Gently Between the Words: Essays and Poems

by Andrew Taylor-Troutman

Overview

This collection of essays and poems invites the reader to contemplate what it means to raise caring children, why we need the wisdom and guidance of mentors, and how we can shape our lives in ways that support our communities. While candid about his fears and doubts, as well as the realities of racism and sexism, the author believes that the answers we seek are present in the people we love.

Gently Between the Words claims that stories are the best prayers, for by speaking and listening with empathy and hope, we can transform hearts and minds, including our own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611533385
Publisher:	Light Messages Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	08/06/2019
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Andrew Taylor-Troutman is the poet pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church. Andrew holds master's degrees from Union Presbyterian Seminary and the University of Virginia. He has previously authored Take My Hand, a theological memoir/sermon collection, Parables of Parenthood, a study of the parables of Jesus through the interpretative lens of family, and Earning Innocence, a novella in the form of a pastor's daily journal. Andrew lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife, who is also an ordained minister, and their three children.

Editorial Reviews

There is such tenderness and reverence for the human spirit. They are dignified and sweet breaths of wonder. -Jaki Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate

There's a rhythm in these pages that does something to you, if you'll let it. A little story, a little poetry, a whole mess of grace. We could read these pages for information or aesthetics or to feel smart, I guess. But I suggest we read it to rekindle hope, or gratitude, to drown again in wonder. -Winn Collier, author of Love Big, Be Well and other works.

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