Peter Sills studied law and economics at Nottingham and, after an initial career teaching law at Kingston, was ordained in 1981. He was Vice-Dean of Ely from 2003-2008. Now retired, Peter is attached to the Beacon Parish of Ditchling, Streat and Wesmeston in Sussex.
A global pandemic and a lockdown radically affecting every aspect of life as we have known it offer considerable challenges to our understanding of the virtue of hope. Peter Sills' Light in the Darkness: Exploring the Path of Christian Hope could not be more apposite in its exploration of Christian hope as a practice shaping personal and societal living. A demanding yet fulfilling read, it provokes reflection on biblical and liturgical texts and offers powerful perspectives on the 'new normal'. -- Gemma Simmonds * The Tablet *