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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... more
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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’ In 2016, Matt McChlery and his wife experienced the loss of...

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  • Latest Releases

    • 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

    • His Kingdom, My Business

      Steve Botham

      God is at work – and you and your job are central to His purpose! Celebrating our unique gifts and personalities, Steve Botham offers a dynamic, faith-filled vision of what God’s kingdom coming in our workplaces might look like...

      His Kingdom, My Business

    • 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: 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
    • Sample Chapters: Crazy About Horses

      One
      February

      Isabel waded through thick black mud as she approached the dilapidated wooden field gate. Each step she took rendered a loud squelching noise as she fought to keep possession of her favourite Wellington boots – the ones covered with multi-coloured polka dots, with a fluffy lining. A stale, earthy smell filled her nostrils as she struggled further to untie the knotted bailer twine that secured...

      16 May 2022
    • Sample Chapters: Standing in the Storm

      9 
      Worst Fears Confirmed 

      After a very long flight we finally touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport. Our South African holiday had come to an end and we were daring to be optimistic as to what God had in store for the next chapter of our lives. We felt rested and rejuvenated. Our grief was starting to be punctuated by healing and peace. The raw, open, emotional wound had started to scab over...

      13 May 2022
  • Reviews

    • 'has many life lessons for us to learn, on how to deal with the major ups and downs, whilst maintaining a strong and solid faith. He shows honesty and integrity'

      Standing in the Storm by Matt McChlery
      25 May 2022
    • 'a powerful read that can offer you the comfort, hope and inspiration you might need to keep standing in the storm, whatever you face'

      Standing in the Storm by Matt McChlery
      21 May 2022
    • 'A sign of a good book is if I engage enough for it to make me cry… well this one did, quite a few times, not just welling up, but all out proper weeping!'

      Talking to Calippa Cumberland by Chick Yuill
      16 May 2022
    • 'wonderfully readable debut ... about a woman who thinks she has it all sorted, and hasn't. Very funny and gives a positive message that skilfully avoids being preachy'

      The Diary of Isabella M Smugge by Ruth Leigh
      16 May 2022
    • 'What a fab read, I couldn't put it down. I was drawn in to the world of Isabella m Smugge and I wanted to find out more, so I purchase book two on Kindle! The perfect book to read on a lazy Sunday or on holiday'

      The Diary of Isabella M Smugge by Ruth Leigh
      7 May 2022
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