Christi Harlan

Broschiertes Buch

Mr. President, The Class Is Yours

Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Lessons in Washington, D.C.

Beschreibung

Between stints as a Sunday School teacher at Plains Baptist Church and Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States and-on at least 17 Sunday mornings-the leader of Bible study with the Couples Class at the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C. For the first time, the 14 known recordings of President Carter's Sunday School lessons are transcribed here in Mr. President, The Class Is Yours and introduced with the historical context of the issues confronting the President outside the church walls-from the collapse of the toxic Love Canal to the near meltdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the 444-day captivity of hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. In his Sunday School lessons, President Carter rarely mentioned current events. Belying the cares of his office, Carter's words show him to be a consummate Bible teacher, deeply knowledgeable about the scriptural text and adept at uncovering practical applications within each text. At the same time, the President was personable, engaging and frequently humorous. Whether you're a Bible student, a historian or simply an admirer of Jimmy Carter, each of the lessons in this book contains a gem of insight into a great Sunday School teacher who just happened to have a terrible day job.

Autor

Christi Harlan is the author of Normal Lives: Jimmy Carter and His Washington Church and the companion book, Mr. President, The Class Is Yours: Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Lessons in Washington, D.C. She is a writer and communications consultant in Washington, D.C. During a 20-year career as a reporter, her articles appeared on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Morning News and the Austin American-Statesman. After newspapers, she held top communications jobs at the Senate Banking Committee, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Beginning with Hurricane Katrina, Christi spent six years as a volunteer and consultant in disaster public affairs with the American Red Cross, providing media interviews and writing eyewitness accounts of the Red Cross's response to hurricanes, ice storms, flooding and the deadly tornadoes in Enterprise, Alabama, and Joplin, Missouri.A native of Manhattan, Kansas, Christi attended junior and senior high school in Houston and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and English from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. She was accepted to the Knight Fellowship in Law for Journalists and earned a Master of Studies in Law from Yale Law School.In August 1993, Christi joined the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., where her journalistic skills of taking notes and writing suited the jobs of church clerk and volunteer communications director. She is owned by two cats who think every computer screen is occupied by magical nests of squirrels.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Christi Harlan Media LLC
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9798990226302
• Artikelnr.: 70565710