Henri Nouwen looks at the question Jesus asked his friends shortly before his death: ‘Can you drink the cup?’

In a short book, he examines the images of holding a cup, lifting it, and then finally drinking, and uses them as a metaphor for the Christian life.

Well-written, as expected by this author, and somewhat thought-provoking, but I didn’t find it particularly inspiring or memorable. Still, I shall probably return to it in future.

A friend of mine loaned me a copy of this short book several months ago, and I’ve read it several times since then. I’m returning it today.

I wrote a story about it here.