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Tell me the old, old story

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The War of the Worlds was my favourite book as a kid in Elementary (or as we called it in England, Primary) School. I read it about seven times before I hit eleven years old. At such a young age I didn't get all the deeper critique of human inactivity in the face of threat, of watching the world burn, of the words of the introduction containing the eventual downfall of the invaders. I just loved the book and I read and re-read it, and though I am a voracious reader there are very very few books I read more than once.  I also, thanks to my buddy Gary, discovered Jeff Wayne's musical version of the War of the Worlds , which I still love - I even like the remake that came out a decade or so ago , and whilst researching links for this post I discovered that the grand, spectacle-filled, high-tech musical is still on tour (not at the moment it seems, but it has been performed in the Netherlands at a couple of venues this year) so I will keep an eye out for that as I still love it! ...
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Preparing to read some books that I think are worth reading!

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There's a couple books on my e-reader that I am looking forward to reading in the next few weeks - one which I bought a few weeks back and that I haven't got around to is Dan McLellan's 'The Bible Says So' - it's a Biblical Scholar's response to common misunderstandings and misinformation about the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. I already watch Dan's excellent videos on Social Media, they're available on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Insta, all the usual suspects and worth checking out.  And it seems that reading about engaging with Scripture (which, to be clear, is a lot of what I do for a living) is where my focus is being drawn at present because I have pre-ordered a copy of Zach Lambert's Better Ways to Read the Bible. I have also joined the book launch team for Zach's book so I have been given an advance copy. I think having paid for a copy myself (which I am very happy to have done) will keep me honest about how I feel about the book! I ...
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Could it be time for a resurrection?

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It's been a long while since I blogged - years since I used this space with any intention, though I have blogged on our church website (St John the Divine, Victoria ), as well as writing some articles for our local paper which has a column and a blog which can be found here , and sharing them on Social Media. My latest reflection was all about DEI, and can be found, should you wish, here . A few days back a friend of mine, who is also a Lutheran Colleague who worked in this Diocese for a while, shared a reflection on her blog in which she pondered whether it was time for her to start blogging after a ten year break, it was a lovely, gracious reflection and I recommend a read. It also made me think that rather than the journalling I have been meaning to do for a decade, or the limited run of Theology Bites videos (which I shared here and which are the nearest I will ever get to content creation!), or the random scribbles I put into the many notebooks that are lying around my home ...
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Spirituality in Community

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 Here's something I wrote for our Island's Newspaper  Is Spirituality a Personal or Community endeavour? Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash
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Theology Bites - Bible 3

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 Another Bible reflection - one from a while back I had forgotten I posted! Really should have checked out my YouTube Channel!
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Theology Bites - Bible 2

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 A bit more on the Bible. I recorded this some months back, actually over a year ago, and didn't post it here! Ooops.  I think it follows on well from my last posting which I put up on YouTube earlier today - the title on YouTube is 'Bible Intro'  ! 
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Theology Bites 5 - Bible 1

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 An introduction as to why I continue to find the Bible fascinating and full of depth... 
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