In the “old days” before belt-tightening I used to be obliged to attend a conference at Crieff Hydro each year. Oh it was hard! The luxury, the food, the pool…………the shirt and tie and jacket at dinner……………now that was hard!
Other little things caught my attention. The great black sooty cloud of ravens which used to become unsettled and circle at the same time every day. You could set your watch by them. Or by the sound of horses hooves on the road every morning at 6.30am as the accountant from the town came up to take his beast out to pasture for the day before going off to the office. And I enjoyed the morning walk before the cooked breakfast.
It was on my walk that I would visit the water fountain – a natural spring flowing freely for the thirsty and beside which was a text in stone “Whoever drinks this water will thirst again but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.” John 4:13. All very nice, but beside it one year was another text from the management – This water is unfit for human consumption!
Anyway, if you want a really refreshing drink definitely fit for human consumption, can I suggest “Mark for Everyone” by Tom Wright. Having read Mark on and off for 31 years it was utterly refreshing to read it with the clear, sparkling, conversational wisdom of Tom Wright.
Indeed, he has a whole series on the New Testament books, so you if you are in the mood for huge draughts put your mouth to the pipe.
Colm
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