Synopsis
In Looking Homeward..., Dr. Smith gives reports from the homefront line, short slice-of-life stories that cover family life from marriage through the experience of dying and death and all the wonderful joys and challenges in between. This book, reprinted 20 years after its original publish date, reveals Dr. Smith s unique insights into life reflected from the home and lived-out in the challenges of everyday life. In his fresh literary style, he presents a rare behind the scenes view of home life and interprets the view in down-to-earth language.
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The Reverend Dr. R.F. Smith, Jr., pastor emeritus of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Huntington, West Virginia, was an influential church and community leader for decades. He served 21 years as pastor in Huntington before retiring in 1999. His 47-year ministry also included five churches in North Carolina. Dr. Smith took the lead in civic endeavors that served the Huntington community, prominent among which are the Cabell Huntington Hospital Pastoral Care Department, Hospice of Huntington, and the area branch of Habitat for Humanity. He served 11 years (1987-1998) on the Cabell Huntington Hospital Board of Directors and was influential in bringing hundreds of Amazon.com jobs to Huntington. During his career, he wrote for a newspaper syndicate that placed his writings in more than 1,000 newspapers around the nation with a combined readership of over 60 million. He was a popular after-dinner speaker for civic, business, and professional conventions. In 1997, he pubished, "Sit Down, God...I'm Angry," about the untimely death of his 17-year-old son from a water skiing accident. In 1999, Dr. Smith began his Sunday column, Looking Homeward, in Huntington s Herald -Dispatch. Upon his death in 2003, his daughter, Becky, continued his column drawing upon his poignant stories, writings and notes.
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Looking Homeward . Reports from the Homefront Line
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Brentwood Christian Press, Columbus GA, 1986
ISBN 10: 1556300395
ISBN 13: 9781556300394
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Soft cover
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Seller: The Book Exchange, Hickory, NC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade paperback, no edition stated, in very good, clean, tight condition. 119 pages. Apparently signed by the author on the half title page as follows: Best Wishes - and a signature that would do a doctor proud (almost illegible} {sorry no offense intended}! The pictorial cover has minor edgewear and handling with a couple of small pinkish stains on the front. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 015932