Philip Gulley

When Quaker Pastor Sam Gardner is asked by the ill Unitarian minister to oversee a wedding in his place, Sam naturally agrees. It's not until the couple stands before him that he realizes they're two women. In the tempest of strong opinions and misunderstandings that follows the incident, Sam faces potential unemployment. Deeply discouraged, he wonders if his pastoral usefulness has come to an end. Perhaps it's time for a change. After all, his wife...

It's autumn in Harmony, and Pastor Sam Gardner has vowed to be ready for Christmas. Determined to redeem a dreadful history of gift giving, Sam enrolls in a scrapbooking class to make a Christmas gift his wife will never forget. However, Sam's absence from their home every Wednesday night, coupled with his fishy alibi of attending a men's group, raises her suspicions.

Meanwhile, Sam struggles in the class and must attempt to complete his

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America's favorite Quaker storyteller explores the terrain of faith and doubt as shaped by family, church, and young love, finding his way to a less convenient but fully formed adult spirituality.
Most of us grow up taking in whole belief systems with our mother's milk, only to discover later that what we received as being certain is actually nothing like it. And then we're faced with a choice—retreat to spiritual security and the community...

Best-selling author Philip Gulley has been compared to Garrison Keillor for his "dry wit" by Publishers Weekly. In this installment of the popular Harmony series, Sam Gardner of the Harmony Friends Meeting has to take a leave of absence to care for his sick father, so young pastor Krista Riley steps in. But when Dale Hinshaw and Fern Hampton accuse Krista of being gay, Sam initially fails to step in, fearing he could lose his job. "... a delightful...

Best-selling author Philip Gulley again touches hearts with a generous helping of life in small-town Harmony. Although it could prolong Dale's cantankerous life, Pastor Sam Gardiner wonders how a liberal ACLU member's heart will respond to an old conservative's body. When Deena marries the town doctor, all is perfect-until his mother moves in. After raising his brother's daughter for a decade, Ellis refuses to believe this alcoholic sibling has returned...

Philip Gulley is a Quaker minister, a best-selling author, and a master storyteller who is often compared to Garrison Keillor and Mark Twain. In this gentle book, Harmony, Indiana takes its place alongside Jan Karon's Mitford as a town that many readers would move to if it were really on the map. Home of hefty noodle casseroles and the world's shortest evangelist, Harmony also boasts the Coffee Cup cafe, where a painting of The Last Supper hangs over...