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ISBN: 078802230X / 352 pages
6x9 / Paperback /
$20.00 |
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It is a book that "goes the distance"...
— Mark Allan Powell
What is the Spirit saying to the churches? Christians who wonder where God is leading us will want to check out this collection of lively exchanges between professor Tom Wilkens and his witty daughter Kim. Amusing and provocative, their reflections allow us to share the surprises that accompany learning beyond the classroom and living outside one's comfort zone. Reading this book is like sifting through a box of souvenirs: stories, letters, papers, and sermons laced with personal vulnerability, theological depth, and a profound sense of social responsibility. It is a book that "goes the distance," traversing hemispheres, cultures, and generations.
Mark Allan Powell,
Professor of New Testament,
Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio
Like standing on a peak viewing an intriguing horizon, and then traveling toward and into the horizon, father and daughter invite the reader on a journey of exploration and discovery of distinct but meshing worlds. Part memoir; part transformational; part worldview changing; part personal intrigue and renewal intertwined -- leading to a wholeness of deeper health and shalom for both authors and readers. I plan to use material from this book as I consult with congregations in transition.
Paul J. Blom,
Bishop Emeritus of the Texas-Louisiana Synod,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Subversion, liberation, solidarity with the poor, social justice -- ingredients that develop into a feast of thoughtful dialogue between father and daughter, and we are invited to the table. The conversation questions the comfortable, unreflective, triumphalist theologies that are so pervasive among Christians and the churches they attend. Be prepared for a Christology in the dirt where most of the world really lives. This is no tame book that one can play with and not get messy. Be careful. Christians will have to re-evaluate what it means to be like Jesus.
Jim Taylor,
Pastor of Mosaic Community Church,
Seguin, Texas
 Tom Wilkens served for three years as a pastor in Wisconsin and for thirty-one years as a professor of theology at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. He and his wife Betty, a former nurse and childbirth educator who wrote the book's Foreword and Afterword, currently reside in Georgetown, Texas.
 Kim Wilkens, a 1987 Texas Lutheran graduate, lives with her husband Tom Herrick and their son Xander in Charlottesville, Virginia -- where she serves as a technology consultant and teacher, an Emerging Church advocate, and a social activist. Her brother Nick, the director of an ecumenical counseling center, did some preliminary editing of the book; he and his family live in San Antonio, Texas.
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