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Jesse Mercer's pulpit : preaching in a community of faith and learning / edited by Wilfred C. Platt, Jr. and Douglas E. Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--Sermons.
- Universities and colleges.
- Sermons, American--20th century.
- Sermons, American.
- Baptists--Sermons.
- Baptists.
- Mercer University.
- Genre:
- Sermons.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 168 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- This book is a collection of sermons by Mercer University faculty and staff preached during University Worship between 2001 and 2005. The sermons engage the ways we encounter God in our daily lives. Using themes to arrange the sermons into one of four sections, each contributor attunes the reader to the presence of the Holy in our lives and the variety of vocations to which we are called. The volume includes an essay by Wilfred Platt on worship at Mercer from the founding of the institution to 2005. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Richard F.Wilson, Margaret Dee Bratcher, Jack L. Sammons, Marc A. Jolley, Bryan Whitfield, Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford, Kay Wilson Shurden, D. Gregory Sapp, John M. Dunaway, Paul Lewis, C. Jay Pendleton, Richard C. Fallis, Darlene Flaming, Janell Johnson, W.Loyd Allen, R. Scott Nash, Mary Alice Morgan, Frank J. Macke, Anya Silver, and John Claypool.
- Contents:
- Introduction by Douglas E. Thompson
- History of chapel/university worship / by Wilfred C. Platt, Jr.
- Litany of faith and learning / by Richard F. Wilson
- Listening for God : finding myself / by Margaret Dee Bratcher
- The myth of Sisyphus and the meaning of work / by Jack L. Sammons
- The place of bookmarks / by Richard F. Wilson
- Beginning moments / by Marc Jolley
- God's gaze / by Bryan Whitfield
- It is not good for the human to be alone / by Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford
- The journey toward completeness / by Kay Wilson Shurden
- Acceptance by being / by D. Gregory Sapp
- The ultimate why / by John M. Dunaway
- Leaving home, finding home / by Paul Lewis
- Home is where for you? / by C. Jay Pendleton
- Marching off the map / by Richard C. Fallis
- Running away from home / by Darlene Flaming
- Homeland security / by Janell Johnson
- Searching for the right crowd / by W. Loyd Allen
- A community of aliens / by Scott Nash
- The journey of a conflicted Christian / by Mary Alice Morgan
- Theology and nothingness / by Frank J. Macke
- From greatest darkness, greatest light : the blessing of cancer / by Anya Silver
- The road of gratitude / by John Claypool.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0881460435
- OCLC:
- 70839687
- Publisher Number:
- 9780881460438
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