Duke Robinson, who served as pastor at MPC from 1968-1996, has a newly published memoir, the title and cover of which you see here in the photo.
Bud Sisson will have signed copies for sale at the Family Hour, on December 13. A single copy will go for a special discount cost of $13–cash, or a check made out to Duke Robinson. Think about copies for Christmas/Holiday presents, and the price goes down (2 for $25, 3 for $35, etc.). You can learn more about the memoir and Duke’s four other books, on Amazon, right now (see link below).
When Duke was in the fourth grade, a Philadelphia Inquirer photographer caught his grammar school tumbling team’s premier performance at a PTA meeting. As a result, he claims to be (trumpets!) the only Presbyterian minister in the history of Western civilization to have had his picture in a major metropolitan newspaper standing on his head with his fly open.
Here’s what Duke says to us about it: “I dedicate more than 80 pages of this book to stories from my 28 years with the Montclair Church Family. No one has dared to put some of them in writing … until now.” Curious?
The book features a lot of funny stuff, but it also strikes an important note about facing life’s mysteries, and growing up. And it takes you behind the scenes of two of the most memorable events during Duke’s ministry in our life: The 1972 granting of sanctuary to a Conscientious Objector sailor, whom the navy was sending to Vietnam; and the response of the Church Family to those who lost their homes and physical possessions in the 1991 Berkeley/Oakland Firestorm.”
Sometime fairly early in the new year, Duke will have an Open Mic brunch and discussion about his memoir. Watch for further details.
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DUKE ROBINSON — 522 High Eagle Ct. Walnut Creek, CA 94595; Phone: 925-287-1837
Direct link to the following books at Duke’s Amazon.com page
STANDING ON MY HEAD … WITH MY FLY OPEN (NOV. 2015)
A MIDDLE WAY: The Secular/Spiritual Road to Wholeness (April 2014)
SAVIOR: An Old Notion in a New Novel of Unthinkable Absurdity (2012)
CREATE YOUR BEST LIFE: How to Live Fully Knowing One Day You Will Die (2011)
TOO NICE FOR YOUR OWN GOOD: How to Stop Making 9 Self-Sabotaging Mistakes (2000)