In My Life Before The Fire, William R. Mitchell has caught that sense of ?peace and sufficiency? expressed ?in words of the child I was,? in the ?tone, perspective, and psychological validity of the child.? He argues that ?the means to live worthily and joyfully? are also available to our own age, ?once the possibility of doing so is awakened. It is this awakening I hope my little book will make possible.?
Born on a share-cropper?s farm in rural Oklahoma, William R Mitchell (?Billy?) grew up in the lean nineteen-thirties. He became a college teacher and administrator, serving thirty-eight years at Oklahoma Baptist University, and an ordained Baptist minister. He is the author of Voices of the Advent: A Collection of Christmas Poems, Hiding Amy, Trying to Teach Like Jesus, and other publications.
Born on a share-cropper?s farm in rural Oklahoma, William R Mitchell (?Billy?) grew up in the lean nineteen-thirties. He became a college teacher and administrator, serving thirty-eight years at Oklahoma Baptist University, and an ordained Baptist minister. He is the author of Voices of the Advent: A Collection of Christmas Poems, Hiding Amy, Trying to Teach Like Jesus, and other publications.
