52 Spurgeon Stories for Children1 is a firm fixture in the bedtime routine of my almost-10-year-old son. If I happen to pick another book, he’ll ask: ‘Can you read a Spurgeon?’
For the unfamiliar, these are brief but true tales from the life of the great 19th-century preacher C.H. Spurgeon (here’s a taster: ‘How a Spider Saved a Man’s Life’).
A recent bedside appointment with my boy and Spurgeon remains etched in my mind, not for the story itself but for the precious moments we shared in its wake.
