Share your ideas. (See below) We would love to hear how you are using this book intergenerationally. What thoughts, discussions and reflections have been generated?
Some thoughts by the author:
‘Wells for Shepherds’ is a book for every age on every stage. Please explore ways that it can be read, enjoyed, and wondered about, that suit the group of people gathered around its pages.
- Read a story, play or poem aloud.
- Take the parts of the characters in the plays and ‘act’ the story out using voice, costumes, or props. At home the kitchen table is the stage, the dish-brush and the cheese grater are the actors. In a worship place the children may be the performers, with or without puppets in their hands. At the aged-care home anything could happen!
- Investigate. Where is this story in the Bible? How has the author of this interpretation added to the story? What’s missing? Does it make you think differently about God?
- Gather words. Make a list of your favourite words from a story and then tell others why you chose them.
- Gather people. Choose someone in the story who you really liked and then share why.
- Ask an adult to share how they thought about a child in the story, and ask a young person to reflect on an older character in a story.
Wells for Shepherds 
If I had to sum it up in one word it would be captivating. I had to limit myself to one or two a night, so I could make sure to really process the stories, but I wanted to read, and read, and read. I really enjoy that it takes me inside a Bible story, a different view, without distorting or disturbing the truth. I loved the way the puppet play style stories were succinct and effectual in delivering a really concise and convincing way. They seem geared towards younger audiences, but I definitely found myself thinking about ways I could use it, in church and Sunday school etc. The hard part for some, I think more old-school and traditional folks, is the idea that there are Bible stories “re-imagined”, but I think that once people open and start to read, those hesitations will melt away. Thanks Hetty for a wonderful book!