in contemporary faith, the 'beautiful and holy and wild' way of the saints, and the alluring, perplexing mystery of the places they chose for themselves - forests, caves, rocky outcrops in the sea.

This landmark volume from an influential group of Anglican theologians explores baptism as the foundation for living out all forms of Christian vocation. It offers theological and pastoral perspectives on the centrality and significance of baptism for a Church that has perhaps lost a sense of the radical commitment that baptism calls for.

For the many thousands who prepare sermons on the lectionary readings each week, here are expert, wise and extremely down to earth reflections to inspire and guide you, from an outstanding preacher and Church Times columnist. A companion to the main volume, this second book covers all the principal feasts and festivals that do not fall on Sunday.

In this imaginative and rich prayer resource, words and icon-like images of hands, inspired by biblical figures, come together powerfully to create a versatile collection of contemporary liturgies. A unique resource for alternative worship, prayer groups, retreats and quiet days. Includes a CD of colour images for projection or printing.

In fifty pithy and engaging daily reflections from Ash Wednesday to Easter and beyond, popular broadcaster Rob Marshall leads us on a pilgrim journey to the Mountain of the Transfiguration, exploring its many layers and relating them to ordinary human experiences.

Britain's best loved rural writer chronicles the progress of the seasons in the Stour valley village where he has lived and worked among artists, writers, farmers and commuters. For all the changes in the contemporary countryside, timeless qualities remain and both are captured here with a poet's understanding and imagination.

In a restless, fast paced world of quick fixes, there is huge value in the way priesthood is, as the ordinal puts it, 'weighed and pondered'. In this collection of reflections, Simon Cuff addresses key aspects of priestly life and the ways in which it prophetically stands in contrast to the priorities of contemporary culture.