Prayer, Spirituality & Discipleship

Devotional books to help deepen our prayer lives, engage with our spirituality, and develop our discipleship.

Whether you are new to Christianity and struggling to learn to pray, or are looking to reinvigorate your relationship with God, we hope you’ll find the ideal companion to your faith journey in one of our books.

• Using Vintage Hymns in Worship: Hidden Treasures Rediscovered for Today’s Church

  by Gillian R. Warson ★★★

  Paperback £12.99
  

  Can hymn-singing continue as a flourishing tradition with old and new coexisting comfortably alongside each other? Gillian Warson invites us to see that vintage hymn texts should be lovingly preserved so that they can be enjoyed for generations to come.

  

• Not of This Worldview: Poetry for the Kingdom Among Us

  by Richard S. Briggs ★★★★

  Paperback £12.99
  

  In poems that range from loose informality to tight structure, and from the humorous to the sombre, Richard Briggs seeks to let poetry open our eyes and ears to the strange and elusive work of God among us.

  

• Praying for the Earth: Remembering the Environment in our Prayers of Intercession

  by Rob Kelsey and Nicholas Holtam (foreword)

  Paperback £9.99
  

  A resource for congregations and for individual Christians who believe that environmental concerns should be an integral part of the public and private prayers of all Christian people.

  

• Knowing Christ: Christian Discipleship and the Eucharist

  by David R. Tomlinson ★★★★★

  Paperback £14.99
  

  The Eucharist is the central act of worship for many Christians. This accessible introduction will deepen the understanding and enrich the experience of all who partake.

  

• Celtic Christianity and Climate Crisis: Twelve Keys for the Future of the Church

  by Ray Simpson ★★★★

  Paperback £14.99
  

  Celtic Christianity is the key not only for the future of the Church but of the whole planet, argues Ray Simpson, Founding Guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda.

  

• Adventure Awaits: Harnessing Today's Potential for God's Greater Purpose

  by Jane Merson ★★★★★

  Paperback £14.99
  

  Move beyond the conventional pattern of a twenty-first-century Christian, into a rich and fruitful faith adventure.

  

• Keeping Watch for Kingfishers: God Stories

  by Jenny Wilson and Christopher Stoltz (foreword) ★★★

  Paperback £14.99
  

  A collection of sermons that explore how we can learn to hear the voice of God in prayer, in the life of Jesus and in the human voice.

  

• To Call on His Name: Perspectives on the Jesus Prayer

  by John Gill ★★★★

  Paperback £16.99
  

  The first comprehensive study of the Jesus Prayer, and its origins and use, providing an overview of this ancient mystical prayer practice from the Christian East which is now also widely used in the Western Church.

  

• Following Jesus in the Holy Land: Pathways of Discipleship through Advent and Lent

  by Stephen W. Need

  Paperback £12.99
  

  Reflecting on the key locations of Jesus’ life and ministry, this book invites Holy Land visitors and armchair pilgrims to reflect on Christian discipleship through Advent and Lent.

  

• Searching for a Silent God

  by Sarah Parkinson and Stewart Henderson (foreword) ★★★★★

  Paperback £12.99
  

  A thoughtful and engaging companion for all who experience times of spiritual crisis. Sarah Parkinson describes her experience of a time when God, on whose presence she had always relied, suddenly seemed to be absent from her life.

  

• Growing Up into the Children of God: Exploring the Paradoxes of Christian Maturity

  by David Newman

  Paperback £14.99
  

  David Newman reflects on what it means for Christians to grow to be mature members of the body of Christ, with faith in a God who acts and themselves actively engaged in the church and the world.

  

• Love in Thin Places: Confessions of a Cathedral Chaplain

  by David Grieve and Andrew Tremlett (foreword) ★★★★

  Paperback £9.99
  

  A beautiful collection of poems inspired by Durham Cathedral and its saints, visitors and pilgrims.

  

• The Geese Flew Over My Heart: Poems for Prayer and Reflection

  by Lyn McCrave

  Paperback £9.99
  

  A collection of profoundly moving prayers that invite to a deeper relationship with God.

  

• With God we live without God: Reflections and prayers inspired by the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  by Martin Lind

  Paperback £9.99
  

  30 reflections and prayers that draw inspiration from the theological challenges, thought-provoking statements, and new intellectual constructs that defined Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s own reflections.

  

• Alternative Collects: Prayers to a Disruptive & Compassionate God

  by Graham Turner ★★★★

  Paperback £12.99
  

  These radical prayers break the mould of the “collect” prayers that are so familiar to millions of Christians worldwide. They are the result of the author’s struggle with the blandness and predictability of so many of the church’s traditional prayers. Useful for both personal and liturgical devotion, these prayers will both challenge and nourish.

  

• The Paradise Tree: Personal Prayer through Poetry

  by John Davey

  Paperback £12.99
  

  A beautiful devotional companion about the experience of God and giving expression to our inner spirituality. Creatively mixing poetry, prose and scripture, this book will challenge preconceptions about the nature of God, heaven, hell, intercessory prayer, and the relevance of human existence within the vastness of an unfathomable universe.

  

• Cross Purposes: Reflections for Good Friday

  by Kevin Carey

  Paperback £14.99
  

  A collection of thought-provoking reflections inviting us to contemplate the events of Good Friday in new ways. The reflections are diverse, from Peter’s clumsy fear to the Seven Last Words.

  

• Living Prayer: Learning to Pray in Daily Life

  by John Davey

  Paperback £9.99
  

  A gentle introduction to praying in our daily lives. This little companion helps anyone struggling with their prayer life to overcome what can seem like formidable challenges of praying regularly.

  

• Hope in Dark Places: Poems about Depression and the Christian

  by David Grieve

  Paperback £9.99
  

  Raw and deeply moving poetry about living with depression as a Christian.

  

• The Divine Heart of Darkness: Finding God in the Shadows

  by Catherine Bird ★★★★

  Paperback £16.99
  

  How can we use the experience of darkness to lift our spirits, challenge our hearts and minds and draw us closer into the heart of God?

  

• Follow Me: Living the Sayings of Jesus

  by Ian Black ★★★

  Paperback £9.99
  

  Connecting what Jesus said and how we live today in all its messiness and complexity, "Follow Me" provides practical steps that all of us can take to live the sayings of Jesus.

  

• From Over the Edge: A Christian’s guide to surviving Breakdown & Depression

  by Jon Grogan ★★★

  Paperback £12.99
  

  An intimate account of struggling with depression and breakdown as a Christian. Jon Grogan shares what helped him to understand and recover from depressive illness.

  

• At the Foot of the Cross: Reflections for Good Friday

  by Kevin Carey

  Paperback £9.99
  

  Kevin Carey invites us to reflect on the Stations of the Cross with words that can be used for personal devotion or liturgically, and specially-commissioned images depicting each of the Stations.

  

• Stir Up, O Lord: A Companion to the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels in the Book of Common Prayer

  by Kevin Carey and Michael Sadgrove (foreword) ★★★★★

  Paperback £14.99
  

  A thought provoking commentary gives the words of Cranmer and his colleagues renewed meaning in our own time by providing historical context and reflection on their broader message.