Acknowledgments

Although I take full responsibility for the content of these essays-turned-sermons, many others have contributed to them directly and still others have made indirect contributions, the character of which some of the contributors themselves may be unaware. I would like to express my particular appreciation to some of them.

I am grateful to Bill Dyer, a long-time colleague and friend who originally gave me the idea for the book, although I doubt that he remembers doing so. Specifically, he suggested that I put together a collection of my writings so that my children and, as yet, unborn grandchildren might someday understand more about me and what I do for a living than they now do. As I remember, the gist of his recommendation was, ...

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