Categories: General
      Date: Jan 30, 2010
     Title: Strangely Warmed

Andrew Rumsey's 'Strangely warmed: Reflections on God, Life and Bric-a-Brac'

 'Pious claptrap and hand-wringing sactimonious drivel. If that is what you are expecting you are going to be sadly disappointed. These meditations from a parish priest are witty, erudite, self-deprecating, eloquent and thoughtful. They are even quite short. Strangely Warmed? Yes, actually, I was.' - IAN HISLOP



Strangely Warmed
'Andrew Rumsey's meditations break the mould of Lent books. His eye for the ridiculous, his ear for the telling, resonating phrase, and his deep but refreshingly different spirituality merge effortlessly. Think Spike Milligan doing Thought for the Day. You will laugh out loud one minute and want to pray out loud the next. Many Christians suffer from an irony deficiency. Rumsey might just be the cure.' - Bishop TOM WRIGHT, Bishop of Durham

'Strangely Warmed' is a collection of short pieces which take a wry look at the world and reflect on questions of faith that arise from the everyday. The advertising slogan, the church jumble sale, the Routemaster bus: all can unexpectedly bring us closer to God. 

Andrew Rumsey is Vicar of Gipsy Hill. He is a contributor to Third Way magazine and a columnist for the website Ship of Fools: www.ship-of-fools.com.

I heartily recommend 'Strangley Warmed'. Although it has some 40 short articles – one for each day of Lent – I found the book so amusing and insightful that I read several days worth at a time. Andrew is a laugh a minute, and very spiritual with it. Hard to believe? Look and see. 

You can order a copy direct from Amazon.co.uk for £5.99 inc delivery. Good value. Enjoy it. But read it alone: Andrew admits that you'd be hard pressed to use his book in a Lenten group!


Rev Dr Richard Hinder