Fresh out of divorce court, Elizabeth Strickland is desperate for change in her life. She travels to Italy to rekindle a relationship she left twenty years ago, but before she looks for him, she settles in a remote part of Umbria. Before long, she has a conflict with the Russian Mafia and meets an American journalist who challenges the way she has approached relationships in the past.

Prayer is a vital part of the Christian life but people often struggle with actually getting on and doing it. This book offers 80 imaginative and creative ideas for setting up 'prayer stations', practical ways of praying that involve the senses - touching, tasting, smelling, seeing, and hearing, rather than simply reflecting, as we bring our hopes, fears, dreams and doubts to God. Developed from material tried and tested with small groups, the ideas here provide activities ranging from bubble prayers to clay pot prayers (via just about everything else in between), and have been designed to be...