I came home this evening and after supper sat down at my desk with a load of things to do and not enough time to do them in. So what did I do? I noticed Max Lucado's latest book (well actually the very first book that he wrote) called On The Anvil - Stories on being shaped into God's image. It has a striking cover (you guessed it - an anvil) (no pun intended) and so I picked it up. I should have got on with the talk that I am preparing but I noticed the description on the back. 'We are all somewhere in the blacksmith's shop. We are either on the scrap pile, In the master's hands on the anvil, or in the tool chest. Some of us have been in all three' So that got me curious and I started to read the first story, and then the next, and then the next and I found that I couldn't put it down. Each story drew me into the next.

This book was written by Max Lucado when he was in his first pastorate and it began as a series of articles for the church magazine. However, the reputation of the articles began to spread and he was soon getting requests for copies across America. He has a real skill as a writer and you will enjoy this book.