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| Title | : | The Lilies of the Field (The Lilies of the Field #1) |
| Author | : | William Edmund Barrett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 127 pages |
| Published | : | February 1995 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 1962) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction. Christian |
William Edmund Barrett
Paperback | Pages: 127 pages Rating: 3.98 | 2161 Users | 221 Reviews
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This was actually a really neat story. The main character is a black man who was brought up as a Southern Baptist, and who doesn't like to have a "boss" over him (he likes to be free to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants). He's driving along just doing whatever and stops to meet some German Catholic nuns who are working really hard outdoors building a fence, and decides to chip in by helping them repair some roof shingles. Immediately there is a language barrier because the nuns are learning English and so there's not a lot of talking going on between the nuns and this man. The "Mother" of the nuns is an interesting character too. She doesn't "praise" this man for his hard work and actually expects him to continue working day after day until her main dream in life is to have a chapel built where the last one was burned down. So, this man feels led to help these nuns and yet he doesn't understand why. He feels a sense of liberation in helping them but at the same time, his human nature wants something in return for his hard work: money. He does not get paid in money for his hard work. If anything, he becomes more generous and gives more of himself to the nuns and their mission, fulfilling a higher spiritual purpose. All said and done, this story is about human nature versus faith and prayer and the greater good of being led to do something more of what life calls for you to do. Sometimes life (or God) guides people to fulfill a higher calling than what you've set out to do in the first place. This often brings great joy in our lives and it has nothing to do with monetary gain.
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| Original Title: | The Lilies of the Field |
| ISBN: | 0446315001 (ISBN13: 9780446315005) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Lilies of the Field #1 |
| Characters: | Homer Smith |
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the most unlikely pairing - a group of German nuns living in a remote southwestern part of the US who can't speak very good English -- and a recently discharged black GI. He teaches them English and they persuade him to help build their chapel. A mere slip of a book and a decades old movie with Sidney Poitier; this is a little gem waiting to be re-discovered for its simplicity and wisdom.When he looked up after the "Amen" they were all looking at him happily. Nobody said anything but they were glad that he was home. A man felt a thing like that.Awwwwwwwww.A certain someone sent me this as a present, like the wonderful person she is. ;D Thanks, fren!It was very atmospheric, with a writing style that's economical in general but doesn't skimp on description when necessary: I especially appreciated the parts where Homer was sitting out by himself under the dark prairie sky and
I have one of the first editions of this book. The pages are turning brown and it won't withstand much handling but that's to be expected because it's coming up on fifty years old.The Lilies of the Field is a deceptively simple story about a group of determined German nuns who truly believe in the Gospel message, 'Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so
What does it take to believe all over again? What does it take to get faith restored and perhaps look at life the way you never did? It is strange how in todays time, when faith is most needed, people are renouncing theirs at the drop of a hat. I sometimes wonder how they do it so easily. So effortlessly this giving up on something they believed in once upon a time. However, at sometimes I also believe that faith hasnt gone anywhere. It is lying deep somewhere within them waiting to be
This was actually a really neat story. The main character is a black man who was brought up as a Southern Baptist, and who doesn't like to have a "boss" over him (he likes to be free to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants). He's driving along just doing whatever and stops to meet some German Catholic nuns who are working really hard outdoors building a fence, and decides to chip in by helping them repair some roof shingles. Immediately there is a language barrier because the nuns are
I had a vague recollection of seeing the film adaptation of this book, so when I saw it sitting there on the shelf at the used book store, I just had to grab it. I am glad I did. It was sweet, heart-warming, sometimes ad and mostly amusing. Homer was a wonderful man. I really loved and respected that he stuck with it. He made a promise and he saw it through. I definitely felt teary at the end. It is an awfully short story and I am glad I took time from my longer book to read it.
A very short read (my copy was 127 pages long) either based on or the inspiration for the Sidney Poitier movie of the same name. The wording is sparse but carries its meaning well. The characters a little simple, because of the sparse wording, but they flesh out better as the story goes. There are unsaid things in between the sparse words, which always appeals to me. A fine story of faith, inspiration, the man on the road, making the desert bloom as the rose, and some comments on race. People in
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