Encountering God: Reflections on the Courtship Letters of My Religious Parents - Paperback

by Mark Johnson (Author)

Walter, a struggling farmer, met Margaret, a salaried teacher, at a church outing at summer's end when she was visiting her sister in Greeley, Colorado. Aside from two brief visits, their courtship unfolds entirely in these letters after her return to Washburn, North Dakota. Sabers are rattling and the economy is tanking when the letters begin in August, 1937. Both struggle with the issues of their day as they share their keys to joy in life and in each other. The letters are a look into the cultural and political concerns of the time as seen through the eyes of two spiritual soulmates spiced by the reflections and anecdotal recollections of Walter's grateful son who, as a struggling teenager, asked him, "Why are you a Christian?"

Author Biography

Mark Johnson has published numerous scientific papers and coedited the book "Concepts and Applications of Molecular Similarity." He has been an elder at a large Lutheran Church and a large Reformed Church. As a seeker, he has experienced spiritually transformative moments. "Encountering God" is his first book in which he touches upon the complimentarity of religious and scientific views of ones world. He welcomes comments at www.facebook.com/findytk.