Friday, February 16, 2007

Recommended reading

Miroslav Volf, H.B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School wrote an excellent little book entitled "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture stripped of Grace".

In this book he explores our picture of God and challenges modern society to reflect deeply and discover the gift of giving and forgiving that exists within each one of us. It is his view that "We are at our human best when we give and forgive. But we live in a world in which it makes little sense to do either one."

As we embark on the Lenten journey, it will serve us well to become aware of the abundant giving and forgiving that God invests in our lives, while calling us to do the same.

Let me know what you think.

1 comment:

digitaldion (Dion Forster) said...

Ah, yes, I had the honour to meet Dr Volf whilst in the US in 2005. He was meeting with a past doctoral student, who is now a lecturer at Duke.

He was a very interesting person. We ate Chinese food. It was an incredible evening.

I need to read the book!!