Growing Up in God's Country: A Memoir

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El McMeen hails from rural Pennsylvania. His full name is "Elmer Ellsworth McMeen, III." That's a good name for a kid, El says, if you want him to learn how to fight in elementary school.

El didn't start so well. He wasn't on the gravy train, more like in front of it, waiting to get run over. He nearly died at birth. He has cerebral palsy. He had a broken home. He was, in his own words, a "miscreant." But his story is one of redemption.

El became a "Wall Street lawyer," an internationally acclaimed acoustic guitarist, and a Christian minister. He and his wife Sheila have four married children and three grandchildren. "The Lord became my GPS," El says, "but in my case He still has to do a lot of 'recalculating.'"

Join El on his journey. He is a gifted storyteller. The road winds through physical disability, youthful misdeeds, family tragedy, Harvard University, Penn Law School, music, and the intricacies of law practice, with a lot of laughs along the way. From small-town life to New York City, and back.

"Growing Up in God's Country" is unabashedly evangelistic. It shows the amazing ways in which God moves in everyday lives. God has a sense of humor, too. If He didn't, El says, where did ours come from?

"wonderfully written, moving memoir of a career lawyer, renowned fingerstyle guitarist, and devout Christian...a fascinating read and highly recommended." - S.

" a witty, joyous, and fully-engaging account ... I am happy to recommend it unreservedly. " - F.

"Written with humor, insight, intellect and spirit ... an important and memorable read." - E.

"Beautifully written personal memoir ... a poignant story of soul-searching and achievement with broad appeal. " - D.

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Growing Up in God's Country: A Memoir

A #1 NEW RELEASE ON AMAZON!

El McMeen hails from rural Pennsylvania. His full name is "Elmer Ellsworth McMeen, III." That's a good name for a kid, El says, if you want him to learn how to fight in elementary school.

El didn't start so well. He wasn't on the gravy train, more like in front of it, waiting to get run over. He nearly died at birth. He has cerebral palsy. He had a broken home. He was, in his own words, a "miscreant." But his story is one of redemption.

El became a "Wall Street lawyer," an internationally acclaimed acoustic guitarist, and a Christian minister. He and his wife Sheila have four married children and three grandchildren. "The Lord became my GPS," El says, "but in my case He still has to do a lot of 'recalculating.'"

Join El on his journey. He is a gifted storyteller. The road winds through physical disability, youthful misdeeds, family tragedy, Harvard University, Penn Law School, music, and the intricacies of law practice, with a lot of laughs along the way. From small-town life to New York City, and back.

"Growing Up in God's Country" is unabashedly evangelistic. It shows the amazing ways in which God moves in everyday lives. God has a sense of humor, too. If He didn't, El says, where did ours come from?

"wonderfully written, moving memoir of a career lawyer, renowned fingerstyle guitarist, and devout Christian...a fascinating read and highly recommended." - S.

" a witty, joyous, and fully-engaging account ... I am happy to recommend it unreservedly. " - F.

"Written with humor, insight, intellect and spirit ... an important and memorable read." - E.

"Beautifully written personal memoir ... a poignant story of soul-searching and achievement with broad appeal. " - D.

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Growing Up in God's Country: A Memoir

Growing Up in God's Country: A Memoir

by El McMeen
Growing Up in God's Country: A Memoir

Growing Up in God's Country: A Memoir

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A #1 NEW RELEASE ON AMAZON!

El McMeen hails from rural Pennsylvania. His full name is "Elmer Ellsworth McMeen, III." That's a good name for a kid, El says, if you want him to learn how to fight in elementary school.

El didn't start so well. He wasn't on the gravy train, more like in front of it, waiting to get run over. He nearly died at birth. He has cerebral palsy. He had a broken home. He was, in his own words, a "miscreant." But his story is one of redemption.

El became a "Wall Street lawyer," an internationally acclaimed acoustic guitarist, and a Christian minister. He and his wife Sheila have four married children and three grandchildren. "The Lord became my GPS," El says, "but in my case He still has to do a lot of 'recalculating.'"

Join El on his journey. He is a gifted storyteller. The road winds through physical disability, youthful misdeeds, family tragedy, Harvard University, Penn Law School, music, and the intricacies of law practice, with a lot of laughs along the way. From small-town life to New York City, and back.

"Growing Up in God's Country" is unabashedly evangelistic. It shows the amazing ways in which God moves in everyday lives. God has a sense of humor, too. If He didn't, El says, where did ours come from?

"wonderfully written, moving memoir of a career lawyer, renowned fingerstyle guitarist, and devout Christian...a fascinating read and highly recommended." - S.

" a witty, joyous, and fully-engaging account ... I am happy to recommend it unreservedly. " - F.

"Written with humor, insight, intellect and spirit ... an important and memorable read." - E.

"Beautifully written personal memoir ... a poignant story of soul-searching and achievement with broad appeal. " - D.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781644380147
Publisher: Booklocker.com, Incorporated
Publication date: 09/30/2018
Pages: 294
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

El McMeen didn't start well. He nearly died at birth. He has cerebral palsy. He had a broken home. He was a "miscreant" (his word). But his story is one of redemption. He became a "Wall Street Lawyer," an internationally acclaimed guitarist, and a Christian minister, with a wife, four children, and three grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Foreword

1 Lewistown, PA

2 - Irish Jigs in Central PA

3 - Double Double, Toil and Trouble

4 - God and Church in Lewistown

5 - Music in Lewistown

6 - Family

7 - Spiritual Intermission I

8 - Huntingdon, PA

9 - Getting Along

10 - My Career in Media: Paperboy

11 - High School

12 - Music in Huntingdon

13 - God and Church in Huntingdon

14 - Decision Time

15 - “D.L. Moody’s School”

16 - Harvard? Really?

17 - Harvard. Really.

18 - Music at Harvard

19 - God and Church at Harvard

20 - Law School

21 - Penn Law School

22 - Sheila Ann Taenzler

23 - Philly to New York

24 - NYC

25 - Brooklyn

26 - Music; Plateau

27 - Mountain Lakes, NJ

28 - Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Esquires

29 - Mountain Lakes Redux

30 - Spiritual Intermission II: Was God in NJ and NY?

31 - Cravats, and Beef and Lamb

32 - Cabbages and Kings, Semicolons and Wings

33 - Music in the 1980’s: El as Troubadour

34 - Music in the 1980’s: El as Guitar-Picker

35 - More God-at-Work: Jim Ensor

36 - Sparta (NJ, Not the Greek One)

37 - “There’s Something Happening Here”

38 - Sister Franny

39 - What Now?

40 - Rolling Down the Tracts

41 - For the Struggling Christian: Reclaim Your Identity

42 - Are We Sure That We Are Right With God?

43 - Unforgiveness: A Christian Guide to Tearing Down That Wall

44 - God Likes Thumb Picks: Rev. Tony Loeffler and the Solid Rock Evangelistic Association

45 - Ministry in Newton: Towers and Waters

46 - “There’s Something Strange, In the Neighborhood”

47 - Sparta, NJ to Huntingdon, PA?

48 - Indeed, Sparta to Huntingdon!

49 - Back to Sparta

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