A Journey with God: Taking the Road Less Traveled - Softcover

Mattingly, Burle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996688331 ISBN 13: 9780996688338

Publisher: Freeze Time Media, 2015

Synopsis

When Burle Mattingly was a young boy, World War II was always in front of him, in the troop trains that passed by on the railroad close to his home or the military planes in the air above him. He would join them in flying his plane from the high limbs of the silver maple in the front yard. A cold, foggy, misty day was no day for flying B-29s or fighter planes from the maple tree, so he decided to go to the barn loft and play. He began making tunnels through the stacks of hay bales. Coming out the back of a large stack, he slid down into a brilliant light all around him. He fell on his face. He was in the presence of divinity. Finally, a person began talking to him: “Burle, your life will be given in witness to me. Your life will not be lived out according to your desire or will. God’s will and purpose will be what you will do.” Burle answered, “I do not want to be a minister and follow the pathway of my ancestors. I want to be a pilot, or a wise philosopher, or an attorney like Clarence Darrow.” He responded, “Your calling, your vocation is to be a witness to God, and I will be the decision maker in your life. This is your calling, this is your life,” and he departed. For years, Burle wandered around in the wilderness, refusing to do God’s will. The day finally came when he stood at the fork in the road, looking down both roads. He took the one less traveled, and this is the story of his life.

About this title

About the Author:

Burle Mattingly is a Presbyterian minister. He was ordained in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and later transferred to the Presbyterian Church U.S. His commitment has been to small town and rural churches. He is also a teacher and has taught many courses in various churches and presbyteries. He also taught world history in high school for six years while he was pastor of a church in Texas. Burle has a B.S.Ed. in the social sciences from Henderson State Teachers College. He also has a master of divinity and a master of arts in religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Burle has forty-seven years of service to small town and rural churches.

About this edition

• Publisher: Freeze Time Media
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0996688331
• ISBN 13: 9780996688338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368