An Almighty Passion celebrates the God who walks with us in our communities, forever reaching out with his all-embracing love. He is not, as this beautifully narrated collection of real-life stories demonstrates, a God who can easily be tied to a formula. Often we glimpse his glory where we least expect to see it: in the seemingly commonplace events of an ordinary Cambridge housing estate; on the freezing altiplano of Bolivia; in the blistering, dusty heat of the Argentine Chaco. Skilfully but simply, Alan Hargrave relates the great doctrines of the Church - Trinity, Incarnation, Passion,...

Whatever situation we find ourselves in, this down-to-earth book will help restore a sense of puropse. Alan Hargrave draws upon 'Rules of Life', from Benedict to Iona, to enable us to think seriously about the pattern of our living. Through absorbing stories, honest and often very funny accounts of his own personal struggles, and the provision of many useful exercises, he aims to help us find our own 'Rule of Life' - one that will not only sustain us, but allow the light that may have gone out of our eyes to shine once more And as the energy we need to look beyond ourselves returns, so we...