Amazing grace. Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh. 2014.

Priests, pastors and preachers play a vital part in the lives of people in remote and regional Australia. Often from the city, they are posted to places they have never even heard of to provide spiritual care for communities over areas larger than they could ever imagine.No matter their religion, they are all committed to helping people in the bush - whatever way they can! They shear sheep, put up fences, travel hundreds of kilometres to visit their parishioners, act as counsellors, set up schools and programs, and advocate for Aboriginal and asylum-seeker rights.

Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh has travelled Australia gathering first-hand memories and yarns to bring together this wonderful collection of sixty-six stories that so perfectly capture life in the bush. From hilariously irreverent tales of misadventure, to reflections on what it means to have faith, these stories serve as a reminder that wherever in this country we may live, and whatever our beliefs may be, friendship and a sympathetic ear are never far away.