Maintaining the common touch

FROM THE HEART:
An honest look at life and faith
By Rob Parsons
Hodder and Stoughton. 224 pages. £14.99
ISBN 978 1 529 358 155 (hardback)

Rob Parsons has become a household name in the past four decades leading the work of Care for the Family.

He is the author of 25 books, some like The Sixty Minute Father have sold as many copies in secular bookshops as in Christian outlets. His latest book, From the Heart, is a collection of articles, mostly written for Christianity magazine, on a wide variety of topics, including disappointment with God, handling criticism, nasty Christians, cheap grace, and kicking the leaves.