Stories, Tales and a Few Small Lies of a Country ParsonForward Movement, 2001 M12 21 - 204 pages A house cat terrified by an unexpected visit from a friendly wolf. A snowfall that covers a junkyard with a blanket of whiteness. A four year-old boy with an uncanny awareness of Jesus love for each one of us. Bob Horine weaves recollections such as these into stories that bring a smile to our lips and a wistful tug to our hearts. He invites us to see that our ordinary lives are, indeed, extraordinary, and that our world is transparent to the love of God that shines through. |
Contents
| 2 | |
| 5 | |
| 9 | |
Babo and the Coal Pile | 14 |
Requiem for the Saratoga | 16 |
DogGone Coon | 19 |
Dinner with Harry and Sheila | 22 |
Less Zucchini Please | 25 |
Love Is a Policy | 104 |
Recognizing Terry | 107 |
Fire Pink | 110 |
Reading in the Cemetery | 113 |
Grandpas Watch | 115 |
An Early Easter for Nolan | 118 |
Saints | 123 |
Holding Hands | 125 |
Do Not Have Mercy | 27 |
God Here | 30 |
Genevieve | 33 |
Love at the Green Lantern | 35 |
Goodbye Charlie Brown | 38 |
The Methodists Furnace | 41 |
Singing on Galilee | 44 |
Not in the Script | 47 |
Yes We Have No Pianos | 50 |
Blessing Next Right | 52 |
Me? I Believe in Love | 56 |
Too Many Syllables | 58 |
Glum in the Balcony | 61 |
The Pelican Legend | 65 |
The Last Truth | 68 |
Leaving Cynthiana | 71 |
Flood of 97 | 74 |
Holy Days | 79 |
Thanks for the Small Things | 81 |
Traveling by Cow | 84 |
Colored Lights Happy Meetings | 86 |
Miss Marie | 89 |
Let It Snow | 92 |
The Dog in the Snowstorm | 95 |
Red Socks at Christmas | 98 |
A Little Story | 100 |
Love Song | 128 |
Called to Remember | 131 |
Ill Be Talking with You Later | 134 |
The Gospel According to Badger | 137 |
Scotts Birthday Parade | 141 |
Seeing the Smile Missing the Tear | 144 |
Miracles Leaning on Lampposts | 148 |
Comes UPS | 152 |
Marys Cross | 155 |
Deep Calls Unto Deep | 158 |
Beckys Leaf | 161 |
Tale of Two Sisters | 164 |
Libby and Bud | 167 |
Ernest Sticks to It | 170 |
Phil Learns He Is a Jew | 173 |
What a Foolish Woman | 176 |
Could Have Been an Angel | 180 |
Sara Sings and Sings | 183 |
Angels All Around | 186 |
Almost Home | 189 |
Going Up Top | 192 |
Lunch with Lex | 195 |
David Hattie and Dogs | 200 |
A Letter to Andrew | 203 |
Common terms and phrases
Advent Alan Paton Apache Tear asked Badger Beattyville Becky began believe bishop blessing C.S. Lewis Caden calls unto deep Carol Caruso Cemetery Charlie Brown Christ Christian Christmas church couple Cynthiana dark David death deep calls unto Diocese of Lexington dogs Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Episcopal Episcopalians Eucharist father fire Galilee gave give God's love Green Lantern Hallie heart heaven holy Jesus Kentucky knew later laughed Lee County Lexington light listen live look Lord love song lunch Mary Miss morning mother moved neighborhood never night Nolan Once ourselves parish peace Phil piano play prayer Princeton High School rector remember Sara sing sisters snow sometimes stopped street Sunday talk tell things thought told truth voice walked wanted watching week wife WLAP woman wonderful words wrote zucchini
Popular passages
Page 8 - ... as unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.