“Do you ever wonder what pastors do between Sundays? This book gives you the inside story: twenty-four stories selected from thirty-seven years behind-the-scenes with a small-town Montana pastor. You will laugh and you will cry, but you will not be bored. Dealing with God in people’s lives is the stuff of high drama.” Eugene H Peterson, Translator of The MESSAGE.
“Your chapter (Surprised by Pride) is an outstanding piece… describing the subtle yet toxic way that pride can infect…. Excellent in diagnosis…. Give us more.” Marshall Shelley, editor of LEADERSHIP JOURNAL, a Christianity Today publication.
“Somewhere by Chicago grabbed my attention immediately and held it until the very last word. In addition to wit, charm and gentle persuasion, the author shares wisdom from years of experience that is of enormous value to all readers. Quite simply, I love this book.” Marilyn Meberg, WOMEN OF FAITH speaker and writer.
“(After reading ‘Marywood’ and ‘John Dowdall’) I am eager to read the rest of your reflections on ministry and life.” Father Gary Reller, St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Missoula, Mont.
“What a full thirty-seven years! The emotional highs and lows had to have been off scale.” John Griggs, scientist. Church member in the 1980′s.
“I am alternately laughing, crying, and wondering who the chapter is about. Very enjoyable.” Mary Ellen Zoerner, R.N. Supervisor with Nationwide Insurance.
“Write on, write on! I especially enjoyed ‘The Baptism of Barney Johnson.’ You write very engagingly with underlying theological issues coming out of the anecdotal context. Each chapter would be a great and useful small group resource.” Richard Jefferson, retired Baptist pastor, Arnold CA.:
“Quick, give me the next chapter, Pop-Pop.” Kelsey Crispeno, at age 11.
“Pampy, that makes me BELIEVE!” Peter Miles Finch, age 11, about ‘Alan the Trucker’.
“I really enjoyed ‘Wild Bill Bentz’. You brought us from the obviously miraculous…to the ordinary. Bill and Barney are not sophisticated men of the world, but real people…people who do not stand behind pretense or aspire to status. They are who they are and God loves them.” Pat Zoerner, healthcare administrator and former church member.
“This is not a book to read. Instead, savorthese stories that feed the soul — simple, warm, truthful and telling — about people, about ife. Laugh. Wonder. Be pointed to God. Find a comfortable chair, get a cup of your favorite brew, and enjoy.” John Briggs, CEO, Mission Builders International, a ministry of YWAM International.
Endorsements
“Do you ever wonder what pastors do between Sundays? This book gives you the inside story: twenty-four stories selected from thirty-seven years behind-the-scenes with a small-town Montana pastor. You will laugh and you will cry, but you will not be bored. Dealing with God in people’s lives is the stuff of high drama.”
Eugene H Peterson, Translator of The MESSAGE.
“Your chapter (Surprised by Pride) is an outstanding piece… describing the subtle yet toxic way that pride can infect…. Excellent in diagnosis…. Give us more.”
Marshall Shelley, editor of LEADERSHIP JOURNAL, a Christianity Today publication.
“Somewhere by Chicago grabbed my attention immediately and held it until the very last word. In addition to wit, charm and gentle persuasion, the author shares wisdom from years of experience that is of enormous value to all readers. Quite simply, I love this book.”
Marilyn Meberg, WOMEN OF FAITH speaker and writer.
“(After reading ‘Marywood’ and ‘John Dowdall’) I am eager to read the rest of your reflections on ministry and life.”
Father Gary Reller, St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Missoula, Mont.
“What a full thirty-seven years! The emotional highs and lows had to have been off scale.”
John Griggs, scientist. Church member in the 1980′s.
“I am alternately laughing, crying, and wondering who the chapter is about. Very enjoyable.”
Mary Ellen Zoerner, R.N. Supervisor with Nationwide Insurance.
“Write on, write on! I especially enjoyed ‘The Baptism of Barney Johnson.’ You write very engagingly with underlying theological issues coming out of the anecdotal context. Each chapter would be a great and useful small group resource.”
Richard Jefferson, retired Baptist pastor, Arnold CA.:
“Quick, give me the next chapter, Pop-Pop.”
Kelsey Crispeno, at age 11.
“Pampy, that makes me BELIEVE!”
Peter Miles Finch, age 11, about ‘Alan the Trucker’.
“I really enjoyed ‘Wild Bill Bentz’. You brought us from the obviously miraculous…to the ordinary. Bill and Barney are not sophisticated men of the world, but real people…people who do not stand behind pretense or aspire to status. They are who they are and God loves them.”
Pat Zoerner, healthcare administrator and former church member.
“This is not a book to read. Instead, savor these stories that feed the soul — simple, warm, truthful and telling — about people, about ife. Laugh. Wonder. Be pointed to God. Find a comfortable chair, get a cup of your favorite brew, and enjoy.”
John Briggs, CEO, Mission Builders International, a ministry of YWAM International.