Bill Chamberlin

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Husband, Dad, ELCA Lutheran Pastor, Chaplain, stand-up philosopher/theologian, cyclist, reader, hiker, music fan, cat lover, work-in-progress He/him/his

9 book covers of books recommended for spiritual preparation for the upcoming Jewish High Holidays
The Fifth Commandment You shall not murder What is this? or What does this mean? We are to fear and love God, so that we neither endanger nor harm the lives of our neighbors, but instead help and support them in all of life’s needs.
Poem excerpt: How much does empire cost? Land and language and blood and history and futures and present. How much does resistance cost? Land and language and blood and history and futures and present. How to weigh them both? Land and language and blood and history and futures and present. Hello to the complicated art of living with one another.
Hand holding a book, cover is off-white with bold, black, staggered lettering. Title is “How The Word Is Passed.” Subtitle inset in smaller orange lettering: “A Reckoning With The History of Slavery Across America.” Author’s name centered at bottom of cover. Clint Smith
Book cover with dark blue horizontal paint strokes over a background of cursive handwriting. Paint strokes serve as background for book title type: Everything Happens For A Reason. Cursive writing background is the book subtitle: And other lies I’ve loved. Light blue horizontal paint strokes at bottom with author’s name: Kate Bowler.
Plain white book cover with title displayed in centered, multi-line text: Telling The Truth, The Gospel As Tragedy, Comedy & Fairy Tale. Author’s name below the title: Frederick Buechner
Book cover Pastel background Illustrations of assorted birds and plants around edges Title Holy Envy in orange lettering center of cover Subtitle is Finding God in the Faith of Others Author’s name Barbara Brown Taylor across bottom.
Hand holding a book in front of a bookshelf, the book cover is a photo of a young child jumping from a diving board, away from the viewer. Title text -The Sum of Us at the top of the cover, subtitle text in center of cover, What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, author’s name Heather McGhee at the bottom of the cover.
Pink paperback book cover standing up in front of other books on shelf. Top center of cover has a red image of a wrench sticking up from leaves. Title of book in black lettering, multi-line, centered: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance with author’s name centered below: Robert M. Pirsig
Yellow book cover with black hand printed lettering. Title: The Bible Tells Me So… Author: Peter Enns White circle with a black shining sword horizontal on a pale green background inside the circle appears above author’s last name
Black curtain valance at top of book cover, white background with silhouette of cottage house surrounded by fence, thatched roof, all perched on hen’s legs. Two human figure silhouettes below house at bottom left. Book title, Thistlefoot in red lettering below curtain valance at top; author’s name GennaRose Nethercott squeezed into bottom right corner in red lettering.
Book cover illustration of a large valley/gorge, left side in shadow, right side sunlit, snow capped mountains in the far distance. A hanging bridge is suspended from both sides with silhouettes of figures walking across. Multi-line book title centered in top half of illustration: The Bridge of San Luis Rey Author’s name appears at bottom of valley/gorge: Thornton Wilder Bottom right corner of cover displays price of twenty-five cents
Book cover with green top and bottom borders, separated by a white field. The white field contains blue title text “Where God Meets Man” above and interlocking blue and green maze with a cross at the center. The top green border contains the author’s name, Gerhard O. Forde. The bottom green border contains the subtitle, “Luther’s Down-to-Earth Approach to the Gospel.
Hardback book cover, dark blue border with off-white center, title wording What On Earth Have I Done at top, author’s name Robert Fulghum at bottom
Yellow soft back book cover depicting two human figures walking away from the viewer toward a sunset between two palm trees. Author name - Christopher Moore at top, book title Lamb at bottom
Cover of book Open Secrets by Richard Lischer; cover displays title in open sky over quaint rural townscape
Small flower pot on windowsill containing a mini-orchid plant with dark green leaves, pale green roots and a brown dying (dead?) stem supported by stick