Almost Friends - Paperback

BY PHILIP GULLEY
The 7th Harmony book. It's summer in Harmony, but not everything is as sunny as the weather. The good citizens are stirring up trouble as usual. Pastor Sam Gardner must take a leave of absence from the Meeting to take care of his ailing father. But when spunky pastor Krista Riley comes to fill his position, the quirky Quakers seem to fall in love with her, and it begins to look like Sam's sabbatical may be permanent. Krista's resilience is put to the test when Dale Hinshaw and Fern Hampton begin to question whether a woman can faithfully lead their flock, and it looks like the resulting tiff might just be the undoing of Harmony Friends Meeting. Will Sam come to the rescue.

HarperOne 2006 215 PP. Paper

$12.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Christmas Scrapbook

A Harmony Story

BY PHILIP GULLEY
The Quaker storyteller presents a heartwarming tale for the holidays on the real gifts people give one another.

HarperSanFrancisco 2005 96 PP. Cloth

$12.95 (in stock)

For Everything A Season

Simple Musings On Living Well

BY PHILIP GULLEY
The third volume in Friends minister/storyteller Gulley's series of story collections. In this book he uses Ecclesiastes as the guide to tell stories of birth/death, planting/harvesting, healing/hurting, etc. He refers to his Quakerism quite regularly in these stories.

HarperSF 2001 220 PP. Paper

$16.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Home To Harmony - Mass Market Edition

BY PHILIP GULLEY
Welcome to Harmony ... In this acclaimed inaugural volume in the Harmony series, master storyteller and Friend Philip Gulley draws us into the charming world of Quaker pastor Sam Gardner in his first year back in his hometown ministering to his flock of outrageous eccentrics. Quakers and family members portrayed in this book convey the essence of small town life with humor and wisdom.

Avon 2006 237 PP. Paper

$7.99 (in stock)

Hometown Tales

BY PHILIP GULLEY
In this sequel to his immensely popular bestseller "Front Porch Tales," Gulley envelops readers once again in a rare world of plainspoken and honest values, gathered around the enduring themes of the great spiritual virtues.

HarperOne 2007 224 PP. Paper

$11.99 (in stock)

I Love You Miss Huddleston

And Other Inappropriate Longings Of My Indiana Childhood

BY PHILIP GULLEY
We are transported to 1970's Danville, Indiana, the everyone-knows-your-business town where Gulley still lives today,to witness the uproarious story of Gulley's young life, including his infatuation with his comely sixth-grade teacher, his dalliance with sin-eating meat on Friday and inappropriate activities with a mannequin named Ginger - and his checkered start with organized religion.

HarperOne 2010 200 PP. Paper

$12.99 (in stock)

If God Is Love

Rediscovering Grace In An Ungracious World

BY JAMES MULHOLLAND AND PHILIP GULLEY
In If Grace Is True, pastors Philip Gulley and James Mulholland revealed their belief that God will save every person. They now explore the implications of this belief and its power to change every area of our lives. They attempt to answer one question: If we took God's love seriously, what would our world look like? Gulley and Mulholland argue that what we believe is crucial and dramatically affects the way we live and interact in the world. Beliefs have power. The belief in a literal hell, where people suffer eternally, has often been used by the Church to justify hate and violence, which contradict what Jesus taught about love and grace. The authors present a new vision.

HaperSanFrancisco 2005 288 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

If Grace Is True

Why God Will Save Every Person

BY PHILIP GULLEY, JAMES MULHOLLAND
I don't think many liberal Quakers will find anything at all unusual in the idea that God will not damn people to eternal perdition for not believing in Him/Her in the correct manner. But this is a hugely controversial book to some Friends in the more evangelical traditions. Using stories from their own lives the authors meditate on Christian Universalism and how a true and loving relationship with God is indeed salvation. Includes an appendix of Universalist Bible quotes and thought through the ages. This new edition has an afterward and discussion questions.

HarperOne 2010 242 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

If The Church Were Christian Hardcover

Rediscovering The Values Of Jesus

BY PHILIP GULLEY
Noted and eloquent Quaker, Philip Gulley's latest theological volume in his "if" series, in which Gulley puts the Christ back in Christian. "What IF Christians actually began to take their Christ seriously?" The answer to that question could change the world. - Shane Claiborne. "Filled with memorable, insightful and revealing stories. I recommend it." - Marcus Borg. Suggested Price 23.95 Our price $21.55

HarperOne 2010 224 PP. Cloth

$21.55 (out of stock but can be backordered)

If The Church Were Christian

Rediscovering The Values Of Jesus

BY PHILIP GULLEY
In If the Church Were Christian Philip Gulley provides a profound picture of what the church could look like if it refocused on the priorities of Jesus. A noted and eloquent Quaker, his latest theological volume in his "If" series, in which puts the Christ, back in Christian. "What IF Christians actually began to take their Christ seriously?" The answer to that question could change the world. - Shane Claiborne. "Filled with memorable, insightful and revealing stories. I recommend it." - Marcus Borg.

HarperOne 2011 197 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

Just Shy Of Harmony

BY PHILIP GULLEY
Sam Gardner's second year as minister in quaint and charming Harmony, Indiana, is fraught with trials and incidents, a crisis of faith, a marital catastrophe, and a church elder's ill-hatched scheme to scramble scripture with eggs. But a loving heart and a strong sense of humor is almost certain to see Sam through . . . even if all of Harmony is expecting a miracle on easter morning.

HarperSanFrancisco 2006 255 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Just Shy Of Harmony

BY PHILIP GULLEY
"Gulley, easily evangelical fiction's funniest man, turns in something just shy of a real novel in Just Shy of Harmony--as opposed to the loose collections of sermons and stories he's published in the past. This time out, Gulley's alter ego, Quaker minister Sam Gardner, decides that he no longer believes in God. His reason? A pretty good one: nothing ever gets done, and he fritters away his 60-hour weeks on discussions about church gymnasiums [etc.].... Then a woman in the congregation is stricken with leukemia, and all the backbiters and gossipers rally to her cause. Sam's gloom lifts with his renewed faith in humankind." -Publisher's Weekly, starred review

HarperSanFrancisco 2004 256 PP Paper

$12.95 (in stock)

Life Goes On

A Harmony Novel

BY PHILIP GULLEY
Squarely in the crosshairs of the Church's heresy hunters, can Pastor Sam survive? It's a madcap year in Harmony, Indiana, as Sam Gardner struggles through his fourth year as pastor of the Harmony Friends Meeting.

HarperOne 2005 256 PP. Paper

$12.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Porch Talk

Stories Of Decency, Common Sense, And Other Endangered Species

BY PHILIP GULLEY
In this collection of stories told from his own life experiences, Gulley's musings on such topics as leisure, marriage, faith, enjoyment, and more hold an earthy wisdom that reminds us of what we hold dear, and what's truly important in life. These stories reflect the kind of conversations Gulley overheard in his youth, in a time when neighbors gathered on front porches across America, a glass of lemonade in hand, the sounds of crickets buzzing in the air, and lazy stories spilled from lips from generation to generation.

HarperOne 2009 170 PP. Paper

$13.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)