Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:49:48 +0000 hourly 1 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:45:00 +0000 Why is it important to remember our answered prayers? How might remembering these prayers help us in a pandemic? Find out in this Q&A with Richard Gamble, author of Remember.

]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:10:00 +0000 The pandemic has doubled if not tripled the workload and the angst for teachers. Some colleagues I know are physically in the classroom, teaching surprisingly-large numbers of pupils while streaming those lessons live to pupils at home. Fran Hill, author of Miss, What Does Incomprehensible Mean? tells us what teaching in a pandemic is like, and how you can help support a teacher during these unprecedented times.

]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:34:00 +0000 'The idea of talking to someone for eight hours might have been daunting for some people, but this is what Rowan and I have been doing for more than a decade'. Greg Garrett tells us about the many conversations he had with Rowan Williams, and how these conversations became a book, giving readers the chance to be a 'fly on the wall'. 

]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:36:00 +0000 "These twelve principles mean a lot to me and have formed so much of my thinking over recent years. I hope they will give other people some practical handholds and a good dollop of hope". Cathy Madavan, speaker and author of Irrepressible: 12 principles for a courageous, resilient and fulfilling life tells us why she wrote the book, why the title 'Irrepressible' and how we should use this tool-kit.

]]> Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:19:00 +0000 ‘I sometimes feel we are sold a myth that we somehow download our purpose in our twenties and then work on that until we “achieve our dreams”,’ speaker, writer and coach Cathy Madavan shares with SPCK ahead of the launch of her new book, Irrepressible: 12 principles for a courageous, resilient and fulfilling life.

]]> Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:05:00 +0000 Here's part two of our Q&A with Jules Middleton, a ministry mum whose upcoming book Breaking the Mould seeks to challenge the ‘shoulds’ and stereotypes that surround both roles. In this second part of our Q&A Jules tells us who inspires her and what advice she would give to parents with a call to ministry.

]]> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000 In her upcoming book Breaking the Mould Jules Middleton brings together stories of ministry mums from all different walks of life. From Pentecostal to Methodist, single mums to adopters, RAF chaplains to disability advisors and everything in-between – Jules maps the highs and lows ministry mums may face as they seek to ‘break the mould’ and challenge the ‘shoulds’ and stereotypes that surround both roles. In this first part of our Q&A with her she tells us why she chose to write the book and what misconceptions they are about ministry mums.

]]> Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:21:00 +0000 Paula Gooder and Bob Hartman tell us about their latest book The Tell-It-Together Gospel: Mark, and why storytelling is a vital skill for everyone in ministry.

]]> Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:21:00 +0000 We catch up with Tricia Goyer, author of Twice Rescued Child. She tells us what inspired her to write the book and what we as readers can take away from the book. 

]]> Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:08:00 +0000 In the lead up to National Poetry Day we speak to Janet Morley about her latest anthology Love Set You Going: Poems of the Heart.

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