David Aikman

Well....I gave up on this. The cover looked interesting as it seems to tell the story of a lady who believed she was called by God to begin Christian outreach in a remote area.

However, it actually reads more like an "ordinary life" auto-biography. The author is recently divorced and goes into great personal detail about what happened and the reason for it all. She includes various details attributing blame which I felt went a bit too far for this type of book.

She moves to a remote area to farm land that she receives as part of the settlement. Once there, somewhat bizarrely, she is approached by a local man who asks her to attempt to reopen the ailing local Parish church. I don't really understand why this happened as although the author claims to be a Christian she seems to have had no desire for this type of ministry and was reluctant initially to contemplate it. Of course, she ends up believing that the request came from God and decides to take up the "call" putting other plans on hold in order to do this. She frequently refers back to an emotional conversion experience when she was watching the catholic Pope speaking, from the details given it is not clear whether or not the author understood the Gospel at that point and became a Christian but if she didn't it is my hope that she was subsequently saved.

She begins with a Bible study where she is randomly quoting Scripture having admitted to no preparation, prayer or consideration of what she would say. Then begins a fierce argument about whether or not there were three wise men! I lost interest at this point as the details seemed unlikely and almost as though they have been written purely for the entertainment of the reader.

The story is told in great detail...."I went into the kitchen and took out a cup and buttered some bread" etc and was far too slow for me. There was also a lot of detail about the life of the author that just wasn't that interesting.

I'm not going to go into detail here about my views on women preaching and teaching whilst men are present but that was another factor in abandoning this book.

Maybe this will appeal to some readers but I would not recommend it for Christians unless you can read with discernment and are interested in her story.… (more)