A Place To Talk - DeFoore, John N Sr.
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In the mid to late 1970s, John N. DeFoore had a popular television program called, "A Place to Talk," broadcast out of Abilene, Texas. He was a popular speaker at retreats and conferences during that time as well. This book is a collection of talks given by John DeFoore on "A Place to Talk" in 1975 and at Laity Lodge retreats in 1973 and 1978. The recordings of the sessions were transcribed and collected into this book. Much liberty has been taken in sentence structure to keep the conversational manner of John's talks. He tends to connect his series and thoughts with "and" and parenthetical…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
In the mid to late 1970s, John N. DeFoore had a popular television program called, "A Place to Talk," broadcast out of Abilene, Texas. He was a popular speaker at retreats and conferences during that time as well. This book is a collection of talks given by John DeFoore on "A Place to Talk" in 1975 and at Laity Lodge retreats in 1973 and 1978. The recordings of the sessions were transcribed and collected into this book. Much liberty has been taken in sentence structure to keep the conversational manner of John's talks. He tends to connect his series and thoughts with "and" and parenthetical comments (usually enclosed in emdashes here). Sometime that tends to create a long run-on sentence, but those conventions have been left in to allow the reader to follow his uninterrupted train of thought and read the talks in John's manner of speaking them. It should be noted that these were telecasts and in-person sessions, so John does sometimes comment about putting "something on the board." For the most part these references to diagrams can be interpreted or "imagined" by the reader. They remain, because often within the reference hide nuggets of wisdom or insight. These recordings were of conversations and talks from over forty years ago-a different era when gender roles were more defined. With that in mind, the reader will need to look beyond any stereotype situations and read words of wisdom which are just as relevant and timeless today as they were when the sessions were recorded.
Autorenporträt
John DeFoore was born in a small town in Mississippi. He grew up surrounded by cotton fields and dense forests. He left home at age 17 and went to work with a highway construction group. He finished high school, started college, and entered the Army when WWII began. He served seven years: enlisting as a private first class and being discharged as a major. He was in the infantry and saw service in New Guinea, the Netherlands East Indies, and the Philippines. He was awarded the Bronze Star during an amphibious landing on Morotai Island. After the war, John was ordained as a Baptist minister and graduated from Mississippi College with a Bachelor of Science degree, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Theology degree. He did further study at New College in Edinburgh, Scotland, Princeton, Harvard, and the Jungian Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. He served as a missionary in Alaska for 5 years, then pastored in Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas for more than 30 years. He began his second career as a counselor and international business consultant and retired from this practice at 98 years of age. He and his wife Marion Sue live in Boerne, Texas. He is the father of four sons. At 104 years old, John spends his days writing and reading. Since retiring, he has written more than a dozen books.