The little white attic

1/ My summary of the second chapter of the Book of Daniel:  The king: Interpret my dream. People: What’s the dream? The king: I don’t rememb...

1/ Judges and Ruth precede the Books of Samuel—I’ve been reading the Bible in the wrong order, I know, but then I don’t think Christians rea...

1/ One of the joys of reading the Bible is going “So that’s where it came from!”. Ecclesiastes is full of phrases and lines I recognise:  “V...

1/ Does anyone read the Book of Job without feeling disturbed by the cruelty and callousness of God? Why does God, for no reason, take every...

1/ The Books of Kings immediately follow the Books of Samuel: as David is old and stricken in years, his son Adonijah assumes the throne; ho...

I suppose one day I will read the whole of the King James Bible, but at the moment I’m prioritising the parts that I think have had the most...

As the Book of Exodus is about the origin myth of the Israelites, it can be considered from the religious, historical, or even political per...

1/ Not only did I not grow up in a (culturally) Christian country, I grew up in Vietnam, a communist and thus anti-religious country—I only ...

I had a headache that lasted several days. When I mentioned I was reading a book by a living writer, a friend said check if my headache’s a ...

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t read the book, you probably shouldn’t read this blog post, in which I will discuss significant plot points. W...

1/ Form:  I like a few moments, a few scenes in The Sacrifice , but what I like the most about the film is the cinematography. Sven Nykvist...

I love Bunuel’s irreverence.  ( source )  If The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Phantom of Liberty seem to have little cohe...

(still from the film)  The 5th documentary film I’ve watched this year about paedophilia/ child sexual abuse, and the 2nd one about chil...

Because I'm a cheery person, within the past month I've watched 4 documentaries about paedophilia/ child sexual abuse. Here are my s...