One Hundred Tons of Ice and Other Gospel Stories

by Wood, Lawrence

• ISBN13: 9780664226879
• ISBN10: 0664226876
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This is a collection of thirty-one beautifully written and wonderfully moving sermon-length reflections that read more like stories from Lake Wobegone. Wood weaves together history, legends, and references to popular culture seamlessly with biblical passages to create reflections that are both inspirational and educational."A modern Scheherezade, this gifted United Methodist preacher unspools a series of compelling stroies as he seeks to draw out the presence of God in the historical, the legendary, the ordinary, and the bizarre events of human life. . . . This debut collection has the potential to be a book for all seasons." --Publisher's Weekly

Author Biography

Lawrence Wood is pastor of Fremont United Methodist Church in Fremont, Michigan

Table of Contents

Overture	1	(4)
Summer	5	(58)
Dixon, Illinois	7	(5)
Where It Comes from, Where It Goes	12	(5)
Fall of Man	17	(5)
Swing Time	22	(6)
Cinnamon and Sugar	28	(5)
A Sticky Situation	33	(6)
Splitting the Atom	39	(5)
Peshtigo	44	(7)
The I.G.A.	51	(5)
It Puts Food on the Table	56	(7)
Fall	63	(46)
The Peaceable Kingdom	65	(6)
Little Blue Books	71	(6)
Mr. Jefferson's Bible	77	(5)
Farmer's Cheese	82	(4)
Jesus and Mrs. Fish	86	(7)
Cross at the Light	93	(5)
Lost and Found	98	(5)
A Light in the House	103	(6)
Winter	109	(38)
A True Likeness	111	(6)
One Light	117	(5)
The Douglas Fir	122	(4)
I'll Be Home for Christmas	126	(5)
Getting the Hell Out	131	(6)
Snow in Jerusalem	137	(5)
One Hundred Tons of Ice	142	(5)
Spring	147	(31)
Seed Catalog	149	(5)
Hip-Deep	154	(5)
Here Today	159	(5)
The Holy Grail	164	(4)
The Old Rugged Cross	168	(5)
Reincarnation	173	(5)
Credits	178	(2)
Bibliography	180	(4)
Notes	184