Chris Noble

This research study engages with the everyday theology and practice of evangelism by focussing on the signifying practice of tract usage amongst evangelical Christians. A significant theological disclosure is identified as taking place within the gifting of the evangelistic tract Journey into Life that dominated the UK Christian book market for over three decades selling more than thirty million copies. The findings of this research offer a unique insight into the lived and embodied faith of evangelical Christians in the UK demonstrating how the distribution of religious tracts has played an important role in the development of evangelical faith identity. The study concludes by engaging its findings with the development of digital tracts and digital evangelism. Dr Chris Noble is a research fellow at St Augustine's College of Theology. Article of Faith is the fruit of ten years of study and research in contemporary ecclesiology at Kings College London. His current research is in the area of addiction and pastoral care with a focus on developing spiritual resources for people in recovery from addiction. His two recent publications are Breaking the Power of Addiction and Rudiments of Faith which provide daily readings for people seeking to break free and stay free from life-controlling habits and addictions.

'We fill our minds with so much we don't need each morning. Chris' reflections are short, deep and wise. And they all come back to the unsurpassing value of knowing Jesus. It's where we start - and where we end. I commend it to you.'Rt Rev Simon Burton-JonesBishop of TonbridgeThese readings come from the author's own spiritual journey and are intended to be a catalyst and springboard for realising a genuine and real relationship with God.The exercises in this book are designed to help you to identify, develop and deepen your consciousness of God's presence in your life.Rooted in the Christian practice of Lectio Divina and Contemplative Prayer these rudiments of faith provide a way of developing your conscious contact with God, and through the daily practice of these simple rudiments, you can access a faith that works.Chris is a Parish Priest in the Church of England as well as working as an Anglican Chaplain in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. His first book Breaking the Power of Addiction is based on his experience in addiction recovery that helps people discover the physical, emotional, and spiritual roots of their addiction as well as pathways out of dependence and into lasting freedom.When not working Chris likes to relax by playing the drums, listening to music, walking in the countryside, reading old books and drinking coffee.

Why We Climb is a celebration, in word and image, of those aspects of the climbing life that are most universal, meaningful, and long lasting— the strong connection to partners and nature; the physical and mental mastery required (and how to achieve it); the rewards of exploring oneself and the world through climbing. Through interviews with some of North America’s most notable climbers the book undertakes a quest to find the soul of climbing— asking what compels men and women to dedicate their lives to the challenges and deprivations of living in a vertical world? What are the sacrifices and what are the rewards? And most importantly, can the lessons learned on cliff faces, frozen waterfalls, and alpine peaks— lessons of respect, discipline, commitment, humility and simplicity—be brought home and used to benefit society as a whole?

A celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill—Women Who Dare profiles twenty of America's most inspiring women climbers ranging from legends like Lynn Hill to the rising stars of today. The book is both inspirational and aspirational — as each climber tells her story in her own words, highlighting her personal challenges, accomplishments, and philosophy, as well as providing readers with practical how-to suggestions on maximizing not only their own potential in climbing but in life. The profiles are complemented by stunning color photographs by leading adventure photojournalist Chris Noble. Forewords by leading women climbers Steph Davis and Sasha DiGiulian round out the package!Featured climbers:Lynn HillSasha DiGiulianEmily HarringtonLisa HathawaySteph DavisKitty CalhounRobyn Erbesfield-RaboutouAlex PuccioLisa RandsBeth RoddenAngie PayneAlison OsiusLauren Lee McCormickMadaleine SorkinKate RutherfordJacinda (JC) HunterNancy FeaginBrittany GriffithElaina Arenz SmithDawn Glanc

Retold at a time when history eerily repeats itself, in The Tragedy of Vietnam, Again, Christopher Noble shares a pitch-perfect and prophetic memoir of his experience in Vietnam. As sincere as it is alarming, in a rush of intense action, the author provides a bold narrative in which to stake a claim that Americans must begin to question their president and the media to set the record straight once and for all. Critical until the bitter end, his is a dark and at times comic recollection of his twelve months serving in Vietnam as a lieutenant in the Army Medical Service Corps. With the certain air of bitter irony, Noble sees the cruel landscape repainted from the Far East to the canvas of the Middle East and is bold in his conclusion to compare the Vietnam War with the present day War in Iraq. He poignantly demonstrates how in both instances na ve and patriotic American youth head off to war for a government who misled the country and the American press who fuels half-truths and lies.

There is nothing out there.? Such is the claim, at least, of politicians and oil company executives, amazed that anyone would fight to protect the miles of plateaus and canyon bottoms that stretch across southern Utah. Even tourists see this region as an empty spot on the map, n excuse to drive directly from Capitol Reef to Arches National Park. But it is precisely this?nothing that writer Brooke Williams and photographer Chris Noble find captivating about Escalante. In this thoughtful and exquisitely illustrated rumination, the authors tour the network of chasms and gorges that began forming millions of years ago on the Colorado Plateau and today constitute a desert paradise of mesas, buttes, and boundless solitude. At the center of this landscape is the region known as Escalante, 1.7 million mostly roadless acres, where silence, darkness, and emptiness have no intrusions. With refreshing originality and a haunting rhythm to his prose, Williams reflects on the notion of space and seclusion both internally and externally. Williams also celebrates the landscape: its geology, flora and fauna, its people from the ancient Fremont to its Mormon pioneers, hiking aficionados and recluses such as Everett Ruess, and the controversial politics involved with the creation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Chris Noble's photographs break down the distinction often felt even in very fine photos, that between the observer and the place. These images pull the reader into the landscape, seamlessly merging the experience and the setting. Part narrative, part poetry, and part meditation, this book charts the quiet places where the human spirit delights in solitude. It reminds us of our intimate connection with the wild and of the landscape's powerful pulse especially when there is nothing to be found.