Touching Cloth can be compared to Adam Kays This Is Going to Hurt and the writings of the Secret Barrister ObserverI laughed my way through this... Funny, fascinating, and gorgeously humane Marina HydeFunny and touching in equal measure Tom HollandA laughoutloud memoir of becoming a 21stcentury priest, Touching Cloth is also a love letter to the Prayer Book, Liverpool, funerals, cake tins, lager and, above all, to what the Church of England can be at its best. The very word reverend inspires solemnity. To be a priest is to dedicate ones life to quiet prayer and spiritual contemplation. Isnt it?Fergus ButlerGallie reveals what its like to become a priest in the twentyfirst century. Find out why black really is slimming, how to keep a straight face when someone is inadvertently hotboxing a funeral, and which royalthemed biscuit tin can best contain a very loud personal alarm that no one knows how to switch off. Spot a sweet old lady trying to pay for a taxi with coinage from fascist Spain? Congratulations, shepherd, shes your problem now.Behind the daily scrapes is an alltoohuman love letter to the Church of England, and the amazing variety of people who manage to keep it going, providing a listening ear, company and community at a time when so many people desperately need it, as well as a reflection on what it means to follow a spiritual path amid the chaos of the modern world.

Binding: Paperback;288 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGXA; Weight: 276 g; Dimensions: 200 x 130 x 20

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