Through the church door
By: Harold P. Simonson
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781608990641
Subjects: Christian life; Meditations; Church and the world
Description: This book illuminates the relevance and importance of the church in today's society. Through personal experiences as both a university professor of literature and an ordained minister, Simonson shows us that the church serves those both within and outside its doors. The church door presents a metaphor for the paradoxes of life: entrance/exit, outside/inside, sacred, closed in tradition/opened in Christ. Simonson explores these with informal style and anecdotes threaded with ruminations. Allusions span literary as well as theological and biblical references.