The Psalm Meditations take up my own translation of the selected psalms based on the Hebrew Masoretic Text and a meditative reflection addressed, for the most part, to God. All but the last of these are in prose; the reflection on Psalm 66 has its own pattern. The Regula Vitae (Rule of Life) arose in response to a particular reading and served to reflect over aspects and qualities of my life as a pastor.
These pastoral notes concern an effort to provide a pastoral input to my congregations in a way that is not sermonic in nature.
These are lay people, for the most part. The first and major part of this book consists of studies prepared for the elders at First Christian Church in New Martinsville, West Virginia.
I attempted to discover for myself and my group what the book sought to convey. In this volume, the study of Galatians (1981) and 1 Thessalonians (1989) followed that pattern exactly.
This book collects eleven years worth of pastoral prayers, linked to the preaching text of the day by way of the sermon prepared. As there is no flock as reference point, these are, indeed, "Without A Flock".
I find that poems best serve me in becoming the creator of insights and perspective. The poems in this book have been giving that gift for me again.
I find the poems best serve me in becoming the creator of insights and perspective. The poems in this book have been giving that gift for me again.
I want to make these stories and the world they represent newly available, and so I bring them to book form, fifty at a time. The cover drawing is done by Eve Sullivan, the author’s granddaughter.
I want to make these stories and the world they represent newly available, and so I bring them to book form, fifty at a time. The cover drawing was done by Eve Sullivan, the authors granddaughter.
'Settle down, John. You would think I had asked you to sell your soul to the devil, down at his forge in the glen. Just because you do not want to get involved: that is no reason for flying off into a ... a tirade like this.
This book draws upon poems written some years ago, mostly in the years 2009 and 2015. There are also a few current poems that insist themselves into the collection as they are accumulated in the current year's file.