There is no doubt that America has changed and evolved considerably since the 1950s. The post-war years when the middle class found a haven in the manicured lawns of suburban homes quickly gave way to social unrest in the 1960s and ’70s. This was followed by the ‘Decade of Greed’ in the 1980s, disillusion at the turn of a century, and the sea change caused by the internet, social media, and threats (perceived or real) to the American way of life.
Christian minister, musician, teacher, and spiritual explorer Jim Willis takes readers on his personal path of growth and reflection that in many ways parallels the journey of America. Join Willis as he grows from a shy boy in the Detroit suburbs to professional trombonist to minister and preacher to explorer of Buddhism and shamanism. You’ll hunt game and fish with him in New York’s woods, try dowsing in South Carolina, and seek the truth about life as Willis comments on everything in our society from Muppets to the drugs culture to the state of religion in America. Willis questions and reevaluates America’s sense of values in this thought-provoking memoir by an adept and entertaining raconteur.
Table of Content
Preface
Introduction: The Search for the Holy Grail
Chapter I: The Age of the Hero (the 1950s)
Chapter 2: The Cradle Shall Fall (the 1960s)
Chapter 3: The Great Illusion (the 1970s)
Interlude: Corser – The Other Side of the ’70s
Chapter 4: Becoming What We Despised (the 1980s)
Chapter 5: Growing Up and Growing Old (the 1990s)
Chapter 6: Turning the Corner (Y2K and the Coming of Age)
Chapter 7: Free at Last (the 21st Century)
Chapter 8:
Arranging the Flowers Gathered Along the Way
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