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After a life of sex, drugs and the Communards, recounted in his acclaimed memoir Fathomless Riches, the Reverend Richard Coles devoted himself to God and Christianity. So what is life like for the parson in Britain today?
From his ordination, through Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter, Reverend Coles gives us a unique insight into his daily experience in the ministry, with all the joy, hope, drama and difficulty that entails. Written with extraordinary charm and compassion, Bringing in the Sheaves will inspire and inform all who read it.
'All the humour, quirky characters and incidents that life - and death- serve up' Mail on Sunday
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The Reverend Richard Coles is the presenter of Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4. He is also the only vicar in Britain to have had a number-one hit single. He read Theology at King's College London, and after ordination worked as a curate in Lincolnshire and subsequently at St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge, London. He is the author of Lives of the Improbable Saints and two memoirs, the bestselling Fathomless Riches and Bringing in the Sheaves. He lives in his parish of Finedon, Northamptonshire.
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Richly associative and absorbing―Nick Curtis, RADIO TIMES
It's a vision of contemporary Anglicanism as seen through a particular, perhaps slightly glitterballed perspective. I enjoyed it even though I'm an atheist―THE HERALD MAGAZINE
It is a delightful compilation of thoughts, memories and incidents, all told with his signature humanity and humour―CHOICE
His life story is intriguing - pop star to Anglican vicar - but it is his insights into the church's present situation, Christian belief and above all human encounters that are honest, sometimes funny and occasionally revelatory―Susan Hill, THE SPECTATOR Books of the Year
Great riches, spiritual and worldly, and an honest perspective on humanity―Susan Hill, THE LADY
Coles offers an engaging portrait of the lived Christian life in a way that speaks openly and intriguingly to both cradle Anglicans and cagey agnostics―Christopher Landau, CHURCH TIMES
Coles draws on his 11 years in the clergy, with all the humour, quirky characters and incidents that life - and death - serve up―MAIL ON SUNDAY EVENT MAGAZINE
Charming ... This is a book to keep on the arm of your chair and browse through―Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
An entertaining mix of the sacred and the secular, the gossipy and ritualistic grandeur that attempts to give the reader a feel of the texture of the life of a vicar―Teddy Jamieson, THE HERALD MAGAZINE
A series of often hilarious vignettes―SAGA
It's a vision of contemporary Anglicanism as seen through a particular, perhaps slightly glitterballed perspective. I enjoyed it even though I'm an atheist―THE HERALD MAGAZINE
It is a delightful compilation of thoughts, memories and incidents, all told with his signature humanity and humour―CHOICE
His life story is intriguing - pop star to Anglican vicar - but it is his insights into the church's present situation, Christian belief and above all human encounters that are honest, sometimes funny and occasionally revelatory―Susan Hill, THE SPECTATOR Books of the Year
Great riches, spiritual and worldly, and an honest perspective on humanity―Susan Hill, THE LADY
Coles offers an engaging portrait of the lived Christian life in a way that speaks openly and intriguingly to both cradle Anglicans and cagey agnostics―Christopher Landau, CHURCH TIMES
Coles draws on his 11 years in the clergy, with all the humour, quirky characters and incidents that life - and death - serve up―MAIL ON SUNDAY EVENT MAGAZINE
Charming ... This is a book to keep on the arm of your chair and browse through―Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
An entertaining mix of the sacred and the secular, the gossipy and ritualistic grandeur that attempts to give the reader a feel of the texture of the life of a vicar―Teddy Jamieson, THE HERALD MAGAZINE
A series of often hilarious vignettes―SAGA
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