“Like Those Who Dream”: Conference pastor publishes book of sermons
Cascadia Publishing House of Telford, Pa, announces the pre-release on November 23, 2008 of Like Those Who Dream, a 200-page book of sermons preached at the Salford Mennonite Church of Harleysville over a fifteen-year span.
The author, James C. Longacre of Barto, Pa, who served in various leadership roles in the Franconia Menninte Conference for four decades, was pastor at the Salford congregation from 1992-2006. His book, subtitled, Sermons for Salford Mennonite Church and Beyond, selects thirty from the more than five hundred sermons he preached during his time at Salford.
Mennonite Seminary President Nelson Kraybill notes the sermons’ “global perspective, dry wit and keen theological insight” that make them “wonderully relevant” to a contemporary audience. Nationally recognized scriptural scholar Walter Brueggeman writes, “Not often do oral sermons ring true in written form … but these do!”
Longacre, who is retired from ministry, will be presented with the first copy of Like Those Who Dream at Salford’s regular Sunday morning service on November 23. The following Friday evening, November 28, 7:00 to 9:00 pm, the public is invited to a book-signing event at the Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road near Harleysville, Pa.
At the signing, Longacre, Michael King of Cascadia Publishing House, and John L. Ruth, a former co-minister of the author, will comment on the uniqueness of this book in the history of the eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite community.
Copies will be available for purchase at the autographing session. Publication and order information is available at Cascadia Publishing House.
For more information on the book-signing event call 215 256 3020.
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