A movie that could change your life- and don't be put off by the cliche'

Somewhere in the boxes in my spare bedroom is a VHS of the first part of the film the Swedes have made of Bo Giertz's wonderful novel The Hammer of God. If I had to pick a book other than the Bible that has meant the most to me in my life, it would be this one.

It's about three young pastors in the same Swedish parish over the course of a century who manage to screw up big time (boy, can I ever identify!). Each time, God's grace comes to the rescue, and teaches them to look to "Jesus Only-" and to point their parishioners to the same place.

They've finished the movie now. I have to get it. And in the doubtful event that I ever serve another parish, it will be the subject of many an adult class there.