by Andy Roland | Apr 2, 2022 | Lent, Newsletter
LENT My March Newsletter starts with Ash Wednesday on 2nd March, the start of Lent. I still sold a few copies of “Journey through Lent with Jesus’. More important, I have used it myself each day. I find it consistently interesting and...
by Andy Roland | Mar 17, 2022 | Bible, Jesus, Post-modern times
THE GOOD MAN JESUS AND THE SCOUNDREL CHRIST In 2010 Philip Pullman published his novel about Jesus. The original back cover had the sublimely simple message “This is a story.” The novel is a strange mixture of complete imagination and biblical accuracy. ...
by Andy Roland | Mar 4, 2022 | Bible
SELLING BOOKS As usual, I was late in getting my books out there. ‘Journey through Lent with Jesus’ appeared a week after all the reviews of Lent books. Ah well. So I did my best to sell books in person, with some success. On Tuesday/Wednesday...
by Andy Roland | Feb 21, 2022 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
INTRODUCTION On September 24th 2020 I started writing my historical novel ‘Jesus the Troublemaker’ and published it a year ago. It did not make my fortune! However, I learnt more about Jesus during Holy Week through writing a fictional account than I had...
by Andy Roland | Feb 10, 2022 | Newsletter
ALONE! The new year started with Linda still in Plympton with Peter isolating with Covid in his bedroom. I managed to sort out some household things like a window thermometer and a non-working table lamp. Linda returned on Monday 4th and we celebrated by...
