welcome to the new blog!
Today my new book is out, and I’m celebrating with a new blog site
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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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Well, a brighter site, and no doubt as good as the last.
I wish you all success with the new site.
Congratulations Maggi on the new book release and your wonderful new website x
Congratulations on the book release! I’m looking forward to it. Your Advent book has shaped my experience of that season, and I know I’ll benefit from your perspective on the Lenten season.
Love the look of the new site -
Looking forward to your posts!
All the best for the new book and new site. Keep the blog rolling!
Enjoying the housewarming – all the best in your new home …
Your book arrived in the post on Saturday morning……I’m sure it will be as good as your Advent one. Congratulations also on your new blog……..
Rev.Allan
Maggi, this is a lovely looking site. I wish you and your work every blessing.
And I hope the new book sells well too!
Lovely new site. Very impressed by the commitment to do the housekeeping work of moving it all over …
congratualtiosn also on the new book which I am looking forward to reading – though first I shall be re-reading parts of your earlier book during Advent.
ooo – as we say in wales “there’s posh” maggidawn.com. Have a good housewarming
Wow! What a smart new virtual home. Thanks for the continuous stream of wise thoughts, cool links and all round inspiration.
Every blessing. Tim.
This is really very nice, well done.
This is a nice surprise! Got Giving It Up from Amazon on Saturday. Bring on Lent!
Virtual bubbly to warm the new site…or should that be banished til after Lent, under the circumstances? Nah – it’s NEVER the wrong time for bubbles
I like the new look. Very spacious and bright.
Happy new blog – and book!
Looks very good.
I know this is belated good wishes but good wishes all the same for the book, the new blog home and the nice clean new design. RSS feeds updated and all is right with the world once more.
yes… 10x for
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