Another Story Must Begin - a Lent Course based on Les Miserables

by Jonathan Meyer

** Suitable for online learning and study ** Another Story Must Begin is an original Lent course based on the film, the novel and the stage adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Through discussion of some of the themes and principal characters of this epic narrative, the course explores the grace of God, alongside our fallen state and opportunities for redemption. It asks us to reassess what we can do with our lives, both for ourselves and for those around us. The course is based around five weekly group sessions - Fantine and Cosette; The Bishop of Digne; Jean Valjean; Javert; Redemption and Salvation. Each session includes suggestions for using the Oscar-winning film and the original novel as inspiration, and provides questions and reflections for group discussion. Each session also includes introductory reading, notes for leaders, related Bible passages and suggested closing prayers.

96 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2013

About the author

Jonathan Meyer was born in some desert state in the middle of nowhere and now lives in the American Midwest with some other person who he has these strange feelings called love for. He writes about strange things and often times makes tea whilst doing said strange things he describes in his stories. His first major publication was "The Patience of Doctor William Bake." What else is there to say?

Reviews

[Philip Garside · Rating 4 out of 5]

Our congregation will be using for our Lent study next year. Meyer has drawn lots of meaning from the film and I'm looking forward to stimulating discussions.
However, I found it irritating the way Meyer started each of the closing prayers for the 5 sessions with "Heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God…" I have long since moved past this sort of gendered and God "up there" theology.

[Jennie C-knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reflective book for Lent, based on the story of Les Miserables. The Church of England commissions new books each Lent which are often not re-used. They should be. There have been some excellent ones in recent years of which this is a good example. Personal, painful, hard hitting - a challenge to our little daily hypocrisies.