Download or read book Olives and Obligations written by Ruth Burgess and published by Wild Goose Publications. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olives and Obligations is a collection of stories, scripts and reflections written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others. The collection is based on the biblical books from Genesis to Nehemiah. Esther to Maccabees will follow. There are some beautiful stories in the Bible and there are some hideous stories as well. What do we do with them? Do we tell them in Sunday school? Do we omit them from the lectionary? Do we try to explain them? Stories are important. Stories are powerful.