Miriam Wood

The 30s, 40s, and 50s were a unique period in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. These three decades with a high water mark of evangelism, during which time thousands of people came into the church through efforts large and small conducted by speakers great and humble. This price is book takes the reader behind-the-scenes, with a nervous evangelists (many of whom were very young) prayed, planned, studied, pitched tents, did odd jobs, preached, San, visited, and debated––and felt fortunate to have received a call to the ministry. For the wives, evangelism involve coping in various forms. "Living quarters" might be the back of the big tent, a chicken house, or, in fortunate circumstances, a small cottage her apartment. The princely salary of a few dollars a week at the stretch to cover all expenses. And of course the young wife must be smilingly standing by her husband's side at all the meetings. This is a masterful and readable human interest history, as told by the church's foremost woman writer.… (more)

Growing up seems to be, for some people, uncomplicated in a happy adventure. For others it is frequently a painful and frustrating experience. The author belongs to the second class.Bereaved of her mother when she was a sensitive seven, reared by a grandmother and minister grandfather, wrenched between the good that you would do and the evil that she would not, and wracked by the feeling that she did not fit in with her peers, Mrs. Wood relates with vivid recall her years between childhood in college before "the chord was resolved."The description of a life lived by a youth of the 1930s and 1940s will intrigue today's youth. And the reader belonging to the author's generation will nostalgically relive his own past a series of hers.… (more)

This book is the Frank and revealing first and second person story of Tina and Dan, representative of their generation of Seventh-day Adventist college students. As you follow them, day by day, through a crucial period of their lives – –You find yourself waiting, with them, for the outcomes of their problems:Which is Tina to choose – – Steve or Dan? What is the fear that haunts Elaine? Are Tina's parents write about Dan's past? What about George and that wild crowd?You find yourself searching, with them, for the answers to their questions – – some of them still unanswered:What's wrong with so many church members? How can you be a real Christian? What is a Seventh-day Adventist? What about racism in the church? Campus newspapers? A student voice in college administration? How can I make the most of my life?The characters, though composite, are drawn from real life. The basic idea for the format came from two young friends of the author who fell in love through their correspondence.… (more)