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FROM JOE MCKEEVER.... When I was five years old, my mother sat me down at the kitchen table with my little sister Carolyn, gave us pencil and paper, and said, "Now draw!" She was not attempting to...

Kenneth G. Phifer knew that for many of us prayer gets crowded out to the edges of life. But in A Book of Common Prayer, Phifer has offered prayers that speak to people's ordinary, daily needs. Here...

Walking helps! Walking is therapy for me. When I walk I think; I sort; I get in touch with my anger; I relive my pain as a way of coming to terms with it; I process. I do some of my best thinking...

A Year Lost and FoundAuthor: Michael MaynePublisher: Parson's Porch BooksPublication Date: Oct 19, 2011Number of Pages: 124 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1936912252ISBN-13: 9781936912254

For far too long, acoustical design has been popularly considered at worst a gamble, and at best a black art. If this position has ever been defensible, it certainly is not so today. In his 1932 book...

In sending these selections of Scripture with their brief reflections, I was informed by the practice in many religions of reading sacred texts to a person on their deathbed as a guide through the...

Advent is a time in which we strive to be awake. We train our eyes for the slightest glimmer of Christ's coming. We look for the emergence of a star on the horizon and the birth of something we...

The book of Ecclesiastes has been deemed one of the strangest books in the Bible. Its author invites readers to look at various sights of life he had seen and to think with him about them. We do not...

An encounter with God in a flaming azalea bush brings about humorous and insight-filled presentations on the Ten Commandments. Here is the fascinating wisdom of a retired schoolteacher unpacking the...

The purpose of this book, Assaulted by Grief: Finding God in the Broken Places, is simply to touch the messy world of grief. Grief is synonymous with profound loss and executes its reign in different...

How does one say just the right thing at just the right moment? That, indeed, is the special gift of Dan Scott. Reverend Scott, Baylor School's Chaplain since 2003, has blessed our school family with...

Many of our favorite old fairy tales have this ending: "So they were married and lived happily ever after." And this is what many of us would like to think about marriage . . . happily ever after...

As the years increase, so does my gratitude and appreciation for the many congregations where I have been privileged to pitch my tent on my sojourn of faith and ministry. I only wish that the...

Cannon Shot 3000 is a program which will increase a golfer's drive significantly. It is a proven method from avid golfer, Ronnie Helton.Author: Ronnie HeltonPublisher: Parson's Porch BooksPublication...

As a Christian, what do you do when the euphoria of your conversion experience wears off? How do you respond to God when you realize that faith in Jesus does not automatically solve all of your...

Egg Money is a collection of fiction and stories - some with a southern flavor and others with a universal appeal.Author: Ronald WheelerPublisher: Parson's Porch BooksPublication Date: Apr 08,...

Life-giving theology emerges from our evolving personal and communal experiences of divine inspiration amid the dynamic interdependence of life. Emerging process theology arises from the faithful and...

A little boy asked his mother one day if she knew what Goliath said when David hit him in the head with a stone. "Well, I didn't know Goliath said anything," she replied. The little boy nodded his...

Only a writer as sensitive to the power of words could give us a book like this that touches the heart. Priest of the word, Charles Davidson bids us to 'Lift up your hearts.' Read the book. It will...

Whenever the Ten Commandments are mentioned, someone immediately questions their relevance to and/or their appropriateness for our time. For instance, you may remember when Ted Turner declared the...

James McReynolds is one incredible human being. It is hard to believe that any human mind could brim so constantly with wonderful thoughts and ideas. Every book that Jim writes seems to bristle with...

Do you pray? A recent poll asked this question of a broad sampling of Americans. Most (some 78%) answered "yes". These included both those who attend some form of worship service regularly and those...

It was the spring of 2007. My wife, Mindy, was working on her Bachelor's in elementary education, and I worked third shift on an assembly line at a local manufacturing plant. A few evenings every...

Then said Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve. Matthew 4:10 Employees at WalMart wear a vest with the question...

The book of Revelation is the strangest book in the New Testament. It opens with an unusual vision of a person who has hair white as snow, eyes as a flame of fire, feet like burnished bronze; and...

Holy Women Icons wouldn't be a book without first being a series of paintings. So, I am grateful for those galleries that have hosted them: Shell Ridge, Karma, Blue Lotus/Woven Soul, and Barnhills...

This book contains many reflections from my experiences with various congregations with whom I have worked over the past fifty-plus years. As the years have increased so has my appreciation for the...

The idea for the book, IT GETS FOGGY AT MOSSY CHEEK, was born in 1969. In order to complete my Doctorate at the University of Georgia I had to write a dissertation. I did not want to select a subject...

I wrote a book about the origin and development of intercollegiate athletics at Carson-Newman College from 1851 to 1974 which was based on my dissertation at the University of Georgia. It has been...

Faith is the greatest resource one can have when facing adversity. Unfortunately, faith is often confused with belief in a specific doctrines whose effect is to separate people. Parson's Porch Books...