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Title: God loves laughter by William Sears ISBN: 0-85398-019-5 Publisher: George Ronald Pub. Date: 1994 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A boy, his grandfather, and a dream come true.
Comment: This is a fun book, easy to read and very amusing. It is the story of William Sears, at one time a presenter of American TV sports and children's programs. His story is full of humour as the title of the book suggests. First published in 1960 it is as popular today as it was then, having been reprinted many times.
Bill Sears was an inquisitive child, growing up in a time when adults did not like to be questioned about most subjects, especially the existence (or not) of God! He sought out his grandfather and much of this book is about the special relationship and love he shared with him. He could and did talk with his grandfather about everything and was able to ask questions and receive answers which stimulated and encouraged him to pursue a boyhood dream.
Grandfather had a farm and a horse and buggy and young Bill Sears delighted in these surroundings and in his grandfather's company. Sears recounts how as a mischievous child he frequently got on the wrong side of his father! His curiosity about the Bible and his desire to read it by torchlight under the bed covers cannot but make you laugh! Grandfather was a rebel. He had time for God but not the churches. Sears grew up in the Depression in Milwaukee and struggled to make a living. He became a successful writer eventually but, as he says, he became like everyone else: get up, go to work, go to bed, die!
He felt there had to be something more to life. He had married and had two sons but his first wife died. Then he met and married Marguerite who helped him in his search for the meaning of life and the meaning of a boyhood dream in which he saw a man, bathed in light, who beckoned him to follow him. Weird or what?!
He read about the Baha'i faith and was convinced that he wanted to be part of it with his family. He had become very successful and earned a lot of money in America but life was a rush and he wanted to get off the treadmill. He did. He and his family went to live in Africa. His life changed, he found happiness, travelled all over the world and wrote this book!
I had read this book more than once and love it!
Rating: 5
Summary: excelent book
Comment: My father read this book to me when I was a little girl. I loved the book, and I was fortunate enough to attend a lecture given by Mr. Sears before he passed away. This was a wonderfuly humerous book written by a wonderful human being, and I recommend it to everyone.
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful, moving, and witty book
Comment: I love William Sears as a human being without ever having met him. Although he has passed, when I read any of his books I feel he is speaking to me as if he were in the room. God Loves Laughter was the first of his books that I read. It started me on a journey of appreciating all of the simplicity and beauty life has to offer and I will always be grateful to Mr. Sears for giving me that.
Thank you, Mana
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Title: Thief in the Night (Talisman Books; No. 5) by William Sears ISBN: 085398008X Publisher: George Ronald Pub Ltd Pub. Date: 01 June, 1961 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Release the Sun: An Early History of the Bahai Faith by William Sears ISBN: 1931847096 Publisher: Baha'i Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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