This week, with no service to prepare, I've had time for some reading, and this morning I finished reading this little book:

It is a refreshing read, honest and thoughtful.  With the acronym HPtFtU (Human Propensity to F*** things Up)* as a starting point, the book pulls no punches.  This is neither clever theology nor popular testimony, yet it carries a sense of each... It's not often a book about Christianity is a page turner, but (provided you can cope with some rather colourful language) this one is.  What is, in my experience, original about this book is its focus on emotional (or lack thereof) aspects and its starting point in the general messed-up-ness of real life rather than the soul-pricking-loveliness of creation.  Well worth reading, available in real book and e-book format.

* Clearly F*** stands for 'foul', but some people may read it otherwise ;-)