Recent Reads {The Scribe}

The Scribe by Francine Rivers - Spoiler alert: The fifth in the Sons of Encouragement series has a happy ending! Rivers focuses on the New Testament charcter of Silas for this final in the series. She builds her story around what we do know about Silas, and conjectures on the possibility that he was also the 'rich young ruler' and the companion of Cleopas on the road to Emmaus. Silas was scribe and traveling companion to the Paul and to Peter, and although he is usually overshadowed by these two great leaders, he was himself a respected teacher and prophet. Rivers even suggests that Silas could have been the author of the book of Hebrews, at Paul's urging. Her story weaves all this elements together beautifully and develops the character of this often overlooked hero of the early Church.