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September 2005 |
Hoosier ecumenists provides two more written offerings
By Daniel R. Gangler
Retired North Indiana Conference pastor Donald C. Lacy of Muncie, Ind. has two more book offerings for Hoosiers to consider.
The first is a series of 16 sermons written for Sundays in Advent, Christmas and Epiphany sub-titled "Paul's Pastoral Passages of Promise."
The second is a quick read of newspaper columns just off the press and titled Fast Food for the Soul: Nourishing Inspiration in Today's Hectic World (Providence House Publishing, Franklin, Tenn).
Lacy's sermons are part of an ecumenical series to go along with the common ecumenical lectionary. Titled Sermons On The Second Readings: Series II, Cycle B, Lacy is joined by John T. Ball (United Methodist), Maurice A. Fetty (United Church of Christ), Richard E. Gribble (Roman Catholic) and Lee Ann Dunlap (United Methodist). In this extensive 488-page anthology of sermons based on the Second Readings, five preachers apply the epistles' nourishing teachings to today's complex challenges. Second Readings is published by CSS Publishing of Lima, Ohio.
| "… Dr. Lacy's writing style is more apt to make the
readers feel they've met him in a coffee shop than listened to him from
the pews of a church."
- Darrel Radford |
With messages for every Sunday and major celebration throughout the entire church year, there's a wealth of ideas and illustrations helpful for preaching, teaching and meditation. Each sermon is outlined with introduction, focus, body, summary and conclusion.
In Fast Food for the Soul, Lacy has compiled 99 of the more than 300 columns he has written over the past seven years for the Courier-Times of New Castle, Ind. Each entry is a page in length and can be used for daily reading or for devotionals to be read at church meetings.
In his introduction to the book, Darrel Radford, managing editor of the Courier-Times, writes "while there is often some gentle preaching going on in his text, Dr. Lacy's writing style is more apt to make the readers feel they've met him in a coffee shop than listened to him from the pews of a church."
Second Readings is available through Cokesbury at www.cokesbury.com or call 800-672-1789. Fast Food for the Soul is still in the kitchen.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008