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On Our Way Home: Courage and Faith for the Final Journey
Bob Herhold
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Description for On Our Way Home: Courage and Faith for the Final Journey
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 145.
The author of this little book was a self-described “79-year-old geezer” who, like Paul Newman, wondered how he would “do the dying thing.” After doctors have probed and prescribed and made us feel like volunteers for medical research, we often need to take a deep breath and make sense of things. In On Our Way Home Bob Herhold tells instructive, inspiring, and humorous stories of aging and loss, helping us to see that though life seems to be flying by, we can make every moment count by dancing lightly with God. Herhold’s stories encourage us as we face ... Read more
The author of this little book was a self-described “79-year-old geezer” who, like Paul Newman, wondered how he would “do the dying thing.” After doctors have probed and prescribed and made us feel like volunteers for medical research, we often need to take a deep breath and make sense of things. In On Our Way Home Bob Herhold tells instructive, inspiring, and humorous stories of aging and loss, helping us to see that though life seems to be flying by, we can make every moment count by dancing lightly with God. Herhold’s stories encourage us as we face ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cowley Publications
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Blue Ridge Summit, United States
ISBN
9781561012435
SKU
V9781561012435
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Bob Herhold
Bob Herhold was a clergyman, an award-winning journalist, author, and playwright. He was a Lutheran pastor who served churches in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and California. An early advocate of racial integration, Herhold participated in the famed civil rights march in Selma, Alabama in 1965 and was known for his outspoken views on social justice. He was the father of four and ... Read more
Reviews for On Our Way Home: Courage and Faith for the Final Journey
My favorite thought is about baseball great Jackie Robinson's 1952 visit to Herhold's church. It is the ending of the story that is so important. Herhold believes Robinson did not know the word ‘defeat’ and in death, we don't have to be defeated. Herhold says, ‘None of us beat death, but because of Jesus we can steal home.’ Now that's ... Read more