Ruth: More Than a Love Story
by Helen Clark
GoodBookStall Review:
The funky cover is an indicator that this is a tool guide for those in charge of guiding young people towards Jesus – youth workers, pastors, priests, religious teachers etc. Each section explores Ruth’s adventures in depth. There is a ‘think tank’ at the end of each chapter, with pertinent questions for discussion. At the book's close is a selection of crossword puzzles, crosswords and cartoons to be coloured in.
The pull of this guide's charming illustrations draws in those like me who are not involved in a pastoral/teaching profession. Every reader will gain personal titbits of information they didn’t know about Ruth. I didn’t know that when Ruth’s first husband had passed away, she took the advice of her matchmaking mother (who the author describes as ‘wise’ rather than overbearing!) when she ensnared the love of her future husband. The way she went about making herself available is almost unheard of in Biblical times and labelled as forward even by today’s standards.
Unspoken is that the guidebook will only be used at its best when used in conjunction with reading the book of Ruth itself.
Reviewer: Alice Collins (02/07/08)
The funky cover is an indicator that this is a tool guide for those in charge of guiding young people towards Jesus – youth workers, pastors, priests, religious teachers etc. Each section explores Ruth’s adventures in depth. There is a ‘think tank’ at the end of each chapter, with pertinent questions for discussion. At the book's close is a selection of crossword puzzles, crosswords and cartoons to be coloured in.
The pull of this guide's charming illustrations draws in those like me who are not involved in a pastoral/teaching profession. Every reader will gain personal titbits of information they didn’t know about Ruth. I didn’t know that when Ruth’s first husband had passed away, she took the advice of her matchmaking mother (who the author describes as ‘wise’ rather than overbearing!) when she ensnared the love of her future husband. The way she went about making herself available is almost unheard of in Biblical times and labelled as forward even by today’s standards.
Unspoken is that the guidebook will only be used at its best when used in conjunction with reading the book of Ruth itself.
Reviewer: Alice Collins (02/07/08)
