Earlier today, I hit the ‘publish’ button for my new book, Food for the Table: Christ Our Real Food (A Book of Blogs). Yep, I’ve compiled a book of some of the best from Drawing From the Well. The readings date from 2014 to 2022. They have been edited and amended to read well in a book format for people unfamiliar with my blog (that makes most of the world! lol). Therefore, after scrolling through this site, you will find…
Here’s a little fun for you folks and maybe another way of drawing from the Lord’s well of life. I hope so. A couple of years ago Derek and I put some new words to a Beach Boys song Wouldn’t It Be Nice. We changed the words to reflect what it would be/could be/should be/is like, in the body of Christ, as a local community of saints in one another’s lives under His Headship, giving Him expression. This means sticking…
Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him. Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God ; He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. (Psalm 62:5-8) Sometimes my soul is very noisy. It is sometimes easily rattled. I can always…
For a long time, I had begun to see my Lord Jesus in images of water – as a rushing river, speeding over all the river stones, teaming with life, sometimes carrying me along in the roaring flow – deep, cool, green and frothing with clear whitewash. I had also begun to see Him as a deep unfathomable ocean – vast, majestic, all-powerful and beyond me altogether. Likewise, I had seen the Lord as the cool springs, trickling along in…