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After an unforgettable three years, the charismatic teacher who called you and your brother James to follow him says, ‘Right, let’s go to Jerusalem.’ It’s thrilling to be setting out on the next stage of the adventure. But life in the company of Jesus is not for the faint-hearted. Certainly there’s fun, as you lark about with the other young disciples. But it’s pretty edgy too, not knowing who is going to turn up next and what might be expected of you. And as the days pass by, the huge demands on Jesus as he heals and teaches invoke both a strange tenderness, and a growing dread of why exactly you are journeying to the holy city . . .
The Rt Revd John Pritchard was Bishop of Oxford until his retirement in 2014. He was formerly Bishop of Jarrow and, before that, Archdeacon of Canterbury. He has written many books for SPCK, including The Life and Work of a Priest, Living Faithfully and Ten.
