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The rise and fall of a unique Christian shrine
ByGreyowlGlastonbury: The Novel of Christian England by Donna Fletcher Crow Donna Fletcher Crow’s epic historical masterpiece brings to life the mystical Glass Isle of Glastonbury with its imposing Tor. In each era, the ruling monarch and a key spiritual leader are highlighted. As conflicts rage, we follow the wavering spark of faith in Jesus Christ…
The Greatest Show on Earth: Richard Dawkins
ByVikSubtitle: The evidence for evolution A sad book – extremely prejudiced and bitterly derisive of all believers. His way of interpreting a variety of interesting scientific phenomena could support evolution, but ‘evidence’ in the sense of proof it is not.
A complicated family
ByGreyowlReleasing Janet, by Alex Banwell We all have a past. We’re all products of our family history. Sometimes an innocent remark or incident triggers a process of discovering as aspect of who we really are, and helps us resolve a long-standing hangup. We knew something of the present from Alex Banwell’s delightful fist book, ‘Just…
Everything Must Change – Brian McLaren
ByVikEverything Must Change When the World’s Biggest Problems and Jesus’ Good News Collide Ein neues Buch von einem meiner Lieblingsautoren – wird erst in 2 Wochen ausgegeben. Ich durfte eine Vorabkopie bekommen und bin fleissig darin am Lesen. Nachdem er uns beruhigt, dass er kein Spinner ist, der uns Schuldgefühle vermitteln will, weil wir überhaupt…
Is God Really Legit? Making Sense of Faith and Science, by Neil Laing
ByVikThis book discusses many aspects of the common tension between scientists and believers, with some vivid illustrations but no hard and fast answers. It is written in a chatty style, appropriate and intelligible for teenagers, though perhaps a bit patronising and on one occasion moralising. Laing comes across as honest and open, respecting opposing views….
Torn between two lives
ByGreyowlBeing Lena Levi by Bobbie Ann Cole Is she Marlene or Lena? For a fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl to discover ‘Mum’ is not her real mother and by birth she is a German Jewess is a life-shattering revelation. And who is the real ‘Mutti‘ is behind her glamorous but rather worldly façade; she’s quite a contrast…

