The Cross and the Colliery Author:Tom Wright Based on sermons originally delivered by Bishop Tom Wright during Easter 2007, this is a book for Lent that uses the story of a coal-mining town in northern England as a modern parable for loss and rebirth. The background history of the town, the closure of its mine, the subsequent strike and then the regeneration of the area, is given in the in... more »troduction, allowing readers to fully appreciate the context of the book, and make the most of its study questions.« less