This book falls in an ancient and venerable tradition of books of spiritual excerpts to be used for devotional reading, and in that tradition it stands out (with its companion volumes) as particularly excellent. The readings are short, making it easy to read a little here or there through a busy schedule, or to focus and read several at once. In addition, unlike many examples of this genre, the sources of the quotes are labelled, so if one wants to see the bigger picture from which the quotes were drawn, it's a simple matter of reference. Dr. Ford's eye for the particularly Chrysostomian virtue of "usefulness" is in full display in the selections. I regularly gift this volume to young families, and the whole set to friends and family.
