ABOUT THIS EPISODE
On Saturday, I launched my new book, 10 Things I Hate About God And How He Won Me Anyway. I recorded my talk, which explains how I came to write the book and how I came up with the title.
The story of how this book came into being began in 2005, when we moved to Gisborne. We had arranged to take six weeks' long service leave in May and travel around Australia, but we arrived in the February.
This meant I couldn’t look for a job or become overly involved in our church until we returned from our trip. I had recently completed a Diploma in Library and Information Services, and I wasn’t planning to do any more study. We left our youngest child behind when we moved, so for the first time in many years, my schedule freed up. I literally had nothing to do. So I prayed about what God wanted me to do, and the idea of writing a book came to mind, but I kept dismissing it ...
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