Adrian Leak’s second collection of brief essays has been shaped in part by the sequence of the Church’s Calendar, some of their subjects being linked to the seasons of the Christian Year.
They are addressed not only to churchgoers, but also to that large number of people who, while they have not been blessed with the gift of faith, care deeply for the Church of England.
Included in this volume are a number of biographical sketches of men and women whose lives and work have helped to shape our church and nation , and who, like Benedict Biscop, Thomas Ken, Josephine Butler, Sabine Baring-Gould and Eglantine Jebb, were lights to their generation.
Adrian hopes that you will enjoy dipping into these pages and find there something to excite your curiosity and warm your heart.
Caroline Chartres, former Features Editor, Church Times writes: ‘Archbishop Benson’s Humming Top propels us from Greek hats to gardens, via compassion fatigue and hunting parsons to the songbirds of Istanbul. Underpinning and uniting these wide-ranging reflections is the conviction that God is to be found in stillness and silence, and that we need to be able to listen if we are to hear the still, small voice.
Adrian Leak has created a box of delights: quirky and thoughtful, with plenty of still centres, to be dipped into and savoured: nourishment for the soul, with no damage to the waistline.’
Published in 2018.
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