'Touching Cloth can be compared to Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt and the writings of the Secret Barrister' Observer 'I laughed my way through this... Funny, fascinating, and gorgeously humane' Marina Hyde 'Funny and touching in equal measure' Tom Holland A laugh-out-loud memoir of becoming a 21st-century priest, Touching Cloth is also a love letter to the Prayer Book, Liverpool, funerals, cake tins, lager and, above all, to what the Church of England can be at its best. The very word 'reverend' inspires solemnity. To be a priest is to dedicate one's life to quiet prayer and spiritual contemplation. Isn't it? Fergus Butler-Gallie reveals what it's like to become a priest in the twenty-first century. Find out why black really is slimming, how to keep a straight face when someone is inadvertently hot-boxing a funeral, and which royal-themed biscuit tin can best contain a very loud personal alarm that no one knows how to switch off. Spot a sweet old lady trying to pay for a taxi with coinage from fascist Spain? Congratulations, shepherd, she's your problem now. Behind the daily scrapes is an all-too-human love letter to the Church of England, and the amazing variety of people who manage to keep it going, providing a listening ear, company and community at a time when so many people desperately need it, as well as a reflection on what it means to follow a spiritual path amid the chaos of the modern world.

"This fascinating book by Rev. Dr. Mary Jonson exploring the 'Healing Heritage of The Counseling Ministry Of The Church' is a monumental achievement and offers a fresh integrated perspective for anyone interested in Holistic Healing, counseling, or pastoral counseling. Ministers, counselors, nurses, physicians, therapists, pastors, social workers, and lay people will find this superb scholarly work an invaluable guide and lively practical resource for diverse healing ministries including: care giving, clinical counseling, pastoral care teams, healing prayer, pastoral care, pastoral counseling, etc. " -Pastor E. Davis, MTS, M.Div. "Dr. Johnson offers a lifetime of practical experience, research, insight, and riveting scholarly study in this pioneering work that brings together vast areas of knowledge into an integrated whole offering vital practical and theoretical skills. It has influenced both my life and healing vocation deeply."-Carolyn Barber, RN "Love In Action" is a pioneering work bringing a Holistic perspective on Healing to the field of Pastoral Counseling. Pastoral Care, and Clinical Christian Mental Health Counseling. This book on "The Healing Heritage Of The Counseling Ministry Of The Chruch" has been used to train over a 100 counselors, pastoral counselors and ministers for professional licensure and certifications. This incredible book offers both essential information and great wisdom for any one intersted in this area and is an invaluable resource for both experts or beginners in this field. Both practical advice and extensive original academic research lay out a basis, plan, and purpose for healing through effective Christian and Pastoral Counseling that is both holistic and transforming. Pastors, counselors, psychotherapists, students, and any one involved in care giving or counseling will be richly rewarded by the knowledge and expertise contained in this profound yet practical work written by an experienced expert clinical Christian psychotherapist and pastoral counselor. A "must" resource for pastors, counselors, and anyone else intersted in the practical, theoretical, and spiritual dimensions of healing."-Pastor Eric Johanson "I have always felt the healing presence of God in nature," says the author of "Love In Action," Rev. Dr. Johnson."We live in an age that desperately needs a new understanding of both healing and counseling . In my experience the Bible reflects the powerful healing reality of Christ in creation and our own lives in many pivotal passages including one that inspired the final completion of this book: 'Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God .....On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit in season. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations' (Revelation 22:1-2)."

Course Corrections provides Biblical strategies to win life's biggest battles. It's a book for self-study, group study or pastoral counseling. The book is imminently practical with step by step methods to get back on course and contains hundreds of questions for discussion.

"So, You Want to Be Married?" is a Biblical look at the institution of marriage and includes: * God's Definition of Marriage. * The Representation of Marriage. * The Covenant Relationship in Marriage. * Five Practical Areas to Discuss Before Marriage * What to Do When a Marriage is in Trouble. This concise work is a working manual by which both potential spouses and counselors alike will be guided into important discussions before a couple is married.