A Dresser of Sycamore Trees: The Finding of a Ministry
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060643579 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 210 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The prophet Amos, a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees, had a parallel, and more challenging, calling as a shepherd of human souls. This profoundly contemporary book displays not only keizer's knowledge of life's small practicalities (winding the church clock, shopping for groceries), but also his insights about faith and the mysterious ways of God. So too does Garret Keizer, an Episcopalian minister to the community of Island Pond in Vermont's Northeast Kindgdom. With an eye attuned to both the pleasures and foibles that make life on earth so rich, he presents a refreshing and often hilarious account of the hands-on work needed to maintain a parish and sustain its spirit. He is a man who believes that God's intentions, if seldom apparent, are inevitably compassionate and compelling.
He pays tribute to his ordained mentors, particularly one whose "moxie, his jovial evangelism, his blithe testing of every assumption and pretense, his daring of himself to go an extra mile--and then another" appear to be echoed in Keizer's personal journey. From Publishers Weekly In Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, Keizer, a lay Episcopal minister and author of No Place But Here , finds the end of a winding path that took him to the small, rural parish of Island Pond. There he is husband, father and high school teacher, and attends as well to the spiritual lives of communicants, many of them immigrants from other lives, who reside at what initially seems to him "the end of the world." Keizer's anecdotal account pauses frequently to marvel at what he has received from his informal, even unorthodox ministry. . Copyright 1991 Reed Business Informat
J. Barnes said Not Just for Episcopalians. This humorous but deeply spiritual collection of stories in one man's walk of faith is truly inspiritng. My book group read it, and we all agree that it is a book to keep handy as the chapters stand as independent essays. Any Christians from liturgical faiths will relate to Keizer's journey. His insights into women and the church are enlightened.. Soon to be a classic, sincere, humble, excellently written I am shocked that the publisher would describe this book as "a surprise critical sensation." It's prose alerts us to one Christian's view of the invisible Christ, manifest in people, things, and incidences. It is excellently, thought provokingly written. I cannot with my own words evoke the message of this book, so I will defer to the author, in a q. "Excellent Description of the Everyday work of the Spirit" according to A Customer. Garret Keizer's book, A Dresser of Sycamore trees is a thoughtful and carefully written book which describes the "everyday" work of the Holy Spirit in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Keizer's descriptions of his friends and neighbors in this small town are tremendous. He does an amazing job seeing God's presence in his everyday work and ministry a