Summary of Winn Collier's A Burning in My Bones

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 In 1902, Andre and Juditta Odegard Hoiland loaded their pots and pans, a few family heirlooms, and nine children into a trunk and a couple of canvas bags. They boarded a steamer in Stavanger, Norway, and watched the coastland cliffs fade to mist. They settled in Kalispell, Montana.
#2 The land’s natural beauty overwhelmed the more sordid human elements. The valley’s expansive, hopeful landscape shaped Eugene’s spiritual imagination.
#3 Eugene grew up in Montana, and the land and the sky there became his catechism. He would later write that the Flathead Valley geography became as important in orienting him as theology and the Bible did.
#4 You taught me that if it hadn’t killed me, it was probably good for me. You got me to undertake many things I would not have dared undertake without your encouragement. You also taught me how to take defeat when it came.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Géographie
• Géographie
• Géographie
• Géographie
• Christian Living

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 20 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669355595
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Winn Collier's A Burning in My Bones
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1902, Andre and Juditta Odegard Hoiland loaded their pots and pans, a few family heirlooms, and nine children into a trunk and a couple of canvas bags. They boarded a steamer in Stavanger, Norway, and watched the coastland cliffs fade to mist. They settled in Kalispell, Montana.

#2

The land’s natural beauty overwhelmed the more sordid human elements. The valley’s expansive, hopeful landscape shaped Eugene’s spiritual imagination.

#3

Eugene grew up in Montana, and the land and the sky there became his catechism. He would later write that the Flathead Valley geography became as important in orienting him as theology and the Bible did.

#4

You taught me that if it hadn’t killed me, it was probably good for me. You got me to undertake many things I would not have dared undertake without your encouragement. You also taught me how to take defeat when it came.

#5

Evelyn Peterson was a radio preacher who drew her listeners in with her warm personality and magnetic charm. She never met a stranger, and she constantly welcomed people into their home. She drew and charmed people with her warmth and magnetism.

#6

Evelyn’s preaching was personal, holding listeners at the edge of their pews. She never pulled an illustration out of some glossy pastor’s reference book, but instead offered stories from her own experience.

#7

The Petersons’ American Christmas was canceled that year, and instead they had a Christian Christmas. The family was not celebrating a Norwegian Christmas, but a Christian one. They listened to Old Fashioned Revival Hour on Sundays.

#8

Evelyn’s children all remember her rich life of prayer. She would spend entire days of the week focused on one of her children, praying and discussing everything with God.

#9

Eugene’s father, Don, was a workaholic who wanted to provide his family with a solid future. But his business overwhelmed everything else in his life, including family. He had spent several years proving himself dependable, and so he was entrusted with a razor-edged knife and was sent to a liver for carving.

#10

The butcher shop was where Eugene learned the importance of treating everyone with kindness and dignity, no matter what. His father, on the other hand, was disconnected at home, but at the store, he was at his best.

#11

Don’s business flourished, and so did his community commitments. He received an appointment to the board of the Salvation Army, became a board member of Evangel College, and served for many years with the Gideons. He never once visited home to see his son, Eugene.

#12

Don’s father, Herman, was a skilled carpenter who crafted beauty out of fir, oak, and spruce. He stayed sober only for brief periods. He split his time living in Seattle with his daughter and in Kalispell with Don.

#13

Don Peterson was a model of generosity, often giving away houses he’d bought or rent them to neighbors at slashed rates. Still, the aloneness between Don and Eugene persisted.

#14

The cabin was always Eugene’s true home, and he would return there in need of grounding and to escape notoriety. It was there that he felt the most connected to his father.

#15

Eugene, the second-born, enjoyed being the older brother. He took his role as firstborn seriously, and he enjoyed watching out for his siblings. He loved his mother dearly, but he was still sad that his father was never around.

#16

When Eugene became a pastor, he was surprised at how thoroughly Sven had inoculated him against one answer systems of spiritual care. He was being prepared to understand a congregation as a gathering of people that requires a context as large as the Bible itself if we are to deal with the ambiguities of life in the actual circumstances in which people live them.

#17

Eugene had a special talent for connecting with people on the fringes. He regularly took the short walk to Meridian Road to play chess with a neighbor boy who was wheelchair bound. In high school, he would take out rats at the garbage dump to give the caretaker a reason to smile.

#18

When Eugene went to school, he was bullied by a classmate named Cecil Zachary. One day, Eugene was cornered by Zachary, and something exploded inside him. He suddenly felt stronger than Zachary, and he began to preach to him about Jesus Christ.

#19