Each year, the Holy Week and Easter double issue of the Church Times offers a wealth of seasonal reading and resources for worship and preaching. This volume, like its companion Christmas collection, draws together outstanding features from the past twenty years. It includes: * Meditations on the Stations of the Cross by the poet David Scott; * A short story set in Gethsemane by David Hart; * Timothy Radcliffe on the alternative to conflict symbolised by the Last Supper; * Sam Wells on Pilate and what he - and we - could do differently; * Richard Harries on the art of Good Friday; * Peter Stanford on Judas; * Michael Perham on why Easter celebrations should start in the dark; * Stephen Cleobury on the carols of Easter; * Mark Oakley on the poetry of the cross; * Paula Gooder on why the resurrection is central to faith; * Reflections on the season's lectionary readings, and much besides. In life Jesus had 'nowhere to lay his head' and in death was laid in a borrowed tomb. Mindful of this, all royalties from this book will go to the Church Homeless Trust.

Each year, the Christmas double issue of the Church Times offers a feast of seasonal reading. News of Great Joy draws together the best Christmas writing by outstanding authors and poets over twenty years to create an ideal Christmas gift and a wealth of material for all who preach or lead worship at Christmas. Its many highlights include: * the eminent biblical scholar John Barton on how to understand the Old Testament prophecies of the nativity; * Barbara Brown Taylor on the prologue of John's Gospel which is always read on Christmas Day; * Margaret Barker on the legends that have become part of the Christmas story; * an unpublished short story by Evelyn Underhill; * a piece on the origins of the Nine Lessons and Carols; * poetry and reflections on the season's lectionary readings, and more besides. In keeping with the Christ Child's birth in a borrowed stable, all royalties from this book will go to St Martin in the Fields' work with homeless refugees.

Together We Pray, the newest volume in the Pray Now annual series, is a fresh and inspiring collection of newly written prayer and prayer meditations that can be used by individuals, prayer groups and leaders of worship in large and small, formal and informal settings. This resource aims to give readers a framework of words within which to find time to think, space to listen and to begin to respond in their own way. It offers multiple ways into prayer and is an imaginative round-the-year aid for deepening people's understanding and experience of prayer. Linked to the Church of Scotland's new national prayer initiative, each of the 52 sections includes: * a scripture quote * prayers for morning and evening * a short meditation * a blessing