Biographies Doing Time: A Spiritual Survival Guide
Jonathan Aitken & Edward Smyth Jonathan Aitken and Edward Smyth both experienced a dramatic fall from grace. Each of them found themselves removed from their homes and loved ones, locked up in prison and having to deal with the fallout of their actions. However, in the middle of their lowest point they discovered something life-changing. God hadn’t forgotten about them. Doing Time offers encouragement and advice on how to survive and even make the most of life inside prison. Offering the sort of practical and spiritual wisdom that only comes from personal experience, it shows that it is never too late for God to help us find a new way forward in our lives. Pb | 96 pgs | LION
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Where the Light Fell: A Memoir
Philip Yancey With a journalist’s background Philip Yancey is widely admired for taking on the more difficult and confusing aspects of faith. Now in Where the Light Fell he shares, for the first time, the painful details of his own origins. Raised by their impoverished single mother, Philip and his brother Marshall struggled to comprehend her speeches about their dead father, an Old Testament Bible story, and sons sacrificed for a divine cause. A testament to the power of the human spirit, Where the Light Fell illuminates Yancey’s ability to bring comfort to those bruised by the church, and hope to those who can’t imagine ever finding a healthy faith. Hb | 320 pgs | HODDER & STOUGHTON
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Sea Changed: Coming Home, Healing and Being at Peace with God
Kate Nicholas Growing up with a strong sense of spirituality, Kate searched long and hard throughout the world to make sense of that spiritual longing. After catching glimpses of the divine in many cultures along the way, Kate finally found God and her life was transformed for ever. Despite a highly successful journalistic career, she felt there was a disconnect between her work and faith, which eventually led her to work for the charity World Vision where she is now the Chief Communications Officer. Kate has had some personal battles to face, including the loss of both her parents, the loss of a baby, debilitating ME and breast cancer. Sea Changed encourages readers to recognise the unseen hand that shifts our perspective, alters our trajectory and lifts us up even in our darkest moments. Pb | 304 pgs | AUTHENTIC MEDIA
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Through a Glass Darkly: Journeys Through Science, Faith and Doubt – A Memoir
Alister McGrath In what he anticipates will be his final book, respected scientist and theologian Professor Alister McGrath shares the story of a life spent in pursuit of truth: first through the discipline of science, then in tandem with the Christian faith he found as a young man. In Through a Glass Darkly Professor McGrath shares at length and for the first time how exactly he moved from atheism to faith while studying natural sciences at Oxford University, and how each discipline has informed the other throughout his life. This is a rich, inspiring read from one of today’s greatest public theologians. Pb | 240 pgs | HODDER & STOUGHTON
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