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In this deeply moving collection, Richard Carter offers one hundred powerful stories gathered from his two decades of community ministry – hidden everyday stories from his life and the lives of others, many on the edges of society, of hardship and hope, pain and unexpected grace. Amid the overwhelming weight of suffering, Richard finds a quiet yet infectious joy – not by ignoring life’s struggles, but by seeking the hidden blessings within them. Authentic joy, a fruit of the Holy Spirit, can feel elusive when life is difficult or the world seems overwhelming. This book is an invitation to rediscover that joy – even in the hardest of times.
Richard Carter, for more than twenty years, has been a priest at St Martin-in-the-Fields, a church with an open door on the edge of Trafalgar Square. He is founder and leader of its Nazareth Community whose members gather from everyday life to seek God in contemplation and to learn to live simply and generously welcoming all. He is author of the best selling The City is My Monastery, Letters from Nazareth and In Search of the Lost.
