“Sing Along With Me: Sequel to This Is My Story, This Is My Song” is a second memoir book of a notable and talented minister in his community and parishes. Leonard Buxton recounts and spiels his life being a clergy, a son of a preacher who rejected the strict dictates as he finds his path to honesty and undeserved grace.
Buxton nonetheless embraces liberalism and progressive ideology, both within the church and in the U.S.'s civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Step into the strange vagaries of a clergyman's life, one dotted with hills and valleys, successes and betrayals, and a generous dose of serendipity. This a sequel of his book This Is My Story, This Is My Song: Book One: The First Forty-Four Years recounts the first half of his engaging life and his long career in ministry. The scenarios and stories are no less compelling or challenging than his earlier ministry. One senses God's presence in multiple stories of being the right man in the right moment at the right time in the right place.
The author artistically recounts his story in a deeply honest and personal way. This is a light book to read with rich reflection on his experiences, written with candor and humility, and observing people and events through the kind lens of his dedication to serving others and his evolving faith as a Methodist minister. Sprinkled with humor and filled with stories of camping, theatre, family trips, and worldwide tourism, Sing Along With Me is a testimony of faith and song. It's an unbelievable drama and a hope-filled measure of encouragement and comfort. To quote one of Leonard's aspirations for this memoir, “For those still casting around an unclear future, this may say 'Take heart; life will be full of surprises.'”
This light read book is worth turning pages and good to share with family and friends.
Book copies are available at Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Sing-Along-Me-Sequel-Story/dp/1525590219/) and other online book retailers.
Sing Along With Me: Sequel to This Is My Story, This Is My Song
Written by: Leonard S. Buxton
Published by: FriesenPress
Published date: April 8, 2021
Paperback Price: $11.79
Hardcover Price: $13.45
About the Author:
Reverend Leonard Buxton has fulfilled his calling as a parish clergyman and counselor in dozens of parishes across the United States. Sing Along With Me is the sequel to This Is My Story, This Is My Song, published in 2019 by FriesenPress, which covers the first forty-four years of Buxton's life.
Buxton now lives in a senior retirement community in the small city of Pittston, in northeast Pennsylvania. He lives with his wife of sixty-three years.
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