Christian Culture
I came across this really funny site: Stuff Christian Culture Likes. It pokes some lighthearted fun at the idiosyncrasies of Christian culture, while also highlighting the more important point that "Christian culture is funny because it doesn't have much (if anything) to do with Christ himself."
On the subject of Women's ministry, Stephy points out that the Christian Woman in the glossy ad/magazine is always nicely groomed. But, she says, "You will not always feel like this:
The truth is sometimes you will feel like this.
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Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
In an increasingly secularised society few people have a good working knowledge of the Bible. Yet a great deal of our culture is built on stories or ideas that come from the Bible. Literature, art, music, language and even the fabric of our society - such as our justice system - are built on Christian concepts and biblical references. The Writing on the Wall provides a fascinating introduction to the Bible's best-known, and most influential, stories. Each chapter gives some background to the text of the Bible, and shows how the stories have become enmeshed in Western culture. Adam and Eve, the ten plagues of Egypt, The Prodigal Son and Mary Magdalene all feature - along with how the Bible has influenced everyone from Shakespeare to Monty Python, and Caravaggio to Banksy. 
Giving It Up explores the Lenten idea of 'giving up', taking it beyond the traditional idea of simply abstaining from something, and suggesting instead that what we need to give up is our existing ideas about God. With a daily readings for each day of Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, it follows the heroes of the Bible who had to give up their own too-small ideas about God.
This is Maggi’s bestselling book of daily readings for each day of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Advent is the beginning of the Church year, and marks the anticipation of the coming Messiah. These readings explore how beginnings and endings in our own lives are illuminated by the different Gospel narratives of Christ's coming.
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hi Maggie – we have David Male’s book up here at Wesley Owen – where i am working now for 3 days a week after the gubbins @ spck
thanks, Lucy! I’ll drop by and say hello
Thanks for recommending Metavista! Just to let you know there’s now a blog at meta-vista.org for discussing the book and the questions it raises.