Hatch, match, and dispatch : the life and times of the Almost Reverend Billow /: the life and times of the Almost Reverend Billow. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rev. William Billow ; foreword by President George H.W. Bush.
• Authors: Billow, William, 1953-
• Other Names: Bush, George 1924-2018 writer of foreword.
• Contents: Intro; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; I Know My Own and My Own Know Me; A Midwestern Boyhood; Stealing the Baby Jesus; Boyhood in the Midwest; The Horse in the Kitchen; Halloween; Revising Your Map; Strip Poker; Meet Stupid; Charlie and Kelly; If It Hadn't Been for Your Mother; When the Roof Falls In; Family Secrets; Father Foote; I Found You Just in Time; Here Owl, Here Owl; This One's for George; Marian Smith Miller; I Love You the Most; The McKennas; Broadway Bound; Miss Iowa Pageant; University of Washington; Lambda Chi; The Evidence Is Found in My Smile; Dine and Dash; Marta A Change in DirectionWhat a Waste; Seminary; Let Us Pray; "Jesus Loves Me, This I Know"; Preaching Class; Rant and Chant; God's Imperfect Jewel; The Seminary Gun Club; Are You Happy Here?; The Seminary Tradition; Singing in the Pulpit; Loving the Questions; Youth Groups; By Any Means Necessary; St. Francis; The Cigar Box; Angels; Leaving Seminary; It Gives Us All Hope!; St. Mark's Barrington Hills; Ordination; Mink and Manure; Doing Donuts; Clueless; Taking Up the Collection; The Blessing of the Hounds; The Skateboard Sermon; Diving into the Pulpit; Wearing Your Collar; Super Stud The Black EyeCould I Speak to You a Moment?; Mimi; Farewell to Barrington; St. Columba's; Sargent House; The Fletchers; Esther's Cold Remedy; With Gratitude to George F. Will; The Nursery School; "Pennies for Heaven"; Don't Look Now!; Mop and Glow; Ick!; A Special Guest; Christmas Pageants: The First Family Meets the Holy Family; Children's Sermons: With a Little Help from President Bush; Sunday School; With Thanks to Barbara Bush; Driving to an Early Grave; Up from the Ground; I Can Rhyme Too!; It Didn't Work; Uh Oh!; The Meeting Gene; The Front Lines; Trip to Iona; Giants on the Earth RamerZazu; The Call to Be a School Chaplain; Farewell to the People of St. Columba's; St. Albans School; The First Day; Learning to Teach; The Filioque Clause; Stream of Consciousness; The Devil; Understanding the Liturgy; A Birthday Surprise; Show-and-Tell; The Seven Dwarfs; "Good Morning, Kid, and Welcome to Reality"; Writing Their Own Theology; Scratch 'n' Sniff; Everyone's a Believer; Adam, Eve, and Steve; The Three Best Reasons to Be a Teacher; A New Chapel Model; The Chaplain's Office; Funny Kid Stories; Bedlam of Eccentricities: The Faculty and Staff; The Look; The Red Reverends A Fifty-Yard Pass CompletionThe Gift; Gentleman Jack; The Snake and the Shrink; A Compassionate Institution; The Green Coat; On Being a Mentor; Sports: The LAX Rev; Holy Sh*t!; Sin Is Fun!; Grandparents Day; The Greatest Generation; School as Parish; Losses and Other Tragedies; A Selection of Homilies; Washington National Cathedral; An Appointment with the Verger; The A Form Class; Effi Barry Funeral; The Liturgical Police; The Baptismal Font; Serving on the PECF; The Book of Bill; On Top of the World; Cathedral Acolytes; The Stone Carvers; The Groundskeepers; A First for Me
• Publisher Details: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 283.092; Biography & Autobiography: Religious; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican; Religion: Christian Life / General; Electronic books; Clergy -- Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493038428; 1493038427
• Related ISBNs: 9781493037018
• Notes: Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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