Background
Driskill, James Lawrence was born on August 18, 1920 in Rustburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Elijah Hudnall and Annie Pharr (Carwile) Driskill.
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A collection of stories in which Christian missionaries relate the lessons learned from their experiences working in seventeen countries around the world.
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Veteran missionaries Larry and Lilian Driskill describe the many lessons and insights they learned as they adjusted to living in post-World War II Japan. Like the facets of a diamond the vignettes they write about throw light, not only on life in Japan, but on what is involved in adjusting to any culture, because although cultures differ in various parts of the world, the problems of adapting cross-culturally are similar.
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Dr. Driskill refers to Jesus Christ as the "greatest story-teller of all." Since he, along with his wife Lillian, served as missionaries in Japan for many years, they have seen how important a place the art of story-telling holds in Asian societies today. People all around the world love a good illustration. Stories are so important as a means of communication that it was prophesied that the Messiah would use this method to reveal new truths: "Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables.... So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet, 'I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world'" (Mt 13:34-35). This book, in a sense, is an extension of the ability of our Lord to illustrate truths through stories. But here it is the lives of those who demonstrated his incarnational love in their service in missions. They are a fulfillment of God's promise, "It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Phil 2:12). The greatest inspirational reading, next to the Bible, comes from delving into the biographies of women and men who have been used of God in their time. Here one gets stories about real people that prove stranger than fiction. The greatest investment we have is our lives. These accounts show us how we too can invest our lives for eternity, even as the ones whose stories are told here have done.
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If retirement is approaching or you've recently retired, Adventures in Senior Living can help you prepare for the opportunities, needs, problems, and challenges that retirement often brings. Through 31 lively and interesting interviews, you learn how other people have found positive and rewarding ways to make their retirement years meaningful and enjoyable. Opening windows into their own lives, these inspiring retirees share with you a wide range of retirement ideas that pertain to volunteer work, travel, selecting your living arrangements, and getting involved in your community. Retirement doesn't have to bring feelings of boredom or restlessness. Adventures in Senior Living shows you that your retirement years can be your most fulfilling, productive, and fun years. You'll have more time to work in that garden you love, make quilts with your friends, spend time with your loved ones, and get exercise. But, possibly even more important than that, you'll have the ability to participate in your community on an entirely new level and to make a difference in other people's lives as well as your own. The life-loving, generous people who come together in this wonderful book are sure to inspire you as they speak about their accomplishments that include: • recording books on tape for blind people • conducting missionary work at home and abroad • brightening the lives of patients in nursing homes and hospitals • teaching Sunday school • caring for a spouse with Alzheimer's • delivering meals on wheels to shut-in people • establishing a battered women's shelter • rescuing prostitutes from the street This book presents retirees, teachers of courses in aging and retirement, activity directors at retirement and nursing homes, family members, and health and mental health care providers with many stories of extraordinary volunteerism, service, and kindness, but it also talks about the needs of retirees and their daily, more personal experiences. To this end, Adventures in Senior Living discusses the importance of continuing study, discussion, meditation, prayer, and fitness in the lives of seniors.
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As the number of cross-cultural and interracial marriages in our society grows, our faith communities find they are welcoming into their midst an increasing number of those who are marrying across the traditional barriers of race, language and ethnicity. Such couples inevitably face unique hurdles as they try to forge family systems that function even though they come from disparate backgrounds, and in many cases, have dissimilar expectations of what marriage and family should be. Lawrence Driskill has done a masterful job interviewing and writing up the case histories of 20 cross-cultural couples with church connections. He candidly observes where the largest obstacles have been found and then points out what the church can do to help these families resolve conflicts and establish happy homes. The success stories included highlights of what has worked (concretely) for the various ones whose stories are told here. Specific guidelines are spelled out for those who would minister to the cross-cultural marriages in their own church. -- Midwest Book Review
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Driskill, James Lawrence was born on August 18, 1920 in Rustburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Elijah Hudnall and Annie Pharr (Carwile) Driskill.
Bachelor, Pennsylvania State University, 1946. Bachelor's Degree, San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1949. Master of Theology, Princeton Seminary, 1957.
S.T.D., San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1969.
Missionary Presbyterian Church United States of America, Japan, 1949-1972. Stated supply pastor Madison Square Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, 1973. Minister Highland Presbyterian Church, Maryville, Tennessee, 1973-1982.
Supply pastor of Japanese-American churches Presbyterian Church United States of America, Long Beach, California, Hollywood, California, Altadena, California, 1984-1999. Visiting professor religion department Trinity University, 1972-1973.
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(A collection of stories in which Christian missionaries r...)
(Veteran missionaries Larry and Lilian Driskill describe t...)
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(Dr. Driskill refers to Jesus Christ as the "greatest stor...)
Member Sierra Club, California, since 1988. Trustee Osaka (Japan) Girls School, 1952-1965, Seikyo Gakuen Christian School, Japan, 1953-1992. With United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Member American Academy Religion, Presbyterian Writers Guild.
Married Ethel Lillian Cassel, May 28, 1949 (deceased August 2004). Children: Edward Lawrence, Mary Lillian. Married Edina de Rosa, April 18, 2007.