THE WISDOM HOUSE
By Rob Parsons
Hodder and Stoughton. 180 pages. £12.99
ISBN 978 1 444 745 672
Like Rob Parsons, I’m a grandad. Sometimes, when I look at the 12 kids who call me ‘Gaggag’ I want to convey to their young hearts some of the lessons I’ve learned over the years.
It’s the kind of concern that lies behind the first nine chapters of the Book of Proverbs.
Rob Parsons’s book takes the form of 25 letters written to the author’s grandchildren. It’s not Calvin’s Institutes and doesn’t set out to be. It’s a compendium of sound wisdom which is enriched by Scripture. It’s sometimes moving, it’s occasionally really funny, and it’s always a joy. Rob Parsons has taken the lessons learned over a lifetime of Christian discipleship and experience and captured them in this slim volume.
I loved it. And, there’s a bonus for you preachers. It contains dozens of stories, anecdotes and quotations that will find their way into your sermons.
Read it for yourself and read it to your grandchildren.
