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To Sit at the Welcome Table
Thirteen sermons that encourage single-minded devotion to Jesus, each a window to heaven, each a prophetic word. Topics include A Christian Response to Trouble and Following Jesus into Harm's Way. A companion volume to Marching to Zion.
Available from Holly House Publications, hollybooks. See Author Profile for the hollybooks website.
Available from Holly House Publications, hollybooks. See Author Profile for the hollybooks website.
152 pages, Paperback
Published July 4, 2012
About the author
Dean Summers
10 books3 followersDean Summers, author of The Good Life, Marching to Zion, and To Sit at the Welcome Table, is the Consultant for Discipleship & Christian Leadership Development with Holly House School of Christian Ministry. Here at Goodreads, Dean’s bookshelves include three for books recommended in the School of Christian Ministry: scm1, scm2, and scm3 (a shelf for each SCM level).
Dean is an accomplished haiku poet, published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, The Heron’s Nest, Cicada, and Brussels Sprout.
His work draws from his experience as a leader of an urban Christian kibbutz; as an executive director of an organization that facilitated partnerships between suburban and urban Christian congregations; as a college student in Japan, India, and Israel; and as a college teacher in South Africa.
For samples of Dean’s haiku, and to learn more about the School of Christian Ministry, visit Holly House Publications, www.hollybooks.com.
Dean is an accomplished haiku poet, published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, The Heron’s Nest, Cicada, and Brussels Sprout.
His work draws from his experience as a leader of an urban Christian kibbutz; as an executive director of an organization that facilitated partnerships between suburban and urban Christian congregations; as a college student in Japan, India, and Israel; and as a college teacher in South Africa.
For samples of Dean’s haiku, and to learn more about the School of Christian Ministry, visit Holly House Publications, www.hollybooks.com.
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July 15, 2012
“Sermon” is the Latin word for “word.” A sermon is a word of address, a message, allegedly a message from God.
The rumor is that people have stopped believing in God. So, to offer people, total strangers, a book of messages from God may come across as a little quaint, a little nutty, or a little deranged.
That still might get you some readers. But sermons? Everybody hates sermons!
So, if you’ve gathered up a batch of sermons you’d like people to read, you really should call them something else.
But, here, in To Sit at the Welcome Table, a sermon is called a sermon. And, as you read, you say, “This isn’t as bad as I thought it would be.” And then, “Hey, this is pretty good!” Best of all, you begin hearing the voice of Someone you thought you’d stopped believing in.
But don’t tell anybody! People will think you are a little quaint, a little nutty, or a little deranged.
[This is my book, so I’m partial. But, of my last batch of sermons, Marching to Zion, LeRoy Lawson wrote in the Christian Standard: “… simple distillations of profound biblical insight.” I agree with Dr. Lawson. And To Sit at the Welcome Table is even better!]
The rumor is that people have stopped believing in God. So, to offer people, total strangers, a book of messages from God may come across as a little quaint, a little nutty, or a little deranged.
That still might get you some readers. But sermons? Everybody hates sermons!
So, if you’ve gathered up a batch of sermons you’d like people to read, you really should call them something else.
But, here, in To Sit at the Welcome Table, a sermon is called a sermon. And, as you read, you say, “This isn’t as bad as I thought it would be.” And then, “Hey, this is pretty good!” Best of all, you begin hearing the voice of Someone you thought you’d stopped believing in.
But don’t tell anybody! People will think you are a little quaint, a little nutty, or a little deranged.
[This is my book, so I’m partial. But, of my last batch of sermons, Marching to Zion, LeRoy Lawson wrote in the Christian Standard: “… simple distillations of profound biblical insight.” I agree with Dr. Lawson. And To Sit at the Welcome Table is even better!]
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