Books and publications by Tom Kennar

St Faithful’s is a fictional parish, imagined by a real-life parish priest. It reflects familiar church cultures, observed with affection and humour, in the belief that theology still has something to say. We aim to be a place that is kind, humble, and laughs a lot.

To find out how to buy books about St Faithful's, 

and my other books, please click here.

Canon Tom Kennar

The Parish Life - Books

The Crack in the Wall

A St Faithful's Story (Published 11 March 2026)

The Parish Life (Volume 4)

(Published 18 March 2026)

The Parish Life (Volume 3)

(Published 01 March 2026)

The Parish Life (Volume 2)

(Published 16 Feb 2026)

The Parish Life (Volume 1)

(Published 02 Feb 2026)

St Faithful's Collection

Various 'merchandise' is also available for you to wear 

or put in your Little John - at this link: https://stfaithfulhavnot.teemill.com/

Other Books by Tom Kennar

Faith on the Way 

A year of Progressive Christian sermons that are unafraid of doubt, 

attentive to injustice, and grounded in a deep love of Scripture. Published January 2026.

Scribblings

A collection of short talks, homilies, stories, journals and pithy reflections is a snap-shot of the life and work of a parish priest, during the approximate decade from around 2009 to 2020. With selected cartoons by Dave Walker of the Church Times.

Lockdown Lines

A collection of original reflections, sermons, autobiographies, local history and poetry from the Pandemic of 2020. By Tom Kennar with articles, diaries and reflections from parishioners.

Other Online Resources

YouTube Channel (for sermons to watch): https://www.youtube.com/tomkennar

Blog site (for sermons to read): https://www.tomkennar.com

Substack Site (for sermons and thoughtful articles): https://tomkennar.substack.com/

 

Havant Green Festival

 My talk to today's Havant Green Festival can be found on my sermons page: http://tomkennarsermons.blogspot.com/ 

Or click on the link on the right of this page called 'My Sermons'

 The parish I serve has just published this book of 'Pandemic Ponderings', containing homilies, humour and history from the congregation and community around St Faith's.

To obtain your own copy, please email me (tomkennar@gmail.com).  Price £9.99 (collected from the Rectory) or £12.50 (delivered).

How to use this Blog

If you've come here, to this page, looking for a sermon, please go to the 'My Sermons' link (on the right hand side of the page) - or click here.  (I have found that much more traffic goes directly to my sermons page than to this listing of sermon titles...so I'm largely discontinuing putting titles and links up here.)

You will be able to search for Sermons directly on the other page...as well as 'follow' that page to be alerted each time a new sermon is posted.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Ask and you shall receive. Really?

Here's a link to last Thursday's short sermon, on the question: Ask and you shall receive?  Please click here to read it.

Bread and Circuses. Jesus' temptation in the wilderness

Here's a link to today's sermon, about Jesus' temptation in the desert:  please click here.

Transfiguration and Quinquegesima

I preached two sermons today on the theme of the Transfiguration.  For the first sermon, for our morning service, please click here.  For the evening sermon (which has rather more theology in it!), please click here.

On the Eve of Brexit - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

This evening, at the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, I preached on the text of a famous Choral Evensong anthem, by S.S.Wesley - 'Blessed be the God and Father...".  I also made reference in the final paragraphs to the forthcoming exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and the rancour it has caused.

To read the sermon, please click here.

To hear a recording of the anthem discussed (sung by the Choir of Salisbury Cathedral), please click here.

Arguments, Factions and Fighting - Sermon for Christian Unity

Here's my sermon for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, preached at this morning's Parish Communion.  Please click here to read it.

Pilgrimages, Baptisms and Becket

This evening I preached at Portsmouth Cathedral, at the launch of 'Becket 2020' - a sermon series by Honorary Canons of the Cathedral to mark the 850th anniversary of the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket (d.1170).  To read the sermon, please click here.