Raised in Captivity A Memoir of a Life Long Churchaholic

by Wilson, C McNair

• ISBN13: 9780824521189
• ISBN10: 0824521188
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Crossroad

Summary

In this hilarious memoir, McNair Wilson pokes fun at everything from Sunday School to strict sexual mores.

Author Biography

C. McNair Wilson is an actor, director, playwright, author, illustrator, school teacher, ventriloquist (retired), former Disney Imagineer, and Creativity consultant. He has performed two one-man plays 1400 times. McNair lives in the San Francisco Bay area, two blocks from Children's Fairyland

Table of Contents

McNair's Preface (The part no one reads)	p. 13
Organ Prelude: Why I wrote this book	p. 17
A Confession: "The Wilsons, they're churchgoers"	p. 23
A Comedy of Terrors: There was always laughter	p. 29
Taking the Shepherds Upstairs: And other Christmas traditions	p. 34
In the Middle of a Cold, Unfriendly, Winter's Night: Another winter's tale	p. 42
My Parents Were Professional Christians: The Gospel According to My Mom and Dad	p. 45
The French Toast that Changed My Life: Not a wasted weekend	p. 55
Just one Sunday: A very important morning	p. 59
Lutheran Sex: We were just looking	p. 65
Making Out in the Sixties: Never ask my mom about French kissing	p. 71
Churchianity: Taking God to lunch	p. 80
101 Damnations: I met God at the movies	p. 85
Drawing in Church: And other traditions of the faith	p. 93
Climb Every Mountain: Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea	p. 99
The Cartoon Heard 'Round the World: The day the bubble burst	p. 114
Previously, on a Much Smaller Hill, in Another Part of the Kingdom: A prequel to Christian mountain	p. 135
Behind Enemy Lines: The move to "pagan" school	p. 142
Magna Cum Bayah: Hundreds of retreats, not one advance	p. 146
The Big Chat: What is a great relationship worth?	p. 150
Three Point Sermons: Of Christian basketball, street theatre, Cowboys and Indians	p. 166
Gospel Show Biz: If Tonto and Captain Kirk came to church	p. 175
Giving My Testimony Without Moving My Lips: If the ventriloquist speaks in tongues, does the dummy share his gift?	p. 180
Grateful Acknowledgments	p. 187
The Author's Story	p. 190
An Illustrator's Story	p. 191
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