Lenten study 2016 – Abraham: A Journey Through Lent

St. Peter’s book group will be discussing this book from Feb. 17 – March 16 during Lent on Wednesdays from 5:30pm to 6:45pm.  Come as you are!

The book follows the biblical account of Abraham and his family in Genesis, while drawing out key points of reflection and action during Lent.

From the review – "Heralded as an exemplar of faith, here is a man with his own distractions and doubts, whose human failings are only too evident. Read a story of journeying, of challenges, of false turns and unbelievable promises, and experience their relevance to your own faith and the world we live in. And finally, encounter a God whose love and faithfulness covers all our disbelief, our mistakes and our own faithlessness, and whose promises always come to fulfilment."

There is a single chapter for each of the six weeks of Lent focusing on an extract from Genesis. Each chapter is followed by a set of questions arising from it. Each chapter begins and ends with discussion addressed to the reader and his or her own experience of moving through Lent. This discussion is related to the chosen passage from the Abraham narratives for that week, and will not assume any previous or background knowledge of biblical scholarship.In each chapter the reader is offered an interpretation of the chosen passage that is fresh and designed to resonate with their own personal experience. The book gently challenges some traditional ideas about Abraham and his presentation in the Bible.

You can find the book at Amazon


About the author: Meg Warner is Module Tutor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College, London, having recently moved from Trinity College, University of Melbourne, where she held the post of Lecturer in Biblical Studies.

More about the author

"I think that living Lent is the best way to become enthused or edgy about Easter.By “living Lent” I mean both keeping an intentional Lenten season and recognizing the Lenten patterns in our own lives. These can be long and they can be bleak. But Easter always comes, even if not in a form we look for or expect." – Meg Warner

 

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