Prayers and Poems
Monica Furlong
ISBN 9780281056682 (0281056684)
SPCK, 2004
£8.99
Category: Prayer and Poetry
This is a book worth buying for its introduction alone. Clare Herbert, Rector of St Anne's, Soho, gives us ten and a half pages of insights into Monica Furlong's experience of God in every aspect of life, both its ordinariness and its chaos. A marriage that failed, a faith that survived, an intellect that wasn't afraid to take on the authorites and fight for what's right: "She was a pilgrim besotted and fascinated by her journey's end, which was God" (p.xvii).
To pigeonhole Monica Furlong simply as a feminist would be agross misrepresentation — she was a woman in Christ, exploring all that meant, both for herself and others. All this and more comes through in her prayers and poems: joys and sorrows, anger and frustration, sexuality and spirituality, belief, bewilderment, failures and triumphs. Get the book and share the journey.
Phil Groom, October 2004
Phil Groom is this site's Webmaster and Reviews Editor. He's a regular contributor to Christian Marketplace magazine and is the manager of London School of Theology Books & Resources. Any opinions expressed here are personal and should not be taken as representing the views of London School of Theology or of any other group or organisation.
From a review previously published in Christian Marketplace Magazine, reused here by kind permission.
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