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Condition
Very good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
ISBN
9780767907446
Book Title
Open Secrets : a Memoir of Faith and Discovery
Publisher
Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
2002
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Richard Lischer
Features
Reprint
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Topic
United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Religious, Sociology / Rural
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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In the tradition of Garrison Keillor, Open Secrets captures the friendships, rivalries, and rumors of small-town life by chronicling the lives of the citizens of a small Midwestern community through the eyes of a young minister. Fresh out of divinity school and bursting with enthusiasm, Richard Lischer found himself assigned to a small conservative church in an economically depressed town in southern Illinois. It's an awkward marriage at best--a young man with a Ph.D. in theology, full of ideas and ambitions, determined to improve his parish and bring it into the twenty-first century, and a community that is "as tightly sealed as a jar of home-canned pickles." In Open Secrets , Lischer tells not only his own story but also the story of New Cana and its inhabitants. With charm, openness, and humor, Lischer brings to life the clash of cultures and personalities that marks his pastoral tenure, including his own doubts, as well as those of his parishioners, that a twenty-eight-year-old suburban-raised liberal can deal with the troubled marriages, alcoholism, teen sex, inadequate farm subsidies, and other concerns of the conservative, tightly knit community. But the inhabitants of New Cana--lovable, deeply flawed, imperfect people who stick together--open their arms to him in their own way, and the result is a colorful, poignant comedy of small-town life and all it has to offer.

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Publisher
Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-10
0767907442
ISBN-13
9780767907446
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2239694

Product Key Features

Book Title
Open Secrets : a Memoir of Faith and Discovery
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Religious, Sociology / Rural
Features
Reprint
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Author
Richard Lischer
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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"[Lischer's] portraits are masterfully drawn. Not only does he write beautifully, but he also tells the unvarnished truth about both tragedy and redemption in a Christian community." -- Publishers Weekly "This is a beautiful book--beautifully conceived, beautifully executed, and rare in the beauty of its pastoral and theological sensibilities." --Richard John Newhaus, First Things, "[Lischer's] portraits are masterfully drawn. Not only does he write beautifully, but he also tells the unvarnished truth about both tragedy and redemption in a Christian community." --Publishers Weekly "This is a beautiful book--beautifully conceived, beautifully executed, and rare in the beauty of its pastoral and theological sensibilities." --Richard John Newhaus,First Things, "[Lischer's] portraits are masterfully drawn. Not only does he write beautifully, but he also tells the unvarnished truth about both tragedy and redemption in a Christian community." --Publishers Weekly "This is a beautiful book--beautifully conceived, beautifully executed, and rare in the beauty of its pastoral and theological sensibilities." --Richard John Newhaus, First Things
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Reprint

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