I am heading to a conference at Ghost Ranch, a Presbyterian Conference Center in North New Mexico, so there will be no sermon this week. Instead, let me catch up by providing three short (for me) book reviews of works … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church March 24, 2019 Luke 10:38-42 Our morning Gospel reading this morning stands in contrast to our Old Testament lesson. In our first reading, we heard about a Shunamite woman who, out of the … Continue reading
Belden C. Lane, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality (Oxford University Press, 1988), 282 pages including notes, index, and some photos included within the text. This is a complicated book. Lane weaves together personal experiences in … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Psalm 23 March 17, 2019 Let us pray: “Where there is darkness, give us light. Where there is ignorance, give us knowledge. Where there is knowledge, give us wisdom. And for … Continue reading
Dan Janal, Write Your Book in a Flash: The Paint-by-Numbers System to Write the Book of Your Dreams-Fast! (TCK Publishing, 2018), 180 pages. I was skeptical as I began flipping through this book. I was easy to skim and … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church March 10, 2019 Matthew 11:28-30 Jig Pendleton is crazy on religion. He’s a character in Nathan Coulter, a Wendell Berry’s novel. Jig lives alone in a shanty overlooking the Kentucky River. Like some … Continue reading
Courtney Hargrave, Burden: A Preacher, A Klansman, and a True Story of Redemption in the Modern South (New York: Convergent Books, 2018), 227 pages, no photos or index, 22 pages of notes and sources. Michael Burden, a troubled young … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Numbers 11:21-30 March 3, 2019 I’ve been out of the pulpit here for two weeks—it seems like a long time. Last week Deanie preached and the week before was the Presbytery pulpit exchange. … Continue reading