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A Dresser of Sycamore Trees Garret Keizer

A Dresser of Sycamore Trees By Garret Keizer

A Dresser of Sycamore Trees by Garret Keizer


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A Dresser of Sycamore Trees: The Finding of a Ministry by Garret Keizer

A refreshing and often very funny 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, 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.

Chosen as one of the 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die, James Mustich recommends this memoir by saying, Garret Keizer grapples with epiphanies and aggravations with equal eloquence . . . A Dresser of Sycamore Trees is an inspiriting book, its alertness to what one reader calls 'the extraordinary dailiness of grace' is both uncanny and true-to-life.

A Dresser of Sycamore Trees Reviews

Garret Keizer writes about some of the high and low points in his spiritual journey in the small town of Island Pond, Vermont....A Dresser of Sycamore Trees makes a good case for part-time ministers who are savvy to the ways of the world and the tricky maneuvers of the Holy Spirit. Keizer's labors in this small parish are polished parables about patience, humility, and giving all the glory to God.-Spirituality and Practice

Garret Keizer grapples with epiphanies and aggravations with equal eloquence . . . A Dresser of Sycamore Trees
is an inspiriting book, its alertness to what one reader calls 'the extraordinary dailiness of grace' is both uncanny and true-to-life. - James Mustich, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die

About Garret Keizer

Garret Keizer is the author of several books on teaching and faith, including Help: the Original Human Dilemma (2009), The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book about Noise (2012), and Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher (2014). He lives in Vermont with his family.

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CIN1567926452G
9781567926453
1567926452
A Dresser of Sycamore Trees: The Finding of a Ministry by Garret Keizer
Used - Good
Paperback
David R. Godine Publisher Inc
20190418
212
N/A
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