Bringing in the Sheaves

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After a life of sex and drugs and the Communards - brilliantly recounted in the first volume of his highly acclaimed memoir Fathomless Riches - the Reverend Richard Coles went on to devote his life to God and Christianity. He is now the fifty-eighth Vicar of Finedon, in Northamptonshire, having previously served in parishes in London and Lincolnshire. He is also a much-loved broadcaster, presenting Saturday Live on Radio 4 and giving us regular reason to Pause for Thought on Radio 2.

What is life like for the parson in Britain today? For centuries the Church calendar - and the Church parson - gave character and personality to British life. Today, however, as the shape of the year has become less distinct and faith no longer as privileged or persuasive, that figure has become far more marginal.

In Bringing in the Sheaves, Reverend Coles answers this question. From his ordination during the season of Petertide, through Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter, he gives us a unique insight into his daily experience in the ministry, with all the joy, drama, difficulty and humour which life - and indeed death - serves up in varying measures.

Written with extraordinary charm and erudition, Bringing in the Sheaves interweaves a multitude of characters and events from parish life against a backdrop of the Christian calendar.