Life Among the Lutherans
by Keillor, Garrison
Published by : Augsburg Fortress Pub (Minneapolis) Physical details: 192 p. cm. ISBN:9781451400861; 1451400861.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Introduction / Garrison Keillor -- It could be worse -- A young Lutheran's guide to the orchestra -- Pontoon boat -- PK -- Gospel birds -- Twentieth anniversary -- Deer Camp -- Thanksgiving -- The true meaning of Christmas -- "Johnny Johnson's wedding" -- The Sons of Knute Christmas Song -- Ice fishing -- Sons of Knute March -- Ministers' retreat -- Church organist -- The herdsmen -- Church directory -- Lorraine Turnblad's tombstone -- The pastor's resume -- The yard of all yards -- Confirmation Sunday -- Memorial Day -- Marital Memorial Day -- An outdoor reception by the lake -- Lutheran summer vacation -- Potato salad -- Raking leaves -- Ninety-five theses -- Lutheran song.
Based on Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon monologues, Life among the Lutherans is a collection of stories about the struggles of ordinary people in an imperfect world, the life and work of the pastor who leads them, and the church to whose high standards they aspire in the small town they call home.
The stories in Life among the Lutherans reflect everything Keillor fans have come to expect of this master storyteller. Some are familiar, including the quintessentially Lutheran "95 Theses" from Lake Wobegon Days, others are new. Laugh out loud about the church directory filled with photos that are just plain awful. Share the moment when Pastor Ingqvist receives a leather-bound copy of his sermons. Keillor's command of every little detail of life in Lake Wobegon is bound to entertain, surprise, and make readers - even those who aren't Lutheran - feel right at home in the mythical community where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."