THE JAR AND THE JUG

Retelling Bible stories (Old Testament)

Written by: Joanna Love 

Published by: Wild Goose Publications 

Price: £14.99

Written by Jo Love, a deacon of the Church of Scotland and a member of the Wild Goose Resource Group, this is the first part of a small series offering retellings of the occasionally complex stories of the Old Testament.

This resource will be hugely helpful for anyone working with children and young people. Love takes both the best-known stories and sits them beside some of the lesser-known passages but has taken the sometimes complex texts telling the stories and offers options for sharing the stories with a younger audience but also with older children.

The rich storytelling reaches to the heart of each story and offers clear understanding in the language of today and weaves the mystery and message seamlessly together to reach out and draw in a new generation of readers seeking to explore faith.

The stories explored range from the story of the serpent in Genesis to the two judges and the story of Susanna.

There are helpful suggestions on how the stories might be presented in creative and imaginative ways.

Each started life as a contribution to the worship resource Spill the Beans and a second book, capturing stories from the New Testament, is set to follow.