The Christian publishing world has been waiting with bated breath, but finally the moment has come.
Yes, it’s The Christian Book Endorsement Awards 2026! This is the ONLY awards ceremony devoted to Christian book endorsements.
Find out all 21 winners here:
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Thank you for your support of the Awards!
The Christian publishing world has been waiting with bated breath, but finally the moment has come.
Yes, it’s The Christian Book Endorsement Awards 2026! This is the ONLY awards ceremony devoted to Christian book endorsements.
Find out all 21 winners here:
open.substack.com/pub/adamthom...
For those of you who celebrate, I'm pleased to announce that this year's Christian Book Endorsement Awards will be unveiled on FRIDAY MORNING (Welsh time)
20 awards, hundreds of endorsements, very few reasons to care
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This week on Murder at the Manse, I’m sharing some of my crime fiction reading plans for this year. I’d love to hear about your reading plans too!
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Happy New Year!
Today on Murder at the Manse, you'll find a summing up of my favourite crime fiction reads of 2025.
I'd love to hear about your favourite 2025 reads too!
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“In a detective story, no person is above suspicion. But there are several types who are below it.”
After a short festive hiatus, Murder on the Manse is back, continuing my Dr Gideon Fell readthrough:
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Essential Christmas Eve viewing
Christmas isn't always the most wonderful time of the year. If you're struggling, please remember there are always people ready to listen - even on Christmas Day 💚
Mary, did you know
the muffin man
who lives in Drury Lane?
Mary, did you know
the muffin man
who lives in Drury Lane?
We did do this one year at our carol service.
While Shepherds also goes well to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Why aren't more people talking about the fact that you can sing "Once in Royal David's City" to the tune of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You"?
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on Murder at the Manse today, with some festive fatalities from 1947 and 2024:
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Every year at Litchard Mission, we produce our own Christmas booklet. This year's is called "Christmas Old and New" - 6 people sharing their memories of Christmas growing up, all the way back to the 1930s. Visit us in December to get your copy!
Every year at Litchard Mission, we produce our own Christmas booklet. This year's is called "Christmas Old and New" - 6 people sharing their memories of Christmas growing up, all the way back to the 1930s. Visit us in December to get your copy!
This week on Murder at the Manse, two tales from the Yorkshire town of Gunnarshaw:
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A jumper for many different occasions!
Every year I add a new Christmas jumper to my collection. Here's this year's addition:
233 Celsius
Delighted to discover that this is the title for the first Danish edition of Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel:
Earlier this year, I won some books in a competition. This week on Murder at the Manse, I'm reviewing two of them:
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This week on Murder at the Manse, some of my favourite stories from a 1940s mystery-writing contest, including one of the greatest short stories ever written and an entry from a former editor of Good Housekeeping:
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It's my 18th birthday today! No, that's not a typo. It's 18 years ago today that I took the first step of following Jesus and my new life with God began. 10/10 would recommend
"Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home"
It's my 18th birthday today! No, that's not a typo. It's 18 years ago today that I took the first step of following Jesus and my new life with God began. 10/10 would recommend
"Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home"
Last month, I had the privilege of joining the Itinerant Preachers Network to talk about my experiences of depression in ministry. I shared four Bible verses that have helped me in my own struggles with depression. You can listen in here:
youtu.be/kPut4SijOwI?...
Last month, I had the privilege of joining the Itinerant Preachers Network to talk about my experiences of depression in ministry. I shared four Bible verses that have helped me in my own struggles with depression. You can listen in here:
youtu.be/kPut4SijOwI?...
Psalm 104 from Sing Psalms (2003)
The Psalm we'll be singing at Litchard Mission this week
O what peace we often forfeit
O what needless pain we bear
All because we use an AI app
Instead of going to the Lord in prayer
A comic summary of 2 Kings by Reuben (10), drawn for our Reading the Bible Together plan at church
"The message is clear: Never Underestimate God."
Every so often, I remember that for my 9th birthday, I was given a cassette of "Children's Party Time Favourites", where the 8th track on side two is "Gangsta's Paradise", and I wonder if other children had very different kinds of parties
