Stephen Cherry is Director of Ministry for Durham diocese, a Residentiary Canon of Durham Cathedral and a former Chaplain of King's College Cambridge. He has degrees in Theology and Psychology, and a PhD on the theology and practice of forgiveness. He is an experienced parish priest and a member of all the national Anglican adult learning and professional development networks, as well as of the Receptive Ecumenism (international Roman Catholic and ecumenical) project. He has written for The Independent, the Church Times, Theology and Christian. His contributions to Praying for England (Continuum, 2008) and Forgiveness in Context (T & T Clark, 2004) have been particularly well reviewed -- Theology described his chapter in the latter as 'the jewel in the collection.'

This is a welcome book, and one chosen as the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent book. It is an easy and challenging read, and reintroduces to a modern generation teaching which has for centuries been at the heart of the monastic project. As such it will repay close attention.

• Introduction; 1 Learning to Walk; 2 A Terrible Force; 3 Humiliation and Pride; 4 Christlike Wisdom; 5 Childlike Maturity; 6 Being a Stranger; 7 Giving Up Grumbling; 8 Hospitality Revisited; 9 Living Generously; 10 Real Mary; Pilgrim; Posts; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index.

Stephen Cherry is Director of Ministry for Durham diocese, a Residentiary Canon of Durham Cathedral and a former Chaplain of King's College Cambridge. He has degrees in Theology and Psychology, and a PhD on the theology and practice of forgiveness. He is an experienced parish priest and a member of all the national Anglican adult learning and professional development networks, as well as of the Receptive Ecumenism (international Roman Catholic and ecumenical) project. He has written for The Independent, the Church Times, Theology and Christian. His contributions to Praying for England (Continuum, 2008) and Forgiveness in Context (T & T Clark, 2004) have been particularly well reviewed -- Theology described his chapter in the latter as 'the jewel in the collection.'

This is a welcome book, and one chosen as the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent book. It is an easy and challenging read, and reintroduces to a modern generation teaching which has for centuries been at the heart of the monastic project. As such it will repay close attention.

• Introduction; 1 Learning to Walk; 2 A Terrible Force; 3 Humiliation and Pride; 4 Christlike Wisdom; 5 Childlike Maturity; 6 Being a Stranger; 7 Giving Up Grumbling; 8 Hospitality Revisited; 9 Living Generously; 10 Real Mary; Pilgrim; Posts; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index.