another giveaway

I'M CURRENTLY hosting another (unexpected) giveaway over at my main blog - this time it's In Constant Prayer, by Robert Benson.  To enter, please leave a comment on this post at my main blog (click link). I'll choose the winner next week.

"IN THIS BOOK, Robert Benson introduces the discipline of the Daily Office, also known as the liturgy of the hours, among other names.  It is part of the Ancient Practices series.  In a humble and engaging way, Benson presents a truly ancient practice - a way of praying at fixed times and entering into the great river of prayer that runs through the church over the ages."

from my review. 

Update: Winner announced here

dreaming of the future

Today I'm featured over at The Whole Dang Thing - getting slightly ahead of myself with some reflections on Genesis 41.  Since I'm only just about to hit Genesis 14, this is still some time in the future over here at Thirsty Ground!  Ben asked me if I'd like to do a guest post - I hope it's up to scratch (cows and all)!

I'm aware that I'm not blogging here as frequently as I was during Lent - I have various writing projects vying for my attention and blogging every day can get difficult - especially as I already have a personal blog!  (I talk a little about this dilemma here).

So if you want to hop ahead, hop over to my Genesis 41 post - which will probably appear in instalments here later - much later!

(If you want to read another related guest post, I explained more about this blogging the bible endeavour at the Big Bible project).

book review and giveaway

Just to say there is a currently a giveaway over at my main blog...

"On a personal level, on finishing this book I feel incredibly encouraged -about being a woman.  I've never actually confessed to feeling discouraged, but it is true.  Something about this book drove right through that discouragement, knocked it all to pieces and made me feel differently about myself.   It's given me the courage to step over something I had been deliberately ignoring and find a sudden sense of freedom and purpose..."  from looking deeper: Half the Church by Carolyn Custis James: book review and giveaway