Where Have You Been?

Where Have You Been?

My readers will, by now, be saying, “Where have you been; why have you been absent from the blogger’s scene?

I thought I would answer that question by giving you all a personal glimpse into what I have been doing, are doing now, and what will be happening in the near future.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, the picture above will tell you where I have been for at least some of the time – in hospital having surgery, and at home recovering. Beyond that I am slap dab in the middle of teaching an intense course on the parables of Jesus under the title Practical Insights into the Parables of Jesus.

Add to that the completion of my latest novel, DOUBLE DECEIT: The Transformation of Jonathan Ward, due for publication within the next month or two. My wife tells me this is my best work of fiction yet, though you may believe her to be prejudiced in my favour. All I can say to that is that I spent a lot of time praying for God’s guidance and inspiration, under difficult circumstances, to finally finish the novel just a few weeks ago.

Also to be published within the next few weeks is The Toymaker’s Dream, first published in 1980 and since published and presented on stage (including a musical) in five languages. The English edition of this book, unfortunately, has been out of print for a very long time. I decided at last to re-publish this book in a Deluxe Edition.

I found an artist, Anita Stephen, of extraordinary talent who has produce illustrations of incredible quality. It has taken her sixteen months to finally complete them to her own satisfaction, and that has not been easy. She is one of those perfectionists who will not allow her name to be associated with anything but her very best work. How blessed I have to find her.

OK, so now that I am “retired,” what lies ahead?

I am being pressured to complete the third book in the SKIP JORDAN series, finish the second volume of EXPLORING BIBLICAL PRAYER, and launch into a new gendre with a novel entitled,  UNBLEMISHED,

Oh, and I also have to write two or three blogs per week.

So there you have it. You not only know where I have been, but where I am going to be for a considerable length of time ahead. I ask my readers for two things: to visit my web page at www.christophershennanica, and pray that all I do will bring glory to God and bring honour to the name of Jesus Christ.

I Have Nothing

(© Friday 10^th July 2015 – by Christopher Shennan)

I have nothing but what received

From your gracious, loving had, Lord;

Nothing to tell the world about,

But what’s found in your precious Word.

I have nothing in my treasure house

That You did not place there first,

And taught me how to utilize

In my hunger and my thirst.

I bring these gifts, that You first gave,

And now lay them down at your feet;

Please cause them to bring lost sinners,

To kneel down at your Mercy Seat.

My website: www.christophershennan.ca
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Photo by Joanne Shennan – used by permission