I am Not My Own
For the past week my wife and I have been driving through Northern California – after spending a couple of nights in Las Vegas, and a week in a cabin with family in Tennessee. I always love visiting the USA … Continued
Book Review: Undivided
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I’ve been looking forward to reading Vicky’s first book ever since she shared, on Twitter, that she was writing one. Vicky Beeching may or may not be known to readers of this blog – I’veactually been engaging with her online … Continued
Book Review: For All The Saints
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One area which has always interested me as a Christian person are the wildly different views that different Christian and nearly/non-Christian folk and organisations have regarding what happens when we die. I recently rediscovered and read Tom Wright’s little book For … Continued
Book Review: This is my body
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As part of my ongoing attempt to think theologically and helpfully about the way that the Church and LGBT*(1) folk can better talk and relate, I’ve been starting to read beyond the L and G, and into the B and … Continued
Book Review: Impossible Love
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There are so many ways to start this review. As someone who’s worked in marketing books, this book is a gift to market. Story of love against all odds? Check. World leading New Testament scholar? Check. War? Check. Complex relational … Continued
#SVS2018 Day 3 – Whither next?
Today the sun rose in the humid skies of Kentucky on the third and final day of this year’s Society of Vineyard Scholars Conference. I’ve reflected on the packed first day and brilliant second day, do read these to … Continued
Book Review: A Christian Theology of Place
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One of the side-books that I found fascinating during my MA, and that I’ve been reading (on and off!) over the few years since, is John Inge’s brilliant and surprisingly readable exploratory essay, A Christian Theology of Place. Published by Ashgate, this … Continued
#SVS2018 Day 2 – A Brief Reflection
After a great first day of the 2018 Society of Vineyard Scholars conference at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky (read my first thoughts here) I surprised myself by bouncing out of bed and going for a short run. Shower later, … Continued
Book Review: Mere Sexuality
A version of this review will be published in the Journal Churchman It is heartening to see that, as the debate on sexuality within and without the church comes to a head, an increasing number of books are being published that … Continued
Book Review: The Art of Rest
I read this book on a retreat-cum-weekend away with some other folk from our church. I’d been sent it to review by The Good Book Company, and was excited to see what this take on rest would be. I was … Continued
