A new year means more books to read and love! So let's get into it. The Burnout. Sophie Kinsella. There's something compelling about a book that begins with a crisis. Sasha burned out a work, tried to join a convent and ended up running straight into a brick wall. The story is about her going [...]
Welcome back! Inspired by a member of the ASSF congregation, I'm reading my way through the Bible. Here's number 9, the first book (or scroll, as it turns out) of Samuel. I'll start by once again directing people to the Bible Project video for an overview. The wider narrative isn't really clear from just reading [...]
After the ferocity of Judges, it's lovely to have something so special to read. Why is Ruth special to me? For many reasons! It echoes the Woman of Nobel Chapacter in Proverbs (watch this space!), it is the text in the Bible most likely to have been written by a woman and it's the passage [...]
Watching the Bible Project video, it was clear that I was in for a rough ride with this one! I was grateful for the warning because a lot of the book of Judges is grim. It poses far more questions than it answers, and parts of it are deeply disturbing. One notable character is Jael [...]
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