Lectionary Tales for the Pulpit

Stories to help the preacher touch the hearts of adults... children... to evoke laughter and tears with an ironic twist or a surprise ending...<br><br><i>John Sumwalt's stories are a treat -- the gospel comes alive in common life and in regular people and suddenly we are enchanted by grace.</i><br>Donald F. Chatfield<br>Professor of Preaching<br>Garret-Evangelical Theological Seminary<br><br><i>John Sumwalt's stories bring the gospel to life in the fullest sense of that phrase... I have grown to appreciate the way John's stories direct my eyes and open my ears to God's presence in the everyday occasions of life.</i><br>Michael E. Williams<br>Director of Preaching Ministries<br>General Board of Discipleship<br>The United Methodist Church<br><br><b>John Sumwalt</b> is a popular storyteller in churches schools for civic groups and on radio and television throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. He leads storytelling workshops for pastors Sunday school teachers and camp counselors.<br><br>His wife Jo Perry-Sumwalt a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside collaborates with her husband in the creations of these lectionary tales.