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Soon comes the promised day Making Christmas Happen: Daily reflections to help you keep the sparkle in all the preparations by Susan Sayers Subscriber only	Steamed up on behalf of honest doubters Living Free by H. A. Williams Subscriber only	Farewell to penny plain The Arts of the Anglican Counter-Reformation: Glory, Laud and honour by Graham Parry Subscriber only

Church Times top ten religious books This week's winners Subscriber only	Reading groups: Secrets beneath the surface of faith Richard Lamey enjoys a story of religious ideals in The Mysteries of Glass by Sue Gee Subscriber only	Loyal to one visible Church From Cranmer to Sancroft by Patrick Collinson Subscriber only

Sounding boards Isle of Wight: The buildings of England, by David W. Lloyd and Nikolaus Pevsner Subscriber only	Long-expected Jesus Little One, We Knew You’d Come by Sally Lloyd-Jones Subscriber only	Thinking outside the box Not Sunday, not School!:Through-the-year children's programmes by Eleanor Zuercher Subscriber only

Time of gifts The A to Z of Christmas by Arnold Keller Subscriber only	Short notice The Spirit of the Child by David Hay with Rebecca Nye; Teenagers: Why do they do that by Nick Pollard Subscriber only

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