October Recomended Read -

Women of the Gospels

by Paula Gooder

Another excellent, “readable” book from Paula Gooder. This is the sort of book that I enjoy so much, that I read it in one sitting!

Before even looking at the Introduction, there is a list of Contents, and this really sets the scene, because all of the women to be discussed have been given names! This immediately makes them more interesting because they feel familiar, unlike the anonymous women mentioned in the Gospels

Paula’s style of writing means that the “modern reader” can identify with the thoughts and reasonings of the women being discussed: some Readers identifying more with one than another, according to their own life events and experiences.

I found Paula’s narrative to be very thought provoking – examining situations and people from different perspectives than those we are used to, given to us by the Gospel Writers, and thus, perhaps challenging our preconceptions?

Each chapter ‘stands alone’, but they are constructed in such a way that they weave together by referencing each other.

This is a book for both men and women, young and old – read and enjoy

LJH