Celebrating the Temporary
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Celebrating the Temporary

  1. 261 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

Celebrating the Temporary

About this book

In Celebrating the Temporary, Paula Severe recounts her life as a mother, daughter, teacher, and traveler.

Being the wife of an itinerant United Methodist minister required packing and unpacking on short notice. Paula was an avid public school teacher, and each move meant finding a new job to fulfill her passion for teaching children. Soon after the fall of Communism, she was among the first in a team to visit and meet local Russian people who had never seen an American. Her travels in Central Europe representing the Oklahoma United Methodists helped raise funds for pastors' salaries as congregations struggled to survive Communism. Her stories are humorous, poignant, and peppered with moments of grace and humility.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. 1 To Live Life Twice
  7. 2 Civil War Years and Carrie Nation
  8. 3 Family Roots
  9. 4 My Hometown
  10. 5 Black and White
  11. 6 The Little White Church
  12. 7 Hopscotch, Horses, and Dreaded Red Rover
  13. 8 During WWII
  14. 9 Oklahoma Tornadoes
  15. 10 Aunt Pearl and the Red Dirt Farm
  16. 11 Chickens, Rabbits and Cousin Waltena
  17. 12 Henry and Florence Church
  18. 13 Grandma’s Will
  19. 14 Siblings
  20. 15 Teenage Memories
  21. 16 Road Angel
  22. 17 Preacher’s Wife
  23. 18 Parsonage 101
  24. 19 Nurtured in So Many Ways
  25. 20 The Concrete Bathtub
  26. 21 Cutting Corners
  27. 22 The Great Chicken Murder
  28. 23 Artie Severe, Get Down from That Sink!
  29. 24 Nothing Like Parsonage Life
  30. 25 Mr. Miller Decides
  31. 26 The Day of the Flying Ants
  32. 27 Children of Labels
  33. 28 On the Road Again
  34. 29 Rowley’s Gift of Confidence
  35. 30 Pilgrim in a New World
  36. 31 What Do Crows Know?
  37. 32 Bad Words
  38. 33 Dear Daddy …
  39. 34 Learning to Do the Right Thing
  40. 35 Fifth Grade Girls
  41. 36 The Rapture is Coming
  42. 37 Teenagers in the Aldersgate Years
  43. 38 Two Doors Down
  44. 39 Classroom without Walls
  45. 40 History Lesson Illustrated
  46. 41 The Methodist Strippers
  47. 42 On Being a New Grandma
  48. 43 Coaches’ Wives
  49. 44 Bad Words, Revisited
  50. 45 Double Trouble
  51. 46 Turtle Race
  52. 47 The Long Goodbyes
  53. 48 Crows in Mourning
  54. 49 Green, Glitter and Gold
  55. 50 From Grandma’s House to the E.R.
  56. 51 Mrs. Severe, Will You Get Up?
  57. 52 Making New Decisions
  58. 53 What They Taught Me
  59. 54 Robbed!
  60. 55 The Feel of Home
  61. 56 Grandma Overload
  62. 57 Behind the Iron Curtain
  63. 58 To Russia with God’s Love –and a Barbie Doll
  64. 59 My New Russian Family
  65. 60 A Surprise in the Russian Countryside
  66. 61 “But We Don’t Smile”
  67. 62 Across the Volga River
  68. 63 Conversations with Margret
  69. 64 Home by Way of Moscow
  70. 65 The Awakening Spirit
  71. 66 Return to Russia
  72. 67 The Russian Faithful
  73. 68 Sisterhood in Christ
  74. 69 To Hell and Back
  75. 70 Into Ukraine
  76. 71 Bulgaria and Pastor Beslov
  77. 72 Mariela’s God Incident
  78. 73 The Murrah Bombing
  79. 74 Must We Live in Fear?
  80. 75 My Unplanned Journey
  81. 76 I Asked for This?
  82. 77 In an Irish Pub
  83. 78 Evening Respite
  84. 79 Old Recipes
  85. 80 Blessed