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Intimacy – Deficit or Crisis?
The following is not a formal review but rather thoughts arising from a reading of Ed Shaw’s recent book. The Intimacy Deficit – Fully Enjoying God, Yourself, Others and Creationby Ed Shaw My 94 year old father now lives in… Continue reading
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David Nicholls’ You Are Here: A Refreshing Literary Escape
Three days trudging with strangers was just what she needed, it turns out! After forgetting what real laughter felt like, a grocery-store novel by David Nicholls had her chuckling uncontrollably. From Bridget Jones’ Diary to this charming read, laughter is… Continue reading
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Fresh Pathways in Prayer
A review of Julian Hardyman’s Fresh Pathways in Prayer Continue reading
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Battlefield of the Mind for Kids
Battlefield of the Mind for Kids: A Kids’ Guide to Battling Fear, Doubt and WorryJoyce Meyer with Tama FortnerHodder & Stoughton, 2025, (ISBN: 9781399824743 pb, 213pp) Joyce Meyer’s Battlefield of the Mind for Kids aims to equip children with tools to confront negative thought patterns, offering… Continue reading
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Absolutely & Forever
Thoughts on Rose Tremain’s Absolutely & Forever “When I was fifteen, I told my mother that I was in love with a boy called Simon Hurst and she said to me, ‘Nobody falls in love at your age, Marianne. What… Continue reading
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Good Bad No Dad?
Good Bad No Dad? A Biblical Reflection on the Father Deficit in Contemporary Society John WoodsGrace Publications “I might as well come clean: this is personal” John Woods Could there be a more striking sentence to begin a book on… Continue reading
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Goldilocks and The Three Churches
The tale of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” evolves from an old woman intruding into bears’ home to a girl, Goldilocks, seeking comfort in their belongings. This story highlights varying preferences among individuals, paralleling the search for a suitable church… Continue reading
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A Rooney Relationship
“Still, my intuition is that I actually feel worse now, two days after seeing Aidan, than I felt in the moment of seeing him. I know that what happened between us was just an event and not a symbol –… Continue reading
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The Hidden Life
“Her finely-touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible. Her full nature, like that river of which Cyrus broke the strength, spent itself in channels which had no great name on the earth. But the… Continue reading
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Why We Believe
Why We Believe: Finding Meaning in Uncertain TimesAlister McGrathOneWorld Publications, 2025 (ISBN: 9780861549214 hb, 230pp) To presume to review anything written by Alister McGrath, author of over 50 books, acclaimed public intellectual, historian, scientist and holder of three Oxford doctorates… Continue reading
About
Very much in its embryo stages, this blog, shared with small number of patient and encouraging friends, is currently a home for a few book reviews written for two church publications: Evangelicals Now and The Global Anglican (the quarterly journal for Church Society). In time, I hope to share additional reviews and other thoughts springing from the reading I’ve done over the years, how it has shaped my thinking and my faith. I hope that what you find here might be helpful to you and that, as you read, you’ll know that you are not alone.
