Front Porch Tales
by Gulley, PhilipEdition: Large
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-03-01
Publisher(s): Christian Large Print
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Summary
Come, sit on the front porch and listen to stories of family, faith, laughter, and love
Author Biography
Philip Gulley is the pastor of Irvington Friends (Quaker) Meeting in Indianapolis
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Folks I've Known | p. 1 |
| Growing Roots | p. 5 |
| The Front Porch Classroom | p. 9 |
| When the Tree Went Crashing | p. 13 |
| Expectation | p. 16 |
| Doc Foster | p. 20 |
| The Paper Route | p. 24 |
| Streams in the Desert | p. 28 |
| My Grandma, the Saint | p. 31 |
| My Grandpa, the Enigma | p. 34 |
| Ruby and the Rain Crow | p. 38 |
| My Friend Jim and Why I Don't Like Him | p. 42 |
| Tim | p. 45 |
| The Wizard of Is | p. 49 |
| Hearth and Home | p. 53 |
| Why My Wife Bought Handcuffs | p. 57 |
| Family Vacations | p. 60 |
| A Family Tradition | p. 63 |
| "Patches" | p. 66 |
| Right Hearts | p. 69 |
| Surprise, Surprise, Surprise! | p. 73 |
| Handyman Blues | p. 76 |
| Advice Givers | p. 79 |
| The Second Child | p. 82 |
| Presents and Presence | p. 85 |
| My Cup Runneth Over, and So Does My Toilet | p. 89 |
| Guys | p. 93 |
| Family Life and Other Reasons Jesus Never Married | p. 96 |
| Confessions | p. 100 |
| Life's Too Short | p. 104 |
| Observations | p. 107 |
| The Kitchen Table | p. 111 |
| Television | p. 115 |
| Vocation | p. 119 |
| Tasting Tears | p. 123 |
| Liberty | p. 127 |
| Stuff | p. 130 |
| Where I Stand | p. 134 |
| The Dog Who Wouldn't Die | p. 137 |
| Soul Tending | p. 141 |
| Seeking and Finding | p. 145 |
| Exercise | p. 149 |
| Misery to Joy | p. 153 |
| Taking Inventory | p. 157 |
| Hardware Heaven | p. 161 |
| Family Values | p. 165 |
| About the Author | p. 169 |
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