Reading:

• Lamentations (Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary) by Robin Parry. [Fantastic! By far the best commentary I’ve read on Lamentations.]
• The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland by Margo Todd. [A wonderfully-helpful study. Quite unmatched in its scope.]
• Reforming the Scottish Parish: The Reformation in Fife, 1560–1640 by John McCallum. [Another great read, and one of the most interesting (revised) doctoral dissertations in history that I’ve read this year. BTW: Does anyone know what John McCallum is up to now? I’d like to get in touch with him to express my appreciation for his book.]
• Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword. [Helpful in parts, encouraging in others, but promises much more than it delivers.]
• The Scottish Reformation by Gordon Donaldson. [A re-read.]
• Inquiring about God: Volume 1, Selected Essays by Nicholas Wolterstorff.
• Against the Tide: Love in a Time of Petty Dreams and Persisting Enmities by Miroslav Volf.
• Stirling Presbytery Records, 1581–1587 edited by James Kirk. [A fascinating read, indicating, among other things, that some Presbyterian elders have always tended to be a bit fibre deficient.]
• Patterns of Reform by James Kirk. [A re-read of an outstanding collection of essays. First-rate reliable scholarship!]
• The Shape of Practical Theology: Empowering Ministry with Theological Praxis by Ray S. Anderson. [A re-read. Brilliant stuff.]
• Divine Humanity: Kenosis and the Construction of a Christian Theology by David Brown. [Helpful, stimulating and infuriating.]
• Pakeha and the Treaty by Pat Snedden.
• What Shall We Say?: Evil, Suffering, and the Crisis of Faith by Thomas G. Long.
• The Scottish Reformation: Church and Society in Sixteenth Century Scotland by Ian B. Cowan.

Listening:

• The Road by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis.
• Wrecking Ball (Special Edition) by Bruce Springsteen.
• Little Broken Hearts by Norah Jones.
• The Wanting by Glenn Jones.
• Make The Light by Kate Rusby.
• Break It Yourself by Andrew Bird.
• If On A Winter’s Night, Symphonicities and Live In Berlin by Sting.
• Valtari by Sigur Ros.
• Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death by John Fahey.

Watching:

• The Hunger Games (BTW: There’s a good analysis of the film by James Alison here)
• An Idiot Abroad – Series 2
• Footnote
• A Dangerous Method