Sermons - Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living

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Widely acclaimed as one of America's greatest preachers and most influential thinkers, Peter J Gomes here presents a collection of 40 timeless addresses to guide us through the year and enrich our daily lives. "Season" begins with Advent expectations, showing us how at Christmas we can usefully channel our feelings of depression, impatience, and joy, while at Easter we can confront our fears of death and give life a chance. "Themes" focuses on what the scriptures have to say about a range of issues and sensibilities, including relationships and our desire for happiness; frustrations and anxieties that can be a means for discovery of wholeness; and hospitality, patriotism a, stewardship and thanksgiving. With his characteristic eloquence and compassion, quoting from TS Eliot and Woody Allen as well as from Scripture, Gomes offers us the tools we need to understand the wisdom of the Bible and the joy and inspiration it can brings to everyday life.

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"Alternately bracing and soothing, these short pieces are a wonderful way to begin or end each day." -- David Gergen, .Editor at Large, U.S. News & World Report

"Provocative in his delivery, dazzling in his alliteration ... he can string words together in ways that penetrate right down deep." -- Alan K. Simpson, former U.S. Senator

"...One of the most dedicated, knowledgeable, articulate, and persuasive spokesmen for the Christian religion in the present secular age.." -- Nathan Marsh Pusey, President Emeritus, Harvard University

"With great learning and wit, Reverend Peter J. Gomes stirs our souls and stimulates our minds ..." -- James O. Freedman, President, Dartmouth College

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Peter J. Gomes has been minister of Harvard University's Memorial Church since 1974, when he was appointed Pusey Minister of the church, and serves as Plummer Professor of Christian Morals. An American Baptist minister, he was named one of America's top preachers by Time magazine. He is the recipient of thirty-three honorary degrees and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, the University of Cambridge, England, where the Gomes Lectureship is established in his name.