{"id":6239,"date":"2009-11-03T15:44:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T20:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2009\/11\/03\/garrison-keillor-among-the-lutherans\/"},"modified":"2009-11-03T15:44:53","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T20:44:53","slug":"garrison-keillor-among-the-lutherans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2009\/11\/03\/garrison-keillor-among-the-lutherans\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrison Keillor among the Lutherans"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Keillor.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/imgs\/Keillor.jpg\" width=\"253\" height=\"280\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\"><\/span>I admit that I love Garrison Keillor\u2019s books; I\u2019ll also admit I\u2019ve almost never listened to <i>The Prairie Home Companion<\/i>\u00a0though Kris and I have twice gone to hear him at Ravinia here in the northern suburbs.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What I most like about his stories is when he finds himself among church folks, begins to observe and then weigh in with some judgment \u2014 never as harsh or cynical as Mark Twain but with almost as much wit.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His new book, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0806670614?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0806670614\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Life among the Lutherans<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0806670614\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\"><br>\n<\/strong><\/em>, is a wonderful collection of pieces about the Lutherans.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>What is your favorite of Garrison Keillor\u2019s books<\/b>?<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admit that I love Garrison Keillor\u2019s books; I\u2019ll also admit I\u2019ve almost never listened to The Prairie Home Companion\u00a0though Kris and I have twice gone to hear him at Ravinia here in the northern suburbs. 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