From premature babies to centenarians, from close family to complete strangers, heroes to wastrels, I have buried them all. I know that life is essentially fragile. It began with a slight unsteadiness; then slurred speech. After months of tests at the John Hopkins Infirmary in Oxford, the consultant said, 'Rev Wenham, would you like to sit down? This was the big one,' wrote Michael. 'I knew about David Niven and Peter Cook. It was not so long ago that Diane Pretty had been on the television news, pleading through her husband to be put out of her misery. Now Michael, who had helped so many parishioners through terminal illness, faced his own sentence.

How would he cope? Would his faith stand the heat?

Find out in "My Donkey Body", Michael Wenham's fascinating account of his journey with Motor Neurone Disease. Why not come along to Cornerstone on Saturday 1 November, when Michael, who lives in Stanford-in-the-Vale, will be with us from 10am till noon. Enjoy a cup of coffee, meet Michael, and get your signed copy.

"My Donkey Body" is published by Monarch Books on 1 Oct 2008. You can pre-order a copy from us for £7.99.

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We look forward to seeing you.

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