Chasing Our Sin

Then, all of a sudden, with a noise like a horse shedding its saddle, the load on Christian’s back fell off. It just fell off, and rolled down the far side of the hill.

He ran after it, as if it were fill of his dearest belongings, before remembering how he had longed to be rid of it. He followed it as it bounced over gorse bushes and rabbit holes, over boulders and tree stumps.

“John Bunyan’s A Pilgrim’s Progress” retold by Geraldine McCaughrean

My wife and I have started reading A Pilgrim’s Progress to our children, as we found a fantastic version at the local library. Tonight we read about Christian coming to and ascending the Hill, where in the shadow of the Cross his burden fell off his back.

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