‘This is the hour of crisis: it is high time for you to wake out of sleep, for deliverance is nearer to us now than it was when first we believed.’ St Paul's encouraging words to the Christians in Rome are the springboard for the Archbishop of York's Advent book for 2019. With prayers and stimulating questions for reflection at the end of each daily meditation, here is fresh spiritual food for the Advent journey – pressed down, shaken together and running over. ‘Wake up! Clean up! Feed up! Grow up!’ Walk alongside Archbishop Sentamu this Advent, as he discusses the meaning and influence of those four gospel imperatives in this lively and invigorating book.

Reflections on the Psalms provides insightful commentary on each of the Psalms from the same experienced team of writers that have made Reflections for Daily Prayer so successful. It offers inspiring and undated reflections on all 150 psalms, with longer psalms split into parts in accordance with the Lectionary. Each reflection is accompanied by its corresponding Psalm refrain and prayer from the Common Worship Psalter, making this a valuable resource for personal or devotional use. Specially written introductions by Paula Gooder and Steven Croft explore the Psalms and the Bible and the Psalms in the life of the Church.

How a boy from a Ugandan village became the first Black archbishop in the Church of England.

'Agape Love Stories' is a moving and inspiring book, compiled by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York. It follows the stories of 22 people, including Jean Vanier and Richard Taylor (the father of Damilola Taylor), each explaining how an experience of God's agape love gave them hope and changed lives. These are stories which stand as inspiring demonstrations of Christian faith in action. Among the contributors are people who have lost loved ones to murder and natural disaster, some who have overcome extreme personal challenges and some who have devoted their lives to a God-given calling to the service of others. Their stories, with accompanying words of wisdom and encouragement from John Sentamu, are witness to the life-transforming power of God's love.

The most authentic stories of Christian faith in the 21st Century come from the experiences of ‘ordinary’ people living ‘ordinary’ lives.In this unique book by compiled by John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, 20 people with everyday lives, families and jobs explain what their faith means to them and how it makes an extra-ordinary difference.Some of these people face up to difficult personal circumstances on a daily basis – such as the widowed mother of two young boys, or the former soldier whose fellow soldiers were killed – others work for social justice in their local communities or use their unique gifts to communicate the good news of the gospel. All stories are inspiring demonstrations of Christian faith in everyday action.Sentamu has written a personal introduction to each story and to the book as a whole. Includes a photo of each subject.

With the verve and panache that characterized his ministry, Sentamu tells the incredible story of a boy from rural Uganda who became the first Black Archbishop in the Church of England. Born in 1949, John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu fled his native country in 1974 following a turbulent time when, as an advocate of the High Court of Uganda, he was imprisoned for speaking out against the oppressive regime of Idi Amin. Ordained in 1979, he was Bishop of Stepney from 1996 to 2002, when he served on the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Team and chaired the Damilola Taylor Murder Investigation Review. He became Bishop of Birmingham from 2002, before being enthroned as Archbishop of York in 2005. Throughout his long and at times controversial career, Sentamu has campaigned on a range of vital issues - including the family, gay relationships, multiculturalism, poverty, race, slavery, the welfare of young people, and conflict and injustice abroad. His open, honest and occasionally controversial account of life within the Church of England touches on key religious and political events of the past fifty years, and includes his robust response to allegations made against him during his retirement. Throughout it all his stated priorities shine through: 'to seek God's rule of justice, peace and love' and 'to be part of God's movement of change, standing at the intersection where human need and God's love meet.'