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Jesus is called the "firstborn" from the curse of death as he triumphantly shows us light in darkness and calls us to join him in His Kingdom as a joint heir. To do this, we must trust and follow Him through many dangers and toils as if in a foreign land, progressing as a pilgrim on the missions each of us are given. This is even if, like that of the Firstborn, they might at first appear to be impossible.Starting with this famous theme from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, teacher Jim Ward (pictured left) uses a combination of his own poetry, photography and focused questions, together with 'backpack' resource information, to explore what it means to be a modern Christian pilgrim in today's troubled world. Following the Firstborn provides strong stimulus and guidance for personal reflection on what matters most on our journey through life, but it is also a powerful springboard for group study and discussion of how we remain a faithful pilgrim in what C S Lewis has called 'enemy occupied territory'.

Angelo is a happy and friendly little ant. Although he is one ant among thousands in his colony, his mission in life is to befriend and uplift all the others, and he especially loves making friends of other creatures, showing everyone that we can love and appreciate the wonderful differences between everybody, across all of creation.

Raising kids on your own is one of the toughest jobs there is, and who should know more about it than a solo mother who has travelled the journey?Doing It Solo is Kristy Quaziz's story. A single parent for 13 years, she became a Christian in 2009 and since then has been passionate about breaking down the taboo topic of single parenting within the Christian landscape. Unable to find resource, she decided to study the subject and then write a book to be able to help others.In Doing It Solo, the author unpacks the plight of the single parent and the challenges associated with raising kids on your own. She journeys through personal stories, teachings from the Bible, and offers practical steps to gain back freedom in parenting on your own. Every single parent will come away feeling more equipped, encouraged and inspired to find the purpose in their parenting, even when doing it solo.She is passionate about helping people that do not have a conventional situation or upbringing to find their feet and become all they can be through God.

On a cold dark Tuesday night in June 2006, my youngest brother, George (Hori) committed suicide.In the months and years that followed, I wrote constantly, pouring out my grief, anger and disbelief that I no longerhad my beloved, little brother in my life.This collection is the "best of" those poems from that time.My hope is that anyone who has ever suffered a sudden, tragic or unexpected death of a loved one may find hope and healing in my words. "Weeping may endure for a night but joy doesindeed return in the morning." Psalm 30 v 5:b

He Speaks Our Language is the biography of Wilfrid Henry Douglas, a veteran linguist and missionary to Aboriginal people in Australia for more than 60 years. Wilf is the father of the author, Rob Douglas. The book is based on memoirs written by Wilf prior to his death in March 2004.The book traces the journey of Wilf from his childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland and his transportation to a children's home, Fairbridge, in rural Western Australia as a 12-year-old, never to see his parents again. Experiences at Fairbridge affected Wilf later in life when he was responsible for closing down Aboriginal children's homes at Sunday Island in the far north of Western Australia and at Warburton Ranges in the desert.Exciting stories are told of Wilf and his Aboriginal colleague paddling across dangerous whirlpools in a dinghy in huge tides in the saltwater country in the north of Western Australia, to weeks stranded in the central Australian desert waiting for repairs to a broken down truck.The biography belongs as much of the many Aboriginal people who contributed to Wilf's life as it his own story. People like the sinewy Bardi man who accompanied him on his whirlpool nightmare, the fox-hunter who taught Wilf his first Aboriginal word on a dusty road in the West Australian wheatbelt, and the desert man who sat with him for many hours sharing his language and culture. It also includes more well known people such as Ernie Dingo and Albert Namatjira. Wilf contributed significantly to the knowledge of Aboriginal languages across Australia, and to the translation of the Bible into a number of Aboriginal languages. But the story traces the way in which he faced the odds in learning Aboriginal languages when missions didn't think this was necessary, listening to the stories of Aboriginal people when others wanted to evangelise without listening. It is a story of courage and hope.

Join Josh and Alexander as they adventure into the snow and learn the importance of encouraging each other.

Over the last decade, the worldwide church has seen a reawakening around prayer and fasting, but how does an individual believer or a local church engage with this in such a way that is full of grace and sustainable?Invitation to a Fast is a follow up to This Chosen Fast (Ark House) and will give you all the tools to answer that question. It presents a survey of all of the major biblical texts. It has a multitude of personal stories and tips to make fasting accessible. And it is all wrapped in a grace covered, invitational framework that can be missing from so many works-orientated fasting discussions.Invitation to a Fast is an opportunity to delve deeply in scripture, engage with an author who has fasted for multiple 3 day, 7 day, 21 day and 40 days fasts, and throw off guilt around prayer and fasting and respond to the heavenly invitation to change the history of the world.