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InterVarsity Press
2004
ISBN 0-8308-3236-X 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 Hardcover
94 pages $12.00
2004
ISBN 0-8308-3236-X 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 Hardcover
94 pages $12.00
Ernest Herndon is the outdoors editor at a Mississippi Newspaper. He's also the religion editor. Strange
combination that they may seem, he has found that the two areas overlap quite naturally.
In this book Herndon combines his woodsman's wisdom and fervent faith to explore the great outdoors - trekking
through the forest, sloughing through swamps and riding over rapids - all the while keeping an eye out for the
fingerprints of God.
So grab your backpack, put on your hiking boots, and head out with Herndon for thirteen outdoor adventures,
each leading to the wildest yet safest place of all, the expansive country of God's heart.
combination that they may seem, he has found that the two areas overlap quite naturally.
In this book Herndon combines his woodsman's wisdom and fervent faith to explore the great outdoors - trekking
through the forest, sloughing through swamps and riding over rapids - all the while keeping an eye out for the
fingerprints of God.
So grab your backpack, put on your hiking boots, and head out with Herndon for thirteen outdoor adventures,
each leading to the wildest yet safest place of all, the expansive country of God's heart.
An excerpt from
Nature Trails and Gospel Tales:
The Bible itself is a great source of nature writing, from beginning to end. You
might call it the greatest outdoor story ever told. The Good Book is full of
hunters, fishermen, campers, hikers, and boaters. It contains the most beautiful
nature poetry ever written. And its adventure stories are unparalleled. Where
else do you find a fish catching a man (Jonah) rather than vice versa?...
Jesus and his buddies were outdoorsmen, not scholars or psychotherapists.
They would have been more at home in a flatbottom boat running trotlines than at
an academic conference or in a fancy cathedral. When Jesus needed time alone,
he headed for the wilderness (Mark 6:46; Luke 9:28), just like a lot of us do.
Nature Trails and Gospel Tales:
The Bible itself is a great source of nature writing, from beginning to end. You
might call it the greatest outdoor story ever told. The Good Book is full of
hunters, fishermen, campers, hikers, and boaters. It contains the most beautiful
nature poetry ever written. And its adventure stories are unparalleled. Where
else do you find a fish catching a man (Jonah) rather than vice versa?...
Jesus and his buddies were outdoorsmen, not scholars or psychotherapists.
They would have been more at home in a flatbottom boat running trotlines than at
an academic conference or in a fancy cathedral. When Jesus needed time alone,
he headed for the wilderness (Mark 6:46; Luke 9:28), just like a lot of us do.
