Flowers in the Desert: Reflections during a time of Vacancy

On Easter Sunday 2017, with the retirement of the Vicar, the Benefice of Lanercost with Walton, Gilsland and Nether Denton entered a period of vacancy which lasted for over a year and a half. During this time, regular services were maintained, albeit with a little shaving of corners here and there. The author, a Reader in the Benefice, was one of a team of people leading services and preaching on a regular basis. The contents of this book provide a record of the vacancy in the form of sermons and reflections. The title is prompted by the phenomenon of ?the flowering desert, ? which occurs every ten years or so in the north of Chile, when unusually copious rainfall at the end of winter causes the arid semi-desert terrain to bring forth flowers in profusion. Cover photograph by Paul Bamford

• • Author: David Bamford
• • Publisher: Lulu.Com
• • Publication Date: Mar 15, 2019
• • Number of Pages: 86 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 0244454787
• • ISBN-13: 9780244454784