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    Life Goes On: A Harmony Novel

    By Philip Gulley

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    Squarely in the crosshairs of the Church's heresy hunters, can Pastor Sam survive?

    It's a madcap year in Harmony, Indiana, as Sam Gardner struggles through his fourth year as pastor of the Harmony Friends Meeting. Join the thousands of readers who have fallen in love with the charming small town that hosts what BookPage calls "the biggest collection of crusty, lovable characters since James Herriot settled in Yorkshire."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 17, 2009
    ISBN9780061760365
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    Life Goes On: A Harmony Novel
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    Philip Gulley

    Philip Gulley is a Quaker minister, writer, husband, and father. He is the bestselling author of Front Porch Tales, the acclaimed Harmony series, and is coauthor of If Grace Is True and If God Is Love. Gulley lives with his wife and two sons in Indiana, and is a frequent speaker at churches, colleges, and retreat centers across the country.

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    • 4/5
      Well, so, okay. It still doesn't make 100% sense when Sam narrates some of the Harmony books (including this one) in first person, slipping into omniscient narration about other people's lives at times. Even so, this is one of my favorite novels in the series so far.Why? Because of the way Sam seriously has to face himself in this one, to consider what the heck he's been doing as a pastor since his early days in the ministry. While I'd say the aftermath of his reckoning eventually comes to an open-ended fizzle-out in a way, that particular door is indeed open now. So it'll be all the more interesting if it leads to a difference in the following novels.Like every other Harmony book, this one had me laughing out loud plenty of times. And the ending is a heartbreakingly beautiful one.
    • 4/5
      Gulley's books are wonderful! You should read the Harmony series form the beginning only for the characters! Each book gets funnier and funnier because of the characters. I was almost on the floor laughing at Mrs. Hinshaw's trash bag revenge against her husband.These books are gems for the laughter and the subtle lessons the author brings to them.It is insight into ourselves.
      If you are having a bad day these are the perfect books to read!
      No other books make me smile,laugh,chuckle and giggle the way Harmony series do!
    • 4/5
      I really enjoy this series. Gulley writes with such humor and tenderness about these residents of a small town in Indiana, whom we have come to love.
    • 3/5
      Philip Gulley's Harmony series follows the daily lives of Quaker pastor Sam Gardner and his small town Indiana flock. Much of the humor in these novels comes through recognizing others -- or perhaps ourselves -- in the idiosyncrasies of the church and/or community members. In this fourth novel in the series, Sam, during a time of self-reflection, realizes that he has spent his career trying to please people by saying what they want to hear instead of speaking from his convictions. The contents of the novel suggest that Gulley has gone through a similar process. In the previous novels, Gulley illustrated church politics through controversies over church facilities or special events. In this book, Gulley addresses controversial political and theological issues in a way that might alienate some of his faithful readers. Although there were some very funny passages in the book, I sensed undercurrents of frustration and anger that detracted from my reading pleasure.
    • 4/5
      The fourth full novel in Philip Gulley's Harmony series details Sam Gardner's fourth year as pastor of the Quaker church in his hometown of Harmony, Indiana. The same quirky characters fill the local church, leading to laughter and no small amount of consternation for Sam and his wife.Unfortunately, this novel seems less lively than the first three books in the series. There is a particularly humorous episode relating how miscommunication leads to someone driving through town during his own funeral service, but otherwise the laughs and the tears seem a little more contrived and a little more ho-hum.Gulley himself is a fantastic writer, and the writing itself is strong, with an easy to enjoy pace and style (though interestingly, Gulley decides to have Sam narrate this novel himself, unlike others in the series). But the stories have a little less zing, on the whole. In some ways, this can be characteristic of life in the church -- things can even out after the pastor has been around for a while; it also can be characteristic of a novel series that is losing steam.Not that there aren't pleasures in Life Goes On. Sam again faces some personal challenges, which are interestingly dealt with, with some unexpected participation from some others in the church. And the lovely single Deena Morrison, who seems somewhat out of place in the town, finds a suitor in a visiting (and handsome) medical doctor.If you've spent time with the people in Harmony, you'll want to visit with them again. But the slightly empty space in your heart will be the recognition that this visit was not as special or as memorable as the previous ones.