The Gospel Blimp (and Other Parables)

A blimp that saves souls. A college student who flies. A conflicted southern preacher in the wake of a local lynching. A mysterious stranger at a corporate Christmas party who turns water into wine.Beginning in the late 1950s Joe Bayly made it his business to expose the blind spots of American Christianity. How did he do it? He wrote parables--or as Joe put it stories on target. And as it turns out he did a pretty good job at it.Here in one collection are Joes wisest and funniest stories. These are stories about sinners bumblers fools and hypocrites. In other words they are stories about normal everyday people. The kind you might find on the other side of a mirror.And really if youre not looking in the mirror youre missing the point. Not that Joe was mean. Satirists neednt always be scoffers or cynics. Joe just saw people the way they were and loved them enough to say so. And he had a knack for saying so with wit charm and a healthy dose of good humor.