News to Me

InNews to Me: Gospel Stories for the Real World, Lawrence Wood brings together insights from Scripture with his own observations of the "real world" to create thirty-two moving reflections on the Christian life. Drawing from the wells of history, the lives of famous and not-so-famous people, and his own observations of popular culture, Wood combines Scripture with experience to offer a captivating view of the Gospels at work.

Lawrence Wood is senior pastor at First Congregational Church of Darien in Darien, Connecticut. Previously he served for several years as a pastor in Michigan

Overture	p. 1
Who	p. 7
Jordan Stones	p. 9
Drop-Dead Gorgeous	p. 16
Advice for Lonely Hearts	p. 21
Remember Me	p. 28
A Conversation	p. 33
Handel's Messiah	p. 39
Hidden in Plain Sight	p. 44
The Nearest Star	p. 49
What	p. 55
My Disagreements with Jesus	p. 57
And Then It Hits You	p. 62
The Unqualified Christian	p. 67
Run the Race	p. 72
Old News	p. 77
Everything Must Go	p. 82
Taste Test	p. 87
Labors of Love	p. 92
Where	p. 101
Ultima Thule	p. 103
Nowhere to Go but Up	p. 108
Teeth Set on Edge	p. 113
Scotty's Castle	p. 119
Selling the Eiffel Tower	p. 125
Firsthand	p. 131
The Capsized Boat	p. 137
The Voice of One	p. 142
When	p. 149
Do You Come Here Often?	p. 151
Now and Then	p. 156
The Monarch Butterfly	p. 161
Field of Blood	p. 167
Berry Picking	p. 173
Searching and Knowing	p. 178
Bride of Christ	p. 185
The Second Coming	p. 191
Notes	p. 197
Bibliography	p. 199
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