Re: Easy reading - sound theology

[Bruce Mullan]

At 12:27 PM 13/10/2003 +1000, Gordon Ramsay wrote: >And another good one - aimed at older teens/ young adults but OK wider as >well is >"The Sacred Life of Us" - only been released for a month or so. >By Phil Daughtry   Greetings,   I just wrote the following review of Phil’s excellent book.   I recommend it highly.   Regards,   Bruce     The Sacred Life of Us – a young person's guide to the spiritual life Phil Daughtry 2003 Open Book Publishers ISBN 0 85910 967 4   The Sacred Life of Us is a short handbook for new Christians.  This book aims at a fairly crowded market and I approached it with ambivalence, why would someone write yet another book for young people on living the Christian life?  I found myself very surprised and more than impressed.   Phil Daughtry's significant youth ministry experience and practical approach shines though this very easy and enjoyable read.  He approaches a range of issues from prayer to church membership to sexuality with sensitivity, openness and a great sense of humour.  Young people find this book "funny" which is not what you would usually expect from this kind of offering.  It is certainly not "preachy" or typically conservative.    The Sacred Life of Us is written for young Christians beginning their faith journey but the value goes far beyond that, it will work equally well for older "new" Christians or for younger "not-so-new" Christians.  I really wish this book had been around when I was starting out.    Your local Christian bookshop will probably have many of these kinds of "how to be a Christian" books on the shelf but I suggest that you bypass the rest and go for this great Australian offering.  Buy a copy of The Sacred Life of Us for your older teenage son, daughter or grandchild and they will probably find it helpful and entertaining enough to give it a go.  Read it yourself – you'll like it too.         Bruce Mullan Uniting Church in Australia Queensland Synod GPO Box 674 Brisbane    QLD      4001   61 7 3377 9801 0407 702 344   [EMAIL PROTECTED]