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Growing Up Lutheran (Abridged): What Does This Mean? Audiobook, by Janet Letnes Martin Play Audiobook Sample

Growing Up Lutheran (Abridged): What Does This Mean? Audiobook

Growing Up Lutheran (Abridged): What Does This Mean? Audiobook, by Janet Letnes Martin Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Janet Letnes Martin, Suzann (Johnson) Nelson Publisher: Highbridge Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 2.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 1.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2005 Format: Abridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781598872613

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

3

Longest Chapter Length:

66:33 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

49:32 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

60:13 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

If you search for the word "coffee" in the Bible, if you're pretty sure that all the pairs of animals in Noah's Ark were married, and if you know that Heaven is up and Hell is down, you'll love Growing Up Lutheran. If the Lutherans you know seem rather, er, mysterious, it will do you good.

Combining their own memories with those of other Lutherans who grew up in the 1940s through the 1960s, Janet and Suzann have written a delightful expose of what it means to be Lutheran and how it's done. Endearing, often hilarious stories shine a light on Lutheran life from baptism ("And His Name Shall Be Called Gilman Einar Stedje") to death ("He Is Not Gone, He Is Only Away"). In between, you'll learn about Sunday School, Christmas pageants (a.k.a. "bathrobe pageants"), Bible Camp, Confirmation, and Lutheran weddings. You'll get the inside scoop on the Lutheran Church Basement Women ("a special species of people"), lutefisk suppers, pew protocol, church architecture, and much more.

In the words of the authors, Growing Up Lutheran is "a mixture of ingredients that we had on hand, generously salted . . . With gentle humor, and lightly peppered . . . with quite a few hot granules of Lutheran theology." This is most certainly true.

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"You might have to be Lutheran/grown up Lutheran to really enjoy this as much as I did! Fondly humorous, it was really cute! This is where the popular "The Church Basement Ladies" plays began! I'll continue to enjoy more of this author's writing! She has several humorous books about Lutherans."

— Cynthia (4 out of 5 stars)

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    " One of the funniest books I have ever read! I laughed through the entire book - because it's all the things I remembered - from growing up Lutheran! "

    — Jennifer, 2/23/2011
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    " Books like this are just fun-so many memories of situations, people, and traditions come back as you read this book. "

    — Katherine, 3/10/2007