{"id":243,"date":"2017-11-30T12:42:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T12:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?p=243"},"modified":"2017-11-30T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T12:49:54","slug":"a-tale-of-beauty-from-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Beauty from Ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"239\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?attachment_id=239\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/book3d.jpeg?fit=900%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"book3d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/book3d.jpeg?fit=843%2C843&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/book3d-300x300.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/book3d.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/book3d.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/book3d.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/book3d.jpeg?resize=270%2C270&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/book3d.jpeg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently, when watching the new version of &#8216;Beauty and the Beast&#8217;, I was struck by the themes of restoration running through the story &#8211; so I thought I&#8217;d put together a little Bible study guide on it. It&#8217;s a six session course, for individuals or group study &#8211; you just need the DVD to watch certain clips from the film.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Tale-Beauty-Ashes-Session-around-ebook\/dp\/B077GHQXMY\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1512045256&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=a+tale+of+beauty+from\">here on Amazon<\/a> in both Kindle and paperback forms. But the best news is that you can get a PDF copy by signing up to my brand new sparkly newsletter:<\/p>\n<p>[mc4wp_form id=&#8221;240&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t be using it to bombard your inbox with daily descriptions of my exciting life, but I may send the odd update about what I&#8217;m up to, my writing projects &#8211; like the book about contentment I am in the process of editing which is being published by IVP &#8211; and other things you might find of interest. I&#8217;d love replies too, I always enjoy talking to you!<\/p>\n<p>Let me know what you think &#8211; and if you have a moment, I&#8217;d really appreciate a share or an amazon review \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Thank you and bless you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Tale of Beauty from Ashes: A Six Session Bible Study based around the live action film &#039;Beauty and the Beast&#039;\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"843\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_ZoH92c65HEfDis&#038;asin=B077GHQXMY&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, when watching the new version of &#8216;Beauty and the Beast&#8217;, I was struck by the themes of restoration running through the story &#8211; so&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[119,118,122,120,107,113,123,121],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ashes","tag-beauty","tag-beautyandthebeast","tag-disability","tag-god","tag-illness","tag-isaiah","tag-restoration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8T2j8-3V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":537,"url":"https:\/\/greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk\/?p=537","url_meta":{"origin":243,"position":0},"title":"Song of the Overworld &#8211; Book review and giveaway","author":"liz","date":"March 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I love a bit of Young Adult fiction, but increasingly find it somewhat cliched - I know the story from the start, there are no surprises - it's all just a bit... meh. 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