Sylvain Reynard

NY Times Best-Selling Author

Lenten Readalong Begins

Dear Everyone,

A blessed Ash Wednesday to everyone who is celebrating. I hope you’ll consider joining me in this year’s Lenten Readalong. I’ve chosen “Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living” as this year’s reading. The book is available as both an ebook and a hardcover volume.

I would like us to begin our reading with the Preface and the Introduction. Feel free to offer your comments and reflections on both below. Then starting next Wednesday, we will read “Do No Harm.” My plan is to post weekly on Wednesdays, and to schedule an opportunity for us to chat with the All Things SR Podcast prior to Easter. Stay tuned for those details.

In these times of uncertainties, tariffs, wars, and distress, Lent offers us an opportunity to pray and to listen. I hope that through this year’s reading, we will be inspired and strengthened and that the celebration of Easter will be all the more meaningful.

I want to emphasize that the invitation to read along with me is open to all. You don’t have to be Wesleyan, or Christian, or even a theist in order to join me. You are all invited and I welcome your participation.

Peace be with you all. I hope that your Lent is blessed.

Thank you for reading,

SR

www.sylvainreynard.com

Outtake Forthcoming

Dear Everyone,

I wanted to let you know that I’m writing an outtake featuring Gabriel and Julia, from “Gabriel’s Promise.” I’ll post it here when it’s complete.

In the meantime, I’ve been hearing from readers around the world who are discovering “The Man in the Black Suit,” for the first time. Thank you for reading. And thanks to Kat Sharples for her edit making casting suggestions for a possible film. I’ve reposted her design to my Instagram account.

Thanks for reading,

SR

www.sylvainreynard.com

Advent Readalong – Week One

Dear Everyone.

Peace be with you and peace be with your communities.  I hope that all who are celebrating have a blessed Advent.

Today, I am beginning my Advent reading of Day One of “God is in the Manger,” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) . I’ll be completing a reading from the book each day until Christmas, when I’ll begin the Twelve Days of Christmas reading, which starts on page 65. Please join me.

I’ll be posting weekly reflections here on my website and I welcome your comments below. I’ll also be participating in a chat with the All Things SR podcast during their podcast on January 5th, 2025. 

The editors of “God is in the Manger” have provided a short biography of Bonhoeffer in their Preface. I invite you to read it. If you want to read more about Bonhoeffer you can do so here: https://bonhoeffersociety.org/about/bonhoeffer/biography/

I also recommend his work “The Cost of Discipleship.”

But today, I am going to meditate on the first reading, which declares that Advent is the season of waiting and that Christ comes to us in the person of our fellow human beings. Transcendence and immanence. Grace and responsibility.  

I am conscious of the tremendous suffering the world this Advent and I am conscious of the fact that there is so much hatred between human beings. I am confronted with the question of what I am doing for the world and in the world this Advent. As I live, and speak, and act, do I contribute to the problem or am I working toward a solution? 

Bonhoeffer, who lived and wrote during a time of war and hate, faced these questions. I’m looking forward to learning from him once again.

Peace be with you all,

SR.

www.sylvainreynard.com

Advent Readalong

Dear Everyone,

I have been hosting Easter and Advent Readalongs for the past couple of years. This year, I’ve chosen “God is in the Manger” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian, who was a member of the Resistance movement during World War II. He was imprisoned in 1943 by the Nazis and later executed. He’s well-known in theological circles for his work, “The Cost of Discipleship,” which had a profound effect on me and many others. There are several films about his life, one of which you can discover more about here, which releases December 6th.

In “God is in the Manger,” we will explore a series of readings drawn from Bonhoeffer’s sermons and writings. We will begin our first reading on December 1st, the first day of Advent, and continue for forty days into 2025. You can join me by reading the ebook or the paperback edition. You may be able to find the paperback in your local library. I wanted to be sure to post my choice early enough for everyone around the world to source the book in time for December 1st.

I’ll be posting reflections on the readings here on my blog. I welcome your participation and your comments. I should mention that you don’t have to celebrate Advent in order to join me; this is an inclusive readalong and all are welcome.

Looking forward to reading Bonhoeffer with you,

SR

www.sylvainreynard.com

“Gabriel’s Redemption DVDs now available

Dear Everyone,

Passionflix has announced that they are preparing to ship pre-ordered “Gabriel’s Redemption” DVDs. The DVDs are still available for purchase in the Passionflix store.

Also, Passionflix has announced an increase in their monthly subscription rate for new subscribers. This rate will not apply to current subscribers, except if one cancels the subscription and then re-subscribes.

Thank you for reading and thank you for watching,

SR

www.sylvainreynard.com

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fluer-de-lisI am honoured to have had all three of my novels appear on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller lists. I was a Semifinalist for Best Author in the 2011 and 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards. {More About Sylvain}

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