Books by David Adam

A Sunday Times Bestseller Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building, or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this captivating fusion of science, history and personal memoir, writer David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind, and how they drive millions of us towards obsessions and compulsions. David has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. What might lead an Ethiopian schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece by piece; or a pair of brothers to die beneath an avalanche of household junk that they had compulsively hoarded? At what point does a harmless idea, a snowflake in a clear summer sky, become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts? Drawing on the latest research on the brain, as well as historical accounts of patients and their treatments, this is a book that will challenge the way you think about what is normal, and what is mental illness. Told with fierce clarity, humour and urgent lyricism, this extraordinary book is both the haunting story of a personal nightmare, and a fascinating doorway into the darkest corners of our minds.

In a series of forty meditations, one for each day of Lent David Adam reflects on the life of Moses in the book of Exodus. The story of this great leader provides inspiration for us to follow the Israelites' example - to launch out into new adventures, freeing others and ourselves from slavery and seeking God's Promised Land. We are encouraged to step out of the familiar and to risk the desert; to leave that which captivates us and to move forward. Containing a Scripture reading, a short meditation, and a prayer for each day of Lent, thisis a book to challenge our relationship to the world, to each other and to our God. It will stretch our vision and ourselves so that we may positively reach forward to freedom.

Spiritual guidance through meditating on the wonders of the created world.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Man Who Couldn't Stop.

David Adam believes that the way to get the most out of worship on Sundays is to pray regularly on weekdays. To help us in this duty and joy of preparation, he offers prayers that link with the readings for each Sunday and great festival of the Christian Year. The prayers employ a Celtic emphasis and style.

Based on 'the prayer of seven directions', Encompassing God seeks to increase our awareness of being held by God. We are nurtured at every moment of our existence in the encompassing love of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

David Adam aims to help us recognize that there are moments in each day of our lives that are cause for thanksgiving, and to stop and praise God. Contents: Unbending the bow; Resting in God; Opening our eyes; Seeing with the heart; Being aware of what is around us; Knowing God, loving the world, loving God; Enjoying life, and enjoying God.

Intercessions, forms for the peace and blessings in the Celtic tradition that link with the readings for each Sunday and great festival of the Christian year. Glimpses of Glory follows Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.

In Tides and Seasons, David Adam draws from the rich store of Celtic Spirituality insights which speak to our own world today. The prayers he has written for this book echo the rhythms of creation which find their parallels in our spiritual lives.

St Cuthbert, monk and bishop of Lindisfarne, was a preacher, teacher and pastor. Drawing out the qualities which make Cuthbert so important, this work celebrates the saint's sense of God's presence and eager response to nature.

In The Rhythm of Life, David Adam offers daily office prayers based on the Celtic Christian tradition for each day of the week.

Reflects on human encounters - on how we meet others in their otherness and through them the great 'Other' who is God. This book features the following characters: bird-watcher who has a greater sense of wonder and awe than many who call themselves Christian; the 'Snow White' woman; and the fan who is almost possessed by the team he supports.

Offers an invitation to deepen our prayer life. Written in the Celtic tradition, and illustrated by line drawings, this book provides resources both for personal daily prayer and corporate weekly worship. Designed to stimulate spiritual formation, it includes prayers of confession, adoration, and intercession and thanksgiving.

The Celts had a deep love for the psalms, which gave them a feeling for verse and a desire to express their love for God in every situation. In this volume, David Adam has collected songs for guidance and songs for protection, hymns for the morning and others for the evening.

David Adam has long found inspiration in prayers written by the Celtic peoples of Britain and Ireland. This volume contains a series of mediations on forty prayers whose rhythm and earthiness offer a more natural way of conversing with God.

Explores the lives and stories of Aidan, Bede and Cuthbert. After an introduction which tells appropriately of David Adam's ordination in Durham Cathedral, this work contains four chapters on each of them.

This work explores what it means to be a saint, to always be walking on the edges - geographically, physically and spiritually. The author calls on us to take the path of a saint, painful as it may be, since it is the only way open to the Christian serious about growing in faith.

The Celtic hymn, "Be Thou My Vision" is still popular after 12 centuries because of its vivid response to our deep human need for God. David Adam takes the reader through this hymn, seeking to discover the spiritual riches that are hidden in all our lives.