‘Anthem for Life’ by Murray Watts

This little book is based on the 23rd Psalm which Murray describes as the ‘most beautiful song in the world ‘. Murray goes through the 23rd Psalm basing a chapter on each line, bringing out thoughts and themes mainly through stories based on his personal experiences. Despite being a very familiar Chapter he really manages to bring many layers out of it- possibly our familiarness with this passage can often lead us to miss a lot of what it can teach us.

I got this book at Christmas and read it a chapter a day as a kind of daily Bible study which I found a good way to use the book but equally you may just prefer to read it straight through which would be possible in a few hours.

I would definitely recommend Murray’s book-so much that and I feel I would like to read it again sometime, which is unusual for me, but I think there is definitely even more in there that I could get from it on a second reading.