I’m a Vicar’s wife, don’cha know, and I’m sooo respectable. And that’s how I like my sin as well. Respectable. Not too in-your-face. Obviously people have to think that I’m doing okay, but I’m not going to bother tackling anything that I can get away with…
So when I came across Jerry Bridges’ book on the subject a few months ago, I thought I ought to read it. But, since I struggle with the respectable sin of lack of self control (Chapter 13), I’ve still not finished it. Then I saw that Nicole of 168 hours fame is blogging through the book in her bookgroup on the Australian ministry wives site In Tandem.
As Nicole points out in her first post
It’s (obviously) not a book that was written specifically for ministry wives, but it could have been! When you think about it, there is a lot about the kind of people who commonly end up as ministry wives and the kind of situation that we are in that means we are less likely to be involved in public, flagrant, scandalous sins than in all sorts of other sins that we keep secret or that the church culture we belong to quietly tolerates.
So I’m going to finish this book over the holidays. Why not join me in some summer reading, and comment on In Tandem or on here with your thoughts?
The Vicar's Wife 
It looks an interesting book, enjoy xxx
Good afternoon,
I hope this finds you very well. I am writing from TATE ETC. magazine to ask if you might be able to kindly provide us with a high resolution version of an image of The Public in West Bromich that you posted on your blog site. I’d be most grateful if you could email me at the address below so I can give you further details.
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Hi Mariko. Welcome to the Vicarage. I found my image in google images – the world wide web is your friend! Alternatively, you could contact The Public directly 🙂
Read this on holiday – v challenging but not as guilt-making as the title suggested – grace, grace, grace 🙂
I have Bruce Ware’s book “Big Truth for Young Hearts” on my summer reading list.
I have an idea of sharing this with the kids when the Autumn comes round.
Welcome to the Vicarage reluctantanglican. The Vicar has that book and has been reading it to the Queen (who turned nine on Sunday). They’ve been enjoying it.