Been ages since…

…I did a book review
Here’s one that came on my jaunt to Paris last weekend. It’s a very well written, well researched book, which gives a massive (and well informed) overview of how the Jewish and Christian Scriptures came to us.
Talking about origins, construction, with historical and sociological insight, alongside a consideration of how [...]

Another book, day 3

My next book is one which has sat on my sidebar for ages…
actually they all have, about time to change them I think
Anyway a deep, moving, grace filled book which I would say comes high up my top ten Christian books of all time, it’s called ‘Free of Charge’ by Miroslav Volf
Volf’s exploration of ‘Giving [...]

A book a day for November 2

Well, not a bad start, two days in a row is pretty exceptional for my level of blogging over the past coupla months…
today’s book
Theissen does a great job of writing a book about Jesus, without actually having Jesus in it. All the stories are told from the periphery of events in Jesus life, and [...]

NaBloPoMo

Not got to my NaMoWriMo start yet, in fact am drawing a total blank over that, but here is my first posting for NaBloPoMo
I thought I might try a book a day for November, these will be books I’ve read, or am reading, or even want to read, so you might find a combination of [...]