Here are beautiful reflections on Bible texts and photos to read for your own inspiration, enjoyment, and comfort, or to share in worship services, quiet days and retreats. They will offer spiritual nourishment to hungry hearts. In the style of Joy Cowley.

"What a lovely book. I hope your more perceptive readers will use the photos as a help in their quiet meditation and not let them go by just as fine pictures." Eddie Askew

Barger aims to provide increased understanding of how women’s relationship with the body and its social meaning touches on spirituality. She brings a woman-friendly perspective to traditional theological questions.

"It meets the deepest needs of contemporary women who are searching for a way to be whole."

In New Zealand today there are 38,000 people with dementia and this number will grow. It will affect us all... as sufferers, carers or as part of the wider circle of family, friends, professional and voluntary workers needed to support the main caregiver.

This book will help New Zealanders understand and come to terms with this illness, and cope with the changes that occur as the disease takes its course. It explains what dementia is, the different forms it takes, how and where to get help, diagnostic tests, treatment and medication, and the services available. Perkins aims to support caregivers at all levels to offer humane and respectful care to people with dementia.

Alternative worship offers new ways of being church: through liturgies, meditation, prayers, creative ideas, visuals, music and rituals, it aims to help spark and renew imagination and creativity. This is collection of original resources arranged around major festivals and feast days of the church year.

The rituals are simple to stage and will add extra depth and meaning to people’s worship experience. The CD Rom has video and music clips, still images, additional liturgies and rituals.

This book draws together the experiences of five US United Methodist churches as they dealt with changes surrounding issues of being more inclusive and open and became "Reconciling Congregations." While focusing on the welcoming of gay and lesbian people, the book provides inspiration about how congregations can work through any important contentious issue.

"There is a future for small churches… but no future at all for small visions." Thomas Bandy, Church consultant.

This is a book especially for small church leaders in rural, provincial and outlying suburb settings. The author is the pastor of a cluster of five Uniting Church congregations in South Australia.

He tells how churches can be freed from fear of the future, can trust people to choose and decide their own Christian journey and can face outwards to mission, not just inwards to the people it has.

Country churches in New Zealand - whether architecturally beautiful or set amongst beautiful scenery - have become an important part of our built environment.

In Worship in the Wilderness architectural authority Geoffrey Thornton celebrates New Zealand’s country churches. This book makes use of full colour photographs, taken by Thornton over 30 years, which capture the essence of churches set in rural landscapes.

Architect of the angels: the churches of Frederick De Jersey Clere. Susan MacLean $39.95

The Celtic Heart: reflections for life’s journey - with music CD. Liz Babbs. Hbk Colour throughout 46pp. $24.95 Lion, UK

Also available: Celtic Spirit (book & CD): poems, prayers & music. $24.95