Philip Gulley
Author
Series
Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Follows the residents of the small town of Harmony, including pastor Sam Gardner, through various crises of faith and relationship.
Author
Series
Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 1
Description
Home of the hefty noodle casseroles and the world's shortest evangelist, Harmony, Indiana boasts the Coffee Cup café, where a painting of The Last Supper hangs over the salad bar. As his first year in this small, sheltered town unfolds, Pastor Sam Gardner shares his wry observations and humorous stories about its colorful residents.
Author
Series
Hope series (Philip Gulley) volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
When Quaker Pastor Sam Gardner is asked by the ill Unitarian minister to oversee a wedding in his place, Sam naturally agrees. It's not until the couple stands before him that he realizes they're two women. In the tempest of strong opinions and misunderstandings that follows the incident, Sam faces potential unemployment. Deeply discouraged, he wonders if his pastoral usefulness has come to an end. Perhaps it's time for a change. After all, his wife...
Author
Series
Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 5
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Sam Gardner never dreamed he would be thanking God for Harmony's self-appointed general of the religious Right, Dale Hinshaw. God does indeed work in mysterious ways. Amanda Hodge, who has been living with her Uncle Ellis and Aunt Miriam since her parents abandoned her years ago, now faces their return and their desire to be a part of her life again. Dale Hinshaw hovers on the brink of death, in dire need of a heart transplant The whole town is abuzz...
Author
Series
Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 6
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
It's summer in Harmony, but not everything is as sunny as the weather. The good citizens of Harmony are back and stirring up trouble as usual, sometimes with disastrous results. Pastor Sam Gardner must take a leave of absence from his post at Harmony Friends Meeting to take care of his ailing father. But when spunky pastor Krista Riley comes to fill his position, the quirky Quakers seem to fall in love with her, and it begins to look like Sam's sabbatical...
6) Life goes on
Author
Series
Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Pastor Sam Gardner is back in his fourth year serving the eccentric Quaker community of Harmony, Indiana, which continues to bustle with gossip, scandals, and small-town fervor. This year, the Sausage Queen is impeached after a shocking revelation, plunging the town into anarchy as her many and varied responsibilities go unmet. Dale Hinshaw gets his comeuppance when his wife, Dolores, hits the road, leaving Sam to cook Dale's food and do his laundry....
Author
Series
Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Follows Quaker minister Sam Gardner into his third year of ministry as Dale Hinshaw introduces his Salvation Balloons project, Deena Morrison deals with spinsterhood, Jimmy Muldock hides a secret, and Nora Nagle returns home.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
"For too many people, the concepts of original sin, a God who sends people to hell, and Jesus as the only path to God can no longer be stomached. But rather than throwing the baby out with bath water, Philip Gulley, famous for his own controversial theology that affirms universality, urges us to consider letting go of our tightly held beliefs and start the journey towards a dynamic faith. Gulley teaches us to embrace the freedom to let go of those...
Author
Description
"As an antidote to the complexities and challenges of modern life, award-winning author Philip Gulley offers the opportunity to participate in a world where the values of the Quaker way bring equity, peace, healing, and hope. The Quaker Way invites readers to encounter the defining commitments of the Religious Society of Friend, and shows how those ideals can be incorporated in personal and public life to bring renewal and eliminate the clutter that...
14) A lesson in Hope
Author
Series
Hope series (Philip Gulley) volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
When ninety-eight-year-old Olive Charles passes away, leaving the church her nearly million-dollar estate, Pastor Sam Gardner discovers that this unexpected blessing is more of a curse when it stirs up a storm of conflicting opinions among his members.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"America's favorite Quaker storyteller explores the terrain of faith and doubt as shaped by family, church, and young love, finding his way to a less convenient but fully formed adult spirituality. Most of us grow up taking in whole belief systems with our mother's milk, only to discover later that some of the most important questions about God and ourselves don't have easy answers. And then we're faced with a choice--retreat to spiritual security...
Author
Series
Hope series (Philip Gulley) volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Bestselling author Philip Gulley offers humorous, small-town storytelling as he follows the foibles and follies of Pastor Sam Gardner. Thanks to an unexpected windfall, Sam Gardner's congregation (with the exception of a few malcontents) is eager to expand their meetinghouse. But before building can commence, the County Environmental Board and the Department of Natural Resources put the quietus on the plan. A colony of endangered Indiana bats have...
Author
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
Gulley, a Quaker pastor in Indianapolis, writes about real people he has known in a way that "made me feel...as though I were drawn into a world for which I had longed, and yet which I had believed was now inaccessible in these turbulent high-tech times."--Foreword, p.8.