Name: Sacred Storytelling: The Autobiography of Johannes Strieter (1829-1920) and Related Sources
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Author: Johannes Strieter
ISBN: 9781725277434

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Sacred Storytelling: The Autobiography of Johannes Strieter (1829-1920) and Related Sources

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Resource Publications

Author

Johannes Strieter

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

418

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781725277434

Synopsis "Sacred Storytelling: The Autobiography of Johannes Strieter (1829-1920) and Related Sources "

After emigrating from Germany to Michigan at age seven, Johannes Strieter (1829–1920) served as a confessional Lutheran pastor in Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana amid almost unbelievable hardships. Though not a well-known person himself, his life’s path intersected with that of numerous distinguished persons—August Crämer, Friedrich Wyneken, J. C. W. Lindemann, C. F. W. Walther, and John C. Pritzlaff, just to name a handful. Through his recollections, we also encounter firsthand the Ojibwa; the Civil War; the establishment and founding of roads, cities, churches, and schools; and we travel by sea, lake, river, canal, railroad, horseback, buggy, stagecoach, and on foot. We accompany him as he nearly kills his sister; is spared in a terrible accident; falls in love; navigates difficult pastoral situations and decisions; gets drafted into the Union Army; buries some of his children; ministers to the troubled, misguided, sick, and dying; and finally retires to Michigan on account of deafness. Translated afresh from Strieter’s original manuscript and presented with twelve appendices to supplement his autobiography, Sacred Storytelling is a treasure trove of adventure, perspective, entertainment, courage, and conviction.