The Minute: A reading

Last Thursday, we were delighted not only to celebrate our prize-winners, but also to launch yet another great collection of true short stories. Today we bring you a very special reading from our latest anthology. Jie Ni’s story, titled The Minute, was published in Bones and Blue Eyes. She read and recorded her story with background music that she composed. Thank you Jie Jie!

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Bones and Blue Eyes is the seventh anthology in the Stories of Life series, true stories of
ordinary people experiencing a connection with the divine in the context of their ‘ordinary’
lives. They are electricians, accountants, butchers, mothers, preachers, children; people
grieving, people rejoicing, people helping and being helped. In each story we see individuals
believing, however shakily, in a God who cares and comes to them. The writers are honest
about pain, doubt, poor choices, unjust circumstances, fear…This is not a collection of neat
stories, perfect doctrine, and pasted smiles. On the contrary, many are unfinished stories of
people who simply acknowledge that, along their way, the God of love meets them. Stories of
Life will encourage, refresh, challenge, entertain and inspire you.