Bringing in the Sheaves: Wheat and Chaff from My Years as a Priest by Reverend Richard Coles

Bringing in the Sheaves: Wheat and Chaff from My Years as a Priest is written by Reverend Richard Coles. This book reflects on life as a parson in Britain today, following his earlier memoir Fathomless Riches.

Key details

• Author: Reverend Richard Coles
• Full title: Bringing in the Sheaves: Wheat and Chaff from My Years as a Priest
• Written after the memoir Fathomless Riches
• Draws on the author’s experience in Christian ministry

Synopsis

After recounting a life of “sex, drugs and the Communards” in his acclaimed memoir Fathomless Riches, Reverend Richard Coles turned his attention to God and Christianity, and asks what it means to serve as a priest in modern Britain.

Spanning his ordination and the church year from Advent and Christmas through to Lent and Easter, he offers an insight into day-to-day ministry, including its joys, hopes, drama and difficulties. The writing is described as charming and compassionate, with the aim to inform and inspire readers.