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NEW BOOK: The Crucible of Leadership

‘An informed consideration of leadership, underpinned by the careful use of Scripture, wide reading and recent research.’ Rev Dr Derek Tidball, former Principal of the London School of Theology In recent years, there has been a craze for all things ‘leadership’, with one fad after another promising dramatic change. But as headlines have proven in recent months, just what constitutes good leadership is very far from settled. So if the quick fixes don’t work, where can we turn to discover how we might lead well, in church or in the workplace, when our time comes? more
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The Crucible of Leadership

In this innovative and accessible book, Bible college lecturer and experienced pastor Alan Wilson explores nine striking leadership lessons from Moses’ remarkable life... From a precarious birth in Egypt, through to...

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  • Latest Releases

    • The Crucible of Leadership

      Alan Wilson

      In this innovative and accessible book, Bible college lecturer and experienced pastor Alan Wilson explores nine striking leadership lessons from Moses’ remarkable life... From a precarious birth in Egypt, through to...

      The Crucible of Leadership

    • Not Forgotten

      Chris Lane

      How do you keep going when everything seems to be falling apart? Not Forgotten begins at a moment of chaos and despair for Chris Lane and Salford’s Langworthy Community Church. Tracing their journey into hope and healing, Chris shares wider reflections on the wilderness experience...

      Not Forgotten

    • Crazy About Horses

      Patrick Coghlan

      Eighteen-year-old Isabel has always been crazy about horses! Now, with her friend and boss, Karen, she is fulfilling her dream of working with them. But when an unexpected death threatens their North Norfolk stud and equestrian centre, it seems her dream...

      Crazy About Horses

    • Standing in the Storm

      Matt McChlery

      ‘In the darkest part of my life, in the middle of the mess and suffering, Jesus was there, holding my hand and giving me the strength I needed to simply stand in the storm’ In 2016, Matt McChlery and his wife experienced the loss of...

      Standing in the Storm

  • Fiction

    • Talking to Calippa Cumberland

      Chick Yuill

      It’s half past four on Christmas Eve, 1976. Lori Bloom, aged three and three-quarters, is leaving a busy department store with her mother when the tannoy announces that a child in reception is lost and crying for her parents...

      Talking to Calippa Cumberland

    • The Trials of Isabella M Smugge

      Ruth Leigh

      Life in the country isn’t going as Issy Smugge planned it. However, the woman Gorgeous Home magazine once called ‘Britain’s Most Relatable Mum Designer’ is nothing if not resilient...

      The Trials of Isabella M Smugge

    • The Shadow of Grayrton Mire

      Ben Mears

      Shadowy deaths have long made Grayrton Mire a place of gruesome legend. But when a vulnerable boy is charged with the latest killing, Banyard and Mingle brave the treacherous marshes to defend him...

      The Shadow of Grayrton Mire

    • The Healing

      Joy Margetts

      Driven to despair by heart-breaking betrayal, nobleman Philip de Braose has lost faith in God and man. Working as a soldier for hire, he recklessly seeks death and is brutally injured, only for rescue to come in the unlikely form of a Cistercian monk...

      The Healing

    • The Diary of Isabella M Smugge

      Ruth Leigh

      Meet Isabella Smugge – as in ‘Br-uge-s’, naturally! Instagram influencer, consummate show-off and endearingly self-unaware. With a palatial home, charming husband and three well-mannered children, she is living the Country Life dream...

      The Diary of Isabella M Smugge

    • Albert Stridemore's Lockdown Discoveries

      Chick Yuill

      Seventy-five-year-old, green-fingered Albert Stridemore’s carefully ordered life has been unchanged for years. Content to live alone and diligently work his allotment, he safely buries the past as he turns the soil. But with the arrival of the coronavirus and lockdown...

      Albert Stridemore's Lockdown Discoveries

    • The Green Ink Ghost

      Ben Mears

      Following their success recovering King Doon’s bones, Banyard and Mingle’s services are in high demand. But when a mysterious green-ink letter claims Michael’s dead father was murdered, he is compelled to reopen a long-forgotten case...

      The Green Ink Ghost

    • To the Fourth Generation

      Chick Yuill

      Zander Bennings’ writing has brought him a lifestyle his parents and grandparents could never have imagined. But when he is confronted with the cold reality that his success is built upon a lie, he is plunged into a desperate search for truth and forgiveness...

      To the Fourth Generation

  • Christian Life

    • Standing in the Storm

      Matt McChlery

      ‘In the darkest part of my life, in the middle of the mess and suffering, Jesus was there, holding my hand and giving me the strength I needed to simply stand in the storm’ In 2016, Matt McChlery and his wife experienced the loss of...

      Standing in the Storm

    • Dying to Get There

      Michael Williams

      Heaven. Do you look forward to it? Or do you secretly worry that somehow life there might not be quite as good as life here? It was not this way for the early Church, and it need not be for us. If we understand the meaning of Jesus’ physical resurrection...

      Dying to Get There

    • The Road to the Father's House

      Alistair Forman

      We all know the story of the prodigal son – but was the welcome-home party the end of the journey? This beautiful and deeply personal book imaginatively considers the journey the prodigal son still had to walk once he had got home and insightfully applies it to our own lives...

      The Road to the Father's House

    • Write Well

      Association of Christian Writers

      Everything you could ever want to know about the craft, trade and experience of Christian writing can be found in this book! A celebratory Jubilee Compendium marking fifty years of the Association of Christian Writers (ACW), Write Well commemorates and continues its incredible work...

      Write Well

    • Wholehearted

      Duncan Clark

      How are you living your life? Are you half-hearted or WHOLEHEARTED? In this dynamic and accessible book, Duncan Clark casts an inspirational vision of what life is like when we fully commit to God and all He has for the one life we have been given...

      Wholehearted

    • Walking Through Winter

      Katherine Gantlett

      When faced with winter seasons of loss, it can be easy to doubt God and ourselves. So how can we walk through these times with authenticity and faith? After losing five children to miscarriage and a daughter, Libby...

      Walking Through Winter

    • Not Knowing but Still Going

      Jocelyn-Anne Harvey

      Uncertainty, change and the unexpected – we all struggle with unknowns. So what can we learn from Noah’s Ark and the women who entered it? In this inspiring, honest and compelling book...

      Not Knowing but Still Going

    • Jennifer

      Karen Palmer

      When Karen and Gordon are asked how many children they have, they tell people two – it’s just easier that way. But the truth is that there will always be three...

      Jennifer

  • News

    • NEW BOOK: The Crucible of Leadership

      ‘An informed consideration of leadership, underpinned by the careful use of Scripture, wide reading and recent research.’
      Rev Dr Derek Tidball, former Principal of the London School of Theology

      In recent years, there has been a craze for all things ‘leadership’, with one fad after another promising dramatic change. But as headlines have proven in recent months, just what constitutes good leadership is very far from settled. So if the quick fixes don’t work, where can we turn to discover how we might lead well, in church or in the workplace, when our time comes?

      16 Jun 2022
    • Sample Chapters: The Crucible of Leadership

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      Wise Leaders Know That They Don’t Get There By Themselves 

      'By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict'
      (Hebrews 11:23)

      None of us gets to choose the time or circumstances of our birth...

      14 Jun 2022
    • NEW BOOK: Standing in the Storm

      ‘In the darkest part of my life, in the middle of the mess and suffering, Jesus was there, holding my hand and giving me the strength I needed to simply stand in the storm.’
      One in two of us in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives – and all of us who are not will be close to someone who is. So when the diagnosis comes, when the storm strikes, where will we go to find strength and comfort?

      In 2016, speaker and worship leader Matt McChlery and his wife faced just this question...

      20 May 2022
    • NEW NOVEL: Crazy About Horses

      ‘Isabel stands in the place of all young people as she comes face to face with wounds from her past, deep rejection issues and fears for her future. It is a great book for teenagers and has a “rooted in reality” message of hope that is so desperately needed today.’
      Tracy Williamson, Author and Speaker, MBM Trust

      Research from the Anti-Bullying Alliance reveals that one in four children report being bullied ‘a lot or always’. Such trauma can cause long-term damage to a child’s confidence and well-being. But one source of therapy...

      20 May 2022
  • Reviews

    • 'Highly recommend for those who believe in following their dreams, love horses, and have a strong faith'

      Crazy About Horses by Patrick Coghlan
      21 Jun 2022
    • 'the sort of book you would return to every few years, as a “sanity check” on your spiritual journey'

      The Road to the Father's House by Alistair Forman
      10 Jun 2022
    • 'the reader can glean a lot of foundational teaching, for example on subjects like faith and trust, being all the more powerful as they are born out of challenging life situations'

      Standing in the Storm by Matt McChlery
      9 Jun 2022
    • 'particularly useful for those leading ministries or who are Christians working in the marketplace'

      The Crucible of Leadership by Alan Wilson
      8 Jun 2022
    • 'I had not come across an open account of coping with the stress of chemotherapy before and found the book helpful in understanding what some people have to go through ... I finished it in less than two days'

      Standing in the Storm by Matt McChlery
      7 Jun 2022
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