Sacristy Press Blog

The Inside Story on Alternative Collects
GUEST BLOG: Graham Turner reveals the story behind his radical new prayers, which will both challenge and nourish. The most important things in life are often messy and require our attention. Sadly…
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Rectories: a story waiting to be told
GUEST BLOG: Anthony Jennings tells the story behind his “humdinging page-turner of a book” (The Spectator). More than ten years ago now my wife waved a copy of the Historic Houses As…
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A trip to the beautiful countryside (in central London...)
BOOK LAUNCH: Join us at Church House Bookshop for a trip to the countryside as we launch The Old Rectory by Anthony Jennings. 6 June 2018 at Church House Bookshop, Westminster31 Great Smith Stree…
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May Book of the Month: The Spirit of Peace
We are delighted to announce that Mary Grey’s The Spirit of Peace: Pentecost and Affliction in the Middle East has been chosen as our Book of the Month for May 2018. Whatever happened t…
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Alternative Collects: Prayers to a Disruptive & Compassionate God
Graham Turner reveals why and how he wrote these radical new prayers, which will both challenge and nourish. Some of us have grown up with the church’s weekly collects and have taken them for…
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The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage
OUT NOW: Traditional English rectories and vicarages have been neglected by the Church in the post-war years, but have become highly desirable to property buyers, and are now cherished by their new …
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