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    20 Chapters…40,000 words later

    Posted on Thursday 15 June 2006 by Greg @ 7:21 am
    Filed under: Rants

    I’ve been working from early morning to late at night for the last four days or so typing furiously on my laptop. To be honest I felt your prayers. God energized me through His Holy Spirit (and several Venti Coffees from Starbuck’s) and I was able to finish two thirds of my book!

    As I reflect on the truths that God taught me before I was eighteen years old and how many of these learning experiences were directly tied to some radical chain of events that unfolded in my life, I stand in awe of God’s Sovereignty. While my story is pretty, well, crazy (the book is called Call me Crazy after all) your story is no less signficant. Just know this, God is working through every situation of your young, volatile life to put together something beautiful.

    Don’t resist it. Enjoy the ride even if get’s bumpy.

    Anyway, here are the chapter titles that I think that I’m going to go with…

        Death encounter #1 War of the womb

        Mom, the baseball bat and the purpose of life

    Shattered glass, slit wrists and sin

    Death encounter #2: Poisoned

    Demon dogs are after me

    Jack and Jesus

    Hell made me pee my pants

    Bob and God

    Let Jesus into my what?

    Bullets, Bibles and the Burbs

    Death encounter #3: Butterscotch Candy

    Adam, Eve and the missing link

    A bad dad will drive you mad

    Yankee’s Weird, Wild and Wonderful Church

    $50 worth of pennies buys a lot

    Report cards on Judgment Day

    The cloud that haunts me still

    A whole lot of shaking going on

    The Phone Call from Hell

    Oh brother where art thou?

    Taylor Made

    The shopping mall and the essence of knowing

    Holy Spirit Hustle

    Death encounter #4: Massive Heart Attack

    One Rogue Uncle

    My Circle of Friends

    Granny’s got a gun…run!

    “Heaven is non-smoking ma!”

    The Maker of Eric and Earth

    Worship while you work

    Each of these chapters ties into a truth about God that he taught me through the experience. Do you like these chapters? Any suggestions? What’s your favorite? Who loves ya?

    Signed, Greg Stier
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    9 Comments for '20 Chapters…40,000 words later'

    1. On June 15, 2006 @ 8:26 am Littlekbaker said:
      • I remember when you have told us several of those stories, they are so funny. The butterscotch, the baseball bat…. I am so excited to read your book when its done and out!! When do you want to have it published and on the book shelves?

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    2. On June 15, 2006 @ 10:34 am knotter said:
      • Some really catchy titles in there.  I’m really interested in hearing about how Hell made you pee your pants.  And I’m wondering if Tayor Made has anything to do with that wonderfully frustrating game called golf.  Looking forward to the book!

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    3. On June 15, 2006 @ 4:38 pm Becky said:
      • A few of those titles are funny.Starbucks mmm.

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    4. On June 15, 2006 @ 5:31 pm Gary W. Cox said:
      • I can’t waith to read "shattered glass ,slit wrists and sin."  Sounds like somthing my students and even friends could stand to read and profit from. Keep it going man. Remember, " I can do all things through Christ who strenghtens me." Seems to have helped me a lot lately. God Bless.

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    5. On June 15, 2006 @ 11:31 pm Ashley Buckner said:
      • Now the butterscotch candy thing just brought back so many memories. First of you telling it and then of those kids running up and throwing them at you later. Hee-hee! Only in Seattle, man. Anyhoo, back to the book. I’m with knotter. The Hell Made Me Pee My Pants chapter sounds very interesting. And Holy Spirit Hustle. And one question, what’s with the Death Encounter things? Is that something that we don’t get to know about until we read the book? I mean I know a couple of them are really death encounters, but are all of those? So that’s my question. But I can’t wait to read it! Tell us when it’s coming out. L8r. Signing Off, Ashley

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    6. On June 15, 2006 @ 11:51 pm Adam said:
      • That a lot of chapters Greg.  I can’t wait to read all of them.  Especially Jack and Jesus. I let my grandpa listen to one of the cd’s of you preaching about your uncle Jack accepting Christ.  He freaked out man.  He’s says, can he really say that?  Man, I like this guy.  Anyway just goes to show you you’re reaching more that just teens.  May the lord bless you with the rest of the book.

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    7. On June 16, 2006 @ 8:49 am Some Body said:
      • Love the chapter titles! Can’t wait to read ‘em. ‘Bullets, Bible, and Burb’, what does that mean??? Don’t really have a ‘favorite’ so far though! They all sound very intriging (sp?)

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    8. On June 26, 2006 @ 4:12 pm Tara said:
      • I’m thinkin……."Granny’s gotta gun, run!" Ya, definately. Becuz I’ve heard your family stories and I can only imagine what that chapter is gonna be like. Well anyways…Houston is gonna miss game day, but hey…its gonna be ok….we’ll try and drive to Atlanta….or Phoenix, whichever is closer…If you’re from there tell me if you got the hook ups…lol. Lots of Love losers.                                                                                                                ~TaRa~

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