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Almost Friends – Philip Gulley
3.5 ***
UPDATED: 29June25
I love Gulley's style. His writing simply calms and inspires me; and he makes me laugh out loud.
This is book six in the Harmony series, featuring Sam Gardner, the Quaker pastor of the Harmony Friends Meeting. As usual, Sam is worrying about his flock, in particular the two hornets that are the bane of his existence – Dale Hinshaw and Fern Hampton. Dale has decided the meeting is not evangelizing as it should, so he takes it upon himself to fix that. And Fern has her undies in a bundle of the Friendly Women’s Circle Chicken Noodle dinner.
But Sam has other worries. His father has had a heart attack, and Sam asks for a sabbatical so he can help his parents. The elders ask the nearby seminary to send a student to be their interim pastor. When Krista Riley arrives they are surprised they got a woman pastor. But she quickly wins (most of) them over. Now Sam is worried they’ll opt to keep her and fire him.
Things will work out, as they always do. And sometimes we just have to trust that the Lord will see us through, and give us the grace to accept the things that surprise us.
I’ve read this one before – in 2008. But I didn’t remember much about the details, just how much I enjoy visiting with the folks in Harmony. I was happy to spend some time with them again.
LINK to my review