In the first of the series “We Recommend”, I had a chat with Rev Tim Bustin, vicar of All Saints in Nelson. Tim recommends a book by Peter Scazzero called Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.

“I’m doing what songwriters and poets and artists are supposed to do,” Cory says about his new album, “which is to give language for the things that we all feel.”

“I wrote this song for Sam," Liv says, "but it’s not his song anymore. Sam is singing a song of praise to the Lamb. He does not need to sing about his brokenness or grief anymore.”

Ineson’s book is a wise, compassionate, encouraging, and nuanced exploration of the subject of failure - a great resource to spend some time in reflection this Lent.

Do you ever long to have been IN the Gospel stories? To have been there when Jesus called Zacchaeus down from the tree. To have seen him touch a leper, or heard him speak to a storm.