Meows from the Manse
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Meows from the Manse

Purrs from the Parsonage

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Meows from the Manse

Purrs from the Parsonage

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If you are a cat lover and a Christian, then this book is for you. Seventeen years in the making, Meows from the Manse is a collection of remembrances and reflections from a Maine pastor about his "cat of a lifetime" and the years they lived together at the parsonage (manse) of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ellsworth, Maine. Eddie was a stray tomcat that eventually worked his way into the heart of this reluctant minister, despite the fact that this man of the cloth never liked cats. Surrounded by cats in his younger years on a family farm, and always living with a cat or two because of his wife's love affair with cats (Coleen's last cat would live twenty-two years--sixteen of them with Eddie), and his kid's love of cats, the exploits and experience with Eddie would change this pastor's mind about cats, teaching him the biblical challenge of Job 12: 7: "But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee!" Relive the years with Eddie and the Pearl (Coleen's cat) and the enriching spiritual lessons this preacher learned from his constant companion and friend through the challenging years as a pastor of a small coastal church, the death of a thirty-nine-year-old son, and the passing of his dear wife of forty-eight years. The cat tales begin with Eddie's arrival across from the pastor's church and end with the passing of Eddie from throat cancer. In between are insights you might not believe from the Bible, but for the author were some of the best sermons he heard during that period of his life. Without a doubt for this widower, the messages (meows) from Eddie were some of the best he ever heard, but he will let you be the judge!

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Publisher
Resource Publications
Year
2022
ISBN
9781666743609
Topic
Sozialwissenschaften
Subtopic
Sozialwissenschaftliche Biographien

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgement
  3. Introduction: Eddieā€™s Exhortations (Job 12:7, 9, 10)
  4. Chapter 1: Using Trust against Fear
  5. Chapter 2: Love Pure Love
  6. Chapter 3: Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone
  7. Chapter 4: That Besetting Sin
  8. Chapter 5: Callings and Choices
  9. Chapter 6: The Pursuit of God
  10. Chapter 7: Fellowship with God
  11. Chapter 8: Why We Are Drawn to God.
  12. Chapter 9: An Arranged Marriage
  13. Chapter 10: Holiness unto the Lord
  14. Chapter 11: Sober and Vigilant
  15. Chapter 12: Following Hard After God
  16. Chapter 13: Legalism versus Liberty
  17. Chapter 14: The Need for Simplicity
  18. Chapter 15: Traveling Light
  19. Chapter 16: A Single Solitary Life
  20. Chapter 17: Letting Go
  21. Chapter 18: Confronting the Contentious
  22. Chapter 19: The Tyranny of Things
  23. Chapter 20: Do the Work of an Evangelist
  24. Chapter 21: The Need to Escape
  25. Chapter 22: Training up a Child
  26. Chapter 23: Constant Companionship
  27. Chapter 24: Apprehending God
  28. Chapter 25: A Lesson from a Gadabout
  29. Chapter 26: The Victory that Overcomes the World
  30. Chapter 27: An Appointment with the Almighty
  31. Chapter 28: Listening to a Quarrel
  32. Chapter 29: Learning to Listen
  33. Chapter 30: Appeasing the Lion
  34. Chapter 31: Hospitality
  35. Chapter 32: The Doctrines of Devils
  36. Chapter 33: The Creator-Creature Relationship
  37. Chapter 34: Adopted
  38. Chapter 35: Best Friends
  39. Chapter 36: Itā€™s a Male Thing
  40. Chapter 37: Lyra Sojourner Newswanger
  41. Chapter 38: Harvey Wallhanger
  42. Chapter 39: A Daybreak Meditation
  43. Chapter 40: Wonderfully Made
  44. Chapter 41: Protecting a Pearl
  45. Chapter 42: If Animals Could Talk? Maybe They Can.
  46. Chapter 43: Give Attention to Reading
  47. Chapter 44: And Eddie Makes Ten
  48. Chapter 45: Go Tell that Old Fox
  49. Chapter 46: Home Alone
  50. Chapter 47: Behold the Fowls of the Air
  51. Chapter 48: Chicken Concepts from a Cat
  52. Chapter 49: The Life of an Animal
  53. Chapter 50: Sun on Your Face
  54. Chapter 51: Max: The Disabled Dog
  55. Chapter 52: An Angel Unawares
  56. Chapter 53: A Christmas Miracle
  57. Chapter 54: Scarface
  58. Chapter 55: An American Shorthair Companion
  59. Chapter 56: Trusting by Senses
  60. Chapter 57: Following the Masterā€™s Commands
  61. Chapter 58: Faithful to a Fault
  62. Chapter 59: Available for Anything
  63. Chapter 60: Eddie and the Mailman
  64. Chapter 61: The Nature of Eddie
  65. Chapter 62: Paw Prints in the Snow
  66. Chapter 63: Seeing Christ Everywhere
  67. Chapter 64: Red Spot
  68. Chapter 65: Beatitudes According to Eddie
  69. Chapter 66: Wonderful Graces
  70. Chapter 67: Purring and Praying
  71. Chapter 68: The Comforting Cat
  72. Chapter 69: Does a Cat Have a Soul?
  73. Chapter 70: Eddie and Judah
  74. Chapter 71: The Sentinel of the Brush Pile
  75. Chapter 72: The Death of a Pearl
  76. Chapter 73: Sadie Mae, the Frightful Feline
  77. Chapter 74: Scaredy Cat
  78. Postlude: An Ode to Eddie