Welcome to food4thought.

I’m Richard Perkins. Christian, husband, father and pastor of Christ Church Balham. See our web site here. 

This blog contains some of the things that we’ve been involved in over the past few years that we thought others might enjoy.

It also serves another purpose. Proverbs 17:28 says, ‘Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent’.

Few will have laboured under the misapprehension that I’m in possession of an awesome intellect! By opening my mouth the few may at last become enlightened. That’s a risk I’m prepared to take! But the secondary purpose of this blog is not to share my wisdom with the world but to bring to a wider audience the wisdom of those I read throughout the week.

So much of what I read is too profound and stimulating to be left in the pages of a book - albeit highlighted in flourescent yellow! Wisdom is to be shared, enjoyed and practised. May what follows fulfil that lofty aim as on the shoulders of others we’re helped to think God’s thoughts after Him.