Still Waters

by W. Phillip Keller

After a messy and very public divorce from her magnate husband, E Stuart is persuaded by her college chum to move from Atlanta.....

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction, Nature, Biography

159 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Weldon Phillip Keller (1920-1997) wrote more than thirty-five books on Christian subjects, including his most popular book A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 The son of missionary parents in Kenya, Keller grow up in Africa before becoming a world citizen as a photographer, agronomist, and author. His books have over two million copies in print.

Reviews

[Georgia Herod · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book up in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep. I could hardly put it down. Keller writes about the dream he and his wife had of leaving behind the artificiality of the urban life and “living off the land.” They went in search of such a spot—and found it: a cabin on the lake, surrounded by mountains, deserts, rivers and streams, etc. They created their Eden, living as simply as possible, deeply connected to land—enjoying all the elements of nature, flora, fauna, etc. Keller writes luscious, rich description, filled with powerful sensory images. God as Creator and Sustainer and Giver of all good gifts permeates Keller’s thinking and writing. He celebrates the goodness of creation! I could taste, touch, hear, see, and smell the environs of Still Waters, the name he gave to their spot in the world—so fitting for the locale, but also for Keller’s sense that God had led them to it, just as He does in Psalm 23.

It's inspired me to get on with my own gardens.

[Karen]

Not very interesting.

[Jasmine Shadows · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay I must confess that this is not one of my favorites written by this author. It has less spiritual matter than the others that I have read. However, in the very beginning of this book he says that he was burned out and needed a break. He had suffered a loss of his first wife to death, and he was feeling very weary and ineffective. He needed to get away from the city life that he had needed to live for some years. He is like myself. I am not a city girl, and I need much nature around me. That is why I can still give this a four star. This writing is more about all of the wonderful things that he was able to experience in the natural world of the Creator. He does attribute many praises to our wonderful Adonai. I will state that there are a couple of hints in this book, as I noticed in one other book of his that I have read, that indicate he may not be a young earth creationist. He does believe in the creation, but I wonder if he may not have followed a teaching mixed with something else. It is not obvious, and it is not pushed. Just a brief hint at it. Still he describes and attributes wonder of all the wonderful experiences he is able to observe and/or participate in to our Creator.

[Ken Pierpont · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable little book. It is a collection of little essays where Keller describes his little cottage home in Canada on Vaseux Lake north of McIntyre Canyon. It's a short, worthwhile read, including nature descriptions and a very light touch of devotional material.

[Josh Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful writing.

[Cws]

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[Read1000books · Rating 3 out of 5]

A biographical memoir by a wonderful inspirational writer about his time living semi-secluded in a cabin on a lake and the spiritual lessons learned observing the nature around him.