The faith we proclaim on Sunday is just as relevant to the rest of the week. However, too often the teaching and support that church life offers us can seem aimed at deepening our personal commitment to Christ and our involvement in church activities, rather than enabling us to live out our faith at work and in the world. We need to close the gap between sacred and secular, and that's what this book aims to help us do. Each chapter identifies an issue, explores how we might respond and encourages us - through practical ideas, stories, humour, quotes, Scripture, questions and prayer - to seek to make a difference.

John Pritchard

Cover

Author information

Title page

Imprint

A word at the beginning

The case for the prosecution

Part 1: Facing God

Part 2: Facing myself

1. Living gracefully

2. Knowing God’s guidance

3. Handling money

4. Handling our sexuality

5. Facing temptation

6. Being healthy

Part 3: Facing the world

7. Working faithfully

8. Going shopping

9. Being political

10. Making peace

11. Doing justice

Part 4: Facing others

12. Being attentive

13. Being married

14. Nurturing friendships

15. Building community

16. Sharing faith

Part 5: Facing the future

17. Handling future shock

18. Loving the planet

19. Living in an online world

20. Worrying about religion

21. Facing death

PS Enjoy life!

Notes

The faith we proclaim on Sunday is just as relevant to the rest of the week, but contemporary British Christianity is failing to remove the sacred - secular divide. We need to close the gap between sacred and secular, and that's what this book aims to help us do.

The faith we proclaim on Sunday is just as relevant to the rest of the week, but contemporary British Christianity is failing to remove the sacred - secular divide. Too often the teaching and support we get from church is about deepening our personal commitment to Christ and getting us more involved in church activities, rather than enabling us to live out our faith at work and in the world. We need to close the gap between sacred and secular, and that's what this book aims to help us do. Each chapter identifies an issue, explores how we might respond and encourages us - through stories, humour, quotes, Scripture, questions and prayer - to seek to make a difference.

John Pritchard is Bishop of Oxford. He was Bishop of Jarrow and, before that, Archdeacon of Canterbury. His many books for SPCK include How to Pray, The Intercessions Handbook, The Life and Work of Priest and God Lost and Found.

Bestselling author John Pritchard encourages Christians to bridge the sacred - secular divide and live out faithfulness

John Pritchard encourages British Christians to bridge the sacred-secular divide in his latest book – ‘Living Faithfully’.

Sunday morning teaching and church attitude often encourages us to deepen our relationship with God and become more and more engulfed in church related activities. John wants to reserves this over-heard message and promotes an outward looking faith living their faith in the world as much as at church.

John Pritchard – everyone’s favourite Bishop – uses gripping story-telling, bible readings, thoughtful questions, insightful prayer and light-hearted humour to carry his important message. If there’s one book Christians should read this year, it’s ‘Living Faithfully’.

“This is a very good book by a very exceptional leader… I am very glad to have read Living Faithfully.” – Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.

John Pritchard is Bishop of Oxford and was formerly Bishop of Jarrow. He was archdeacon of Canterbury and, before that, Warden of Cranmer Hall, Durham. He has served in parishes in Birmingham and Taunton, and has been Diocesan Youth Officer for Bath and Wells Diocese.

Books by John include The Intercessions Handbook, The Second Intercessions Handbook, Beginning Again, How to Pray, Living Easter Through the Year, How to Explain your Faith, The Life and Work of a Priest and Going to Church: A user’s guide. He is married to Wendy and has two married daughters.

“This is a very good book by a very exceptional leader. John Pritchard puts himself into what he writes, and the result is accessible, encouraging and fun, with a steel core that not only makes one think but takes one back to the face of Christ and the realities of Christian discipleship. John is never cheaply comfortable but always reassuringly real.” – Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.

“Wise, honest and realistic, Living Faithfully joins the dots in a lively and compelling way between the core of Christian teaching and contemporary human experience.” – Christina Rees, broadcaster and writer.

The Good Book Stall

The absence of whole-life discipleship remains one of the vulnerabilities of the church in western Europe today. Sunday, Monday and the rest of our lives need to join up. We are more than rota possibilities, warm fellowship and good for monetary contributions.

Practicalities, theology, Bible, narrative, prayer and quotations all fill this title with an energy and faithfulness to challenge all readers. This would be particularly helpful for a young Christian as it offers so much breadth, insight and wisdom. Bishop John is brilliantly practical and faithful in his trademark writing style.

God is re-centred as the purpose, glory and Lord of all in this. Pritchard stitches together the big invitation of God, alongside life's failings, hopes, truth and tragedy.

The early section on living gracefully is a particular favourite for me: inviting that we "stay close to the grace-giver". The resources that are at the close of each chapter are roomy, provocative and add so much to each theme. Bishop John makes a compelling case for closing the gap between the sacred and the secular. This is a moving multi-dimensional approach to following Jesus with greater commitment, grit and grace. This is a great SPCK production in the design detail, format and completed product.

This is earthed, real and yet full of godly wisdom. It's easy reading but all about challenging living!

Living Faithfully

Navigation Bar

Header Default

Download the Christian360 App to read eBooks and listen to Audiobooks bought at Christian360

Download the App

Living Faithfully

Description

Need support?

Customer reviews

Download the App

Download the App