THINGS HE CARRIED PB

The narrative of Holy Week is powerful and painful, and because we know how the story ends it’s easy to gloss over the difficult details, and stay in the comfort zone of our understanding. Stephen Cottrell brings home, vividly and poignantly, the physical reality of the passion story. This is a book to stimulate thought, provoke discussion and create space for contemplation. ‘In order to understand the cross you need to stand under it, with the imagination as well as the mind. This book aims to help in that process, and however you use it - on your own or with others - I hope you will receive some small appreciation of just how much the cross weighs, and maybe even pick it up yourself.’ From the Introduction Stephen Cottrell is Bishop of Reading, and a key author of the Emmaus series. Born and brought up in Essex, before ordination he lived in South London, working in the film industry, and for a year at St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham. His many books include the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2004, I Thirst, and Do Nothing for a Change - discovering what happens when you stop.