These provocative ponderings and questions from one who some have called a modern-day prophet will change how you look at life. Noel Francisco reaches through the disillusionment spread across modern American culture by combining dispassionate scholarly discipline with a passion for human culture. Each of these vignettes, presented as questions and ponderings, can serve as a launching pad for a sermon, a group discussion, or personal reflection and growth.

This is the down-to-earth experiences of Noel and Barbara in a growing love, the joys (and sometimes difficulties) of raising four children, life as a professor's family, and the renewing vigor of having a lake home as centering place for family and friends. The book is written in simple, direct language to describe the events and experiences of Noel and Barbara through their sixty-two-plus years of marriage and family life. It portrays the wonders in the uplifting life of a couple deeply in love with each other. While the marriage of Noel and Barbara was a rich experience, it was from the...

This is the down-to-earth experiences of Noel and Barbara in a growing love, the joys (and sometimes difficulties) of raising four children, life as a professor's family, and the renewing vigor of having a lake home as centering place for family and friends. The book is written in simple, direct language to describe the events and experiences of Noel and Barbara through their sixty-two-plus years of marriage and family life. It portrays the wonders in the uplifting life of a couple deeply in love with each other. While the marriage of Noel and Barbara was a rich experience, it was from the...