Jeff Scoggins, author of this new book filled with stories from his life which has been experienced all over the world states in his preface to this book:
I have a pet peeve when it comes to reading stories: I have never appreciated reading a story to have the author launch into a sermon at the end. On the other hand, I am a pastor, and I understand why storytellers do that. We are not merely writing stories for their entertainment value. We want others to learn something from them. And we fear that maybe they won’t get it if we don’t tell them. Perhaps that isn’t fair to intelligent readers. Well, I have tried to strike a balance with these stories. There is, in fact a spiritual lesson built into each one, but it is usually short, pithy, and every once in a while, downright clever (if I do say so myself) So give it a chance.
I hope you can learn something from my stories that runs deeper than laughing at my ridiculous escapades. Ultimately, I hope you discover in them the reality that nothing beats living with Jesus.
Here are titles of some of my favorite stories from this book:
Fleeing From a Kidnapper
My Only Birthday Party
Mistakes
Speaking Australian
Regrets on an African River
Angel in a Red Dodge
That’s How Rumors Get Started
A Russian Potluck
The Taco Bell Murder
With more than 30 additional stories you will definitely get more that your money’s worth when you read this book.
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Published by Paul
Born March 14,1950- Swedish Hospital- Seattle, Washington, I was third child in a family that would eventually have 8 Children, as follows listed in order of oldest to youngest: Francie, David, me, Ruthie, Jonathan, Lawrence, Margi and Shirley Jean* Sadly, Ruthie and Shirley Jean are now deceased.
I am married to my dear wife Marthanne and the two of us tied the knot on April 4,1982. Marthanne has been and continues to be the highlight in my life ever since.
I can trace my love of reading books to my childhood and credit my parents who read books to us and encouraged a love for reading in all of us kids. When I was in 2nd or 3rd Grade, the school I attended had kids in grades 1-4 in one room and along the back wall of the room was a long row of books (our library) close to 150 different titles. That year I read every book in my room’s “library”.
Just before I turned 22 in 1972 I came to visit some friends in Maryland. My friend Brent had just become the manager of a Christian book store in Columbia Maryland and he invited me to work with him. I accepted the job and in 2017 retired from a 45-year career in the same bookstore and organization.
Reading books, selling books, meeting many amazing customers, and meeting interesting and delightful authors was an enriching experience I will always cherish.
One of the things that we did at the bookstore was have author events where the author would come to the store and our customers could meet the authors.
Several of the authors that were special highlights to me during my time at the bookstore include, Rosa Parks, Ben Carson, Barry Black, H.M.S Richards, Willie Jolley, Mark Batterson, Ted Wilson, C.D. Brooks and dozens more.
It was because of this passion I have of reading books, and my lifelong experience being around books and meeting these marvelous authors that prompted me to start this blog. I enjoy reading and posting my reviews of these books and I hope you find them as interesting and spiritually fulfilling as I do.
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