‘From Gawping to Goodreads’ (Part 6)

I’ve chosen two books to think about this week (‘Where is God in a Coronavirus world’ by John C. Lennox and ‘God and the Pandemic’ by Tom Wright’)not only because they are both short, which they are, but because they both try to help us think better about who we

August 6, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘From Gawping to Goodreads’ (Part 4)

Walter Brueggemann is an Old Testament writer and theologian whose heart and soul is energised by the testimony given within the Old Testament about the God of Israel. In this book Brueggemann writes on one text alone (Ex 20:17) and he surveys its impact upon the whole of Scripture. Brueggemann’s

July 25, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘From Gawping to Goodreads’ (Part 5)

Have you ever read the ‘Communist Manifesto’ By Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels? You should, just for the sheer pleasure of reading it. It is short, fast paced, passionate and utterly committed to the possibility of a brave new world. This is what ‘Liquid Church’ by Pete Ward is like

July 25, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘From Gawping to Goodreads’ (Part 3)

‘Under the Unpredictable Plant’ is an exuberant 197 page book written with passion and intensity by a Pastor for Pastors. Before I first read this book I wanted nothing to do with what I thought was such a dated and out of touch title. Instead, I wanted something vibrant and

July 11, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘From Gawping to Goodreads’ (Part 2)

NT Wright’s ‘The Resurrection of the Son of God’ has been the thickest, the heaviest and the most provocative book I’ve read since lockdown started. It is a 738 page joyous exploration of the staggering, earth shattering and life changing truth that Jesus has been raised from the dead and

July 3, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘From Gawping to Goodreads’ (Part 1)

The first hour of every day I spend at church is spent doing two things – one is praying (or gawping out of my window!!) and the other is reading. I do this day in, day out, week in, week out, year in, year out and this has not changed

June 25, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘The 7 dance steps of prayer – putting the steps into action’ (Part 8)

I have never taken dance lessons which I nimbly demonstrate by my obvious lack of style; but I do practice dance steps. I don’t practice ‘old man dancing’ as that seems, sadly, to come quite naturally but at barn dances where I can ‘strip the willow’ or ‘do-se-do’ like the

June 19, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘The 7 dance steps of prayer’ (Part 7)

Who are you looking out of your window with? This last, and maybe the most wonderful step in this dance, is that when we look out of our window we do so knowing we are never alone. When we look out of our window we are never alone, because we

June 12, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘The 7 dance steps of prayer’ (Part 6)

Who are you looking at from your window, or rather, who is in the way? When Gilli and I are out walking one of us is often in the way!! This is because when the path narrows you have to walk single file which means the view is very different

June 5, 2020 by Andy Gore

‘The 7 dance steps of prayer’ (Part 5)

Who’s looking out of your window from over your shoulder? Do you find it annoying when someone stands behind you trying to see what you’re looking at? Of course, there are times when you quickly yell ‘Come and see this’ because you want them to see what you’re looking at,

May 29, 2020 by Andy Gore