A Dresser of Sycamore Trees: The Finding of a Ministry
by Garret Keizer
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A refreshing and often hilarious account of the hands-on work needed to maintain a church and sustain its spirit. Episcopalian minister, Garret Keizer, takes his inspiration from the prophet Amos, a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees, who also had the calling as a shepherd of human souls. This profoundly contemporary book, set in Keizer's community of Island Pond in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, displays not only a knowledge of life's small practicalities (winding the church clock, show more shopping for groceries), but also insights about faith and the mysterious ways of God. With an eye attuned to both the pleasures and foibles that make life on earth so rich, Garret Keizer believes that God's intentions, if seldom apparent, are inevitably compassionate and wise to trust. show lessTags
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Garret Keizer is a frequent contributor to Harper's Magazine. He lives with his family in northeastern Vermont
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- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
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- 283.092 — Religion Christian denominations Anglican churches Biography And History Biography
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- BX5995 .K38 .A3 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Protestantism Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
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