For many years, award winning journalist and author Cole Moreton has been involved in offering relief and welcome to those arriving, in desperate straits, near his home on the south coast. Back in 2019, he wrote, ‘The men, women and children risking their lives to cross the Channel in small boats are not aliens, invaders, migrants or some other lesser category of human to be dismissed. They are us.’ This exhilarating course makes full use of Cole’s skills as a storyteller, as he draws us into accounts of others’ journeys, and enables us to reflect on our own need of guidance, sanctuary and comfort in the love of God. Challenging yet full of hope, the course covers: Session 1: LEAVING HOME Session 2: CARRYING HOME Session 3: REFUSING HOME Session 4: FINDING HOME The course booklet is accompanied by a lively CD, in which Cole Moreton and guests from various denominational backgrounds, put forward their thoughts on the themes of the course. This York Course is available in the following formats Course Book (Paperback 9781739182007) Course Book (eBook 9781915843272 both ePub and Mobi files provided) Audio Book of Interview to support SEARCHING FOR HOME (CD 9781915843289) Audio Book of Interview (Digital Download) 9781915843296 Transcript of interview to support SEARCHING FOR HOME York Course (Paperback 9781915843241) Transcript of interview (eBook 9781915843265 both ePub and Mobi files provided) Book Pack (9781915843258Featuring Paperback Course Book, Audio Book on CD and Paperback Transcript of Interview) Large Print (Paperback 9781915843234)

For many years, award winning journalist and author Cole Moreton has been involved in offering relief and welcome to those arriving, in desperate straits, near his home on the south coast. Back in 2019, he wrote, ‘The men, women and children risking their lives to cross the Channel in small boats are not aliens, invaders, migrants or some other lesser category of human to be dismissed. They are us.’ This exhilarating course makes full use of Cole’s skills as a storyteller, as he draws us into accounts of others’ journeys, and enables us to reflect on our own need of guidance, sanctuary and comfort in the love of God. Challenging yet full of hope, the course covers: Session 1: LEAVING HOME Session 2: CARRYING HOME Session 3: REFUSING HOME Session 4: FINDING HOME The course booklet is accompanied by a lively CD, in which Cole Moreton and guests from various denominational backgrounds, put forward their thoughts on the themes of the course. This York Course is available in the following formats Course Book (Paperback 9781739182007) Course Book (eBook 9781915843272 both ePub and Mobi files provided) Audio Book of Interview to support SEARCHING FOR HOME (CD 9781915843289) Audio Book of Interview (Digital Download) 9781915843296 Transcript of interview to support SEARCHING FOR HOME York Course (Paperback 9781915843241) Transcript of interview (eBook 9781915843265 both ePub and Mobi files provided) Book Pack (9781915843258Featuring Paperback Course Book, Audio Book on CD and Paperback Transcript of Interview) Large Print (Paperback 9781915843234)

For many years, award winning journalist and author Cole Moreton has been involved in offering relief and welcome to those arriving, in desperate straits, near his home on the south coast. Back in 2019, he wrote, ‘The men, women and children risking their lives to cross the Channel in small boats are not aliens, invaders, migrants or some other lesser category of human to be dismissed. They are us.’ This exhilarating course makes full use of Cole’s skills as a storyteller, as he draws us into accounts of others’ journeys, and enables us to reflect on our own need of guidance, sanctuary and comfort in the love of God. Challenging yet full of hope, the course covers: Session 1: LEAVING HOME Session 2: CARRYING HOME Session 3: REFUSING HOME Session 4: FINDING HOME The course booklet is accompanied by a lively CD, in which Cole Moreton and guests from various denominational backgrounds, put forward their thoughts on the themes of the course. This York Course is available in the following formats Course Book (Paperback 9781739182007) Course Book (eBook 9781915843272 both ePub and Mobi files provided) Audio Book of Interview to support SEARCHING FOR HOME (CD 9781915843289) Audio Book of Interview (Digital Download) 9781915843296 Transcript of interview to support SEARCHING FOR HOME York Course (Paperback 9781915843241) Transcript of interview (eBook 9781915843265 both ePub and Mobi files provided) Book Pack (9781915843258Featuring Paperback Course Book, Audio Book on CD and Paperback Transcript of Interview) Large Print (Paperback 9781915843234)

'Clive James raged against the dying of the light, as you would expect from a man who had punched out prose like a prizefighter all his life; yet he also showed grace and gratitude at being allowed to stay in that light for a little while longer. He saw beauty in even the smallest things. Every moment was potentially precious, because there were so few left. As his daughter Claerwen said, for him "Everything was Extraordinary."' What if we could learn to live with such awareness long before the end? To appreciate every moment, and every encounter with another human or with the natural world around us? Might we, too, learn that everything is extraordinary? That we are interconnected and interdependent? Each encounter we have with another person is potentially meaningful because our very humanity depends on being connected with others. As Desmond Tutu says: 'I couldn't be a human being on my lonesome, I wouldn't know what to do.' In a set of lyrical meditations, award-winning writer and interviewer Cole Moreton takes us face-to-face with the famous, the infamous -- and others with insights to share -- from Scarlett Johansson, Tiger Woods and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Zahra, a refugee who crossed the Channel on a tiny, overladen rubber boat. We meet all of them as equals and each fascinating story tells us something about the way we live, love and reach out to find each other, whoever we are. Everything Is Extraordinary builds into a mesmerising and lyrical meditation on the joy of being alive and open to the world. All we need to do is pay attention.

'Gripping ... so powerfully emotional that at times I had to put it down to wipe my eyes' Mail on Sunday 'How do you say thank you to someone for giving you their heart? It is the greatest gift a person can ever give.' Marc is a promising young footballers of 15, growing up in Scotland. A few hundred miles away in England, Martin is a fun-loving 16-year-old. Both are enjoying their summers when they are suddenly struck down by debilitating illnesses. Within days, the boys are close to death. Although their paths have never crossed, their fortunes are about to be bound in the most extraordinary, intimate way. One of them will die and in doing so, he will save the other's life. This is a deeply powerful and dramatic story. It is extremely rare for the family of a donor to have any personal contact with the recipient of their loved one's organ. Yet remarkably, the mothers of these two boys meet and become friends, enabling the extraordinary, bittersweet moment in which a mother who has lost her son meets the boy he saved. Reaching out and placing her palm flat against his chest, she feels the heart of her son beating away inside another. Her boy, the boy who gave his heart away.

'The Light Keeper' is the debut novel by award-winning writer Cole Moreton. It is a story of faith and hope that follows themes of depression, love and loss, and redemption. Rich in prose throughout and written with sensitivity, Cole writes about difficult issues and themes with human warmth. Set in the South Coast of England, amongst the setting of Beachy Head and the South Downs National Park, 'The Light Keeper' contains compelling twists that keep the reader invested and guessing until the very end. Moreton explores the intimacy of relationships through husband and wife, Jack and Sarah. Sarah has run away from home to this wild, beautiful place to make a decision that is, for her, truly a matter of life and death. Pursued by Jack, he is desperate to find her on these hills before it is too late as the number of men and women going over the cliff edge has ominously increased of late. But does the secret lie with the Keeper who live alone in the old lighthouse, a few steps from the four-hundred-foot drop in this gorgeous, terrifying place? Cole Moreton's profound novel has endorsements from many respected authors from Matt Haig to Jane Fallon to Anthony Horrowitz.

The debut novel from an award-winning journalist and broadcaster

Three writers offer words in search of wonders. The author Cole Moreton, the poet Mark Halliday and the journalist Martin Wroe collaborate on a collection of poems that are full of honesty, doubt and beauty.