Between Friends

Royle, Cann Roger

ISBN 10: 028105374X / ISBN 13: 9780281053742

Published by Triangle, 2000

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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Between Friends
• Publisher: Triangle
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 028105374X
• ISBN 13: 9780281053742
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 180 grams

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Synopsis

Priest Roger Royle has been a constant companion to some women for nearly 20 years--the length of time he has been writing for women's magazines. For the last 10 he's been at Woman's Weekly, charged with providing spiritual yet topical comment for a multi-faith, increasingly secular audience. It is a challenge Royle has grasped as enthusiastically as a communion chalice, as this collection of his columns shows. In Between Friends, Royle's writing is organised under headings such as Times and Seasons, Difficulties and Dangers and Love and Acceptance. Whatever the heading, he is always encouraging and insightful as he engages with personal worries, public concerns and political correctness gone mad--such as the hymn publishers who substituted "Forward pilgrims" for "Onward Christian soldiers". Royle pulls no punches when addressing difficult topics like teenage pregnancy and divorce. Discussing the hoops the Church makes divorcees jump through, he has this to say: "Churches [should] have

About the Author

Canon Roger Royle is a retired priest and broadcaster, who has presented Songs of Praise. For many years, he wrote a column for the "Woman's Weekly", becoming a friend to a great many readers. Every week, he took an ordinary situation and drew from its spiritual understanding for everyone. This book collects the best of his column.