A new edition of early 20th century best-selling author Harold Bell Wright’s classic, edited by Michael Phillips.
The Shepherd of the Hills is the classic story of the stranger who takes the Old Trail deep into the Ozark mountains, many miles from civilization. His appearance signals intellect and culture, yet his countenance is marked by grief and disappointment. He is a man with a mission, yet one which no one understands. What is his purpose in taking on the lowly work of tending local sheep? And how is it that he befriends these simple hill folk, despite his coming from the world beyond the ridges?
I am writing this as an open letter to a few select individuals who are dear to my life and heart. I hope and pray that anyone else into whose hands it chances to come may find it interesting, and may in some way benefit from it.
All my life I have been what is loosely called "evangelical" in my general outlook and spiritual perspective. As such, in order to breathe freely in my spirit and keep my brain and heart thriving and growing, I have found it necessary to re-think many of the doctrinal particulars of belief in which I was raised.
What follows is not an autobiography by any means of that journey. It is rather an attempt to place my sojourn into a wider context, and to explain this "necessity" I have felt to explore Christian thought beyond the boundaries of the teaching I received at various stages of my life.
This is an immensely practical book about successfully coping with your busy schedule… and then moving beyond coping to successful goal reaching!
This book is geared to busy homemakers, harried students, overworked pastors, and pressured businesspeople, whatever their temperaments or personalitites.
Part One gives you the three keys of discipline, efficiency, and decisiveness, the bases for coping with daily duties.
Part Two tells you how to supervise other people—your children, the members of your church group, or your employees. The basic principles are the same for all.
Part Three gives principles for problem-solving. Sample worksheets help you to see what needs doing and how to do it.
Questions throughout the book help the reader to apply the principles to daily life.
Here’s how to get done what you have to get done so you have time to do what you really want to do!
