Introduction     11

PART 1: GUIDE MY FEET

  1  Happy Am I with My Redeemer   •   17
  2  Sing a New Song (Sermon)   •   19
  3  The Mennonite Colony   •   24
  4  My Parents’ Wedding Date   •   26
  5  No Hiding Place   •   28
  6  Selling Peaches in Williamsburg   •   30
  7  The Runaway Boy   •   32
  8  Grandfather Smith, Absentminded Professor   •   35
  9  The Old Black Bookcases   •   38
10  Books Are Precious Friends   •   40
11  My Grandfather George R. Brunk Sr.   •   42
12  How Are You Related to George?   •   44
13  When Brothers Disagree   •   46
14  Don and Uncle George   •   49
15  Remember the Sabbath Day   •   51
16  Thou Shalt Not Buy Raffle Tickets   •   53
17  Vic Victorious   •   56
18  Stages of Faith (Sermon)   •   58
19  What Goes Around Comes Around   •   63
20  Dear Alice, Dear Joe   •   65
21  Tom Schenk, Maverick Artist   •   68
22  My Father’s Eightieth Birthday   •   71
23  All Aboard the “Pass Christian Victory”   •   73
24  “Cowboys” Touring the Holy Lands   •   77
25  Greystone Park   •   80
26  An Unexpected Friend and Mentor   •   83
27  The Best Storyteller of All   •   85
28  Seminarians in Training   •   87
29  Our Neighbor, Cousin Ivy   •   89
30  The Gift of Grace (Sermon)   •   91
31  The Gift of Sight   •   98
32  Meeting at Harper’s Ferry   •   100

PART 2: Do Justice, Love Kindness

Introduction   104
  1  Do Justice, Love Mercy (Sermon)   •   107
  2  A Lenten Road Map (Sermon)   •   110
  3  All That I Have   •   114
  4  When Sam Calls, You Pay Attention   •   116
  5  Overhearing the Gospel   •   118
  6  Preachers’ Kids   •   120
  7  The Best Seats in the House   •   122
  8  Jud Finds a Way   •   125
  9  North Meets South   •   127
10  Not an Answer but a Presence   •   129
11  The Gift of Affirmation   •   132
12  A Letter from Liz   •   134
13  My Bargain with Winfield   •   136
14  Singing All the Way Home   •   138
15  On Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing   •   141
16  My Friend Elmer   •   142
17  Angels in the Pulpit   •   144
18  Who’s Afraid of Marriage Enrichment?   •   146
19  Family Sculpting with Virginia Satir   •   148
20  Finding Myself in Hot Water   •   151
21  Continuing Education   •   153
22  When the Heart Waits (Sermon)   •   155

PART 3: Love My Sheep

Introduction    162
  1  Love My Sheep   •   163
  2  Feed My Sheep   •   165
  3  Sheep Pictures   •   167
  4  The Meanest Service   •   169
  5  A Trip to Remember   •   171
  6  Renewal Through Baptism   •   174
  7  A Note from the Other Side   •   176
  8  Symbolic Gifts   •   178
  9  Agape Class Retreat   •   180
10  The Storms of Life •   182
11  How Many Pastors Does It Take?   •   184
12  Interim Pastors, Temporary Shepherds •   186
13  Hello and Good-bye   •   189
14  Read the Manual   •   191
“One-Anothering” Sermons
15  Bless One Another (Sermon)   •   194
16  Confess Your Sins One to Another (Sermon)   •   200
17 Wash One Another’s Feet (Sermon)   •   206

Credits     211
The Author    212