Background

Tickle, Phyllis Alexander was born on March 12, 1934 in Johnson City, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Philip Wade and Mary Katherine (Porter) Alexander.

Education

Bachelor, E. Tennessee State University, 1955. Master of Arts, Furman University, 1961. Doctor of Humane Letters, Yale University, 2004.

Doctor of Humane Letters, North Park University, 2009.

Career

Teacher Latin, English Memphis City School, 1955-1957. Fellow Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, 1959-1961. Lecturer English Rhodes College, Memphis, 1961-1964.

Dean humanities Memphis College Art, 1964-1971. Managing editor St. Luke's Press, Memphis, 1975-1982. Senior editor St. Luke's Press, Iris Press, 1982-1985, Peachtree Publications, Atlanta, 1988-1990.

Director trade public group The Wimmer Companies, Memphis, 1990-1992. Religion editor Publishers Weekly, 1992-1996. Contributing editor Publications Weekly, editor-at-large PW's Religion Bookline, 1996—2004.

Poet-in-residence Brooks Memorial Gallery, 1981-1989. Poetry coordinator Cumberland Valley Writer's Conference, 1977-1983. Board advisory Servant Publication, 1997-1903, Garrett-Medill Center for Religion and the News Media., Christy Awards, Loyola College, Maryland, Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly.

Executive board Forward Movement Publication. Board directors Iris Press.

Achievements

• Phyllis Alexander Tickle has been listed as a notable writer, publishing executive, poet by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Divine Hours, Pocket Edition

    (When Phyllis Tickle's marvelous devotional trilogy The Di...)

  • The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyllis Tickle

    (What if you could encounter the words of Jesus on their o...)

  • The Divine Hours (Volume Three): Prayers for Springtime: A Manual for Prayer (Tickle, Phyllis)

    (The third and final volume in a trilogy of prayer manuals...)

  • Christmastide: Prayers for Advent Through Epiphany from The Divine Hours

    (The third and final volume in a trilogy of prayer manuals...)

  • The Divine Hours (Volume Two): Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime: A Manual for Prayer

    (The second volume in a trilogy of prayer manuals compiled...)

  • What the Land Already Knows: Winter's Sacred Days (Stories from the Farm in Lucy)

    (In this memoir about winters on her family's farm, author...)

  • Wisdom in the Waiting: Spring's Sacred Days

    (In her three-book series that spans the liturgical year, ...)

  • The Graces We Remember: Sacred Days of Ordinary Time

    (In her three-book series that spans the liturgical year, ...)

  • God Talk In America

    ( From the well-known religious editor, this is a wide-ra...)

  • The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why

    (Renowned religion expert Phyllis Tickle reflects on our p...)

  • This Is What I Pray Today: Divine Hours Prayers For Children

    ( Celebratory and comforting, simple and sweet, here is a...)

  • A Stitch and Prayer: Memoir of Faith Amidst War

    ( In this eloquent memoir, one of today's most admired sp...)

  • What the heart already knows: Stories of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

    (Stories of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany)

  • Ordinary Time: Stories of the Days Between Ascensiontide and Advent

    (Book by Tickle, Phyllis A.)

  • The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and wintertime A Manual for Prayer
  • Wisdom in the Waiting: Spring's Sacred Days Hardcover - February 1, 2004
  • The Tickle Papers: Parables and Pandemonium by Phyllis Tickle (1989-01-01)
  • The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyllis Tickle Paperback - March 23, 2009
  • By Phyllis Tickle - The Divine Hours (Volume Three): Prayers for Springtime: A Manual for Prayer (Tickle, Phyllis) (12/18/05)
  • Final Sanity: Stories of Lent, Easter, and the Great Fifty Days
  • The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) Hardcover 2008 (Author) Phyllis Tickle
  • The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyllis Tickle by Phyllis Tickle (9-Apr-2009) Paperback
  • Prayers for Summertime: A Manual for Prayer (The Divine Hours) by Tickle, Phyllis (2006) Paperback
  • By Phyllis Tickle - The Divine Hours (Volume One): Prayers for Summertime: A Manual for Prayer (4.2.2006)
  • A Stitch and Prayer: Memoir of Faith Amidst War by Tickle, Phyllis (2004) Paperback
  • (The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime ) Author: Phyllis Tickle May-2006
  • Prayers for Summertime: A Manual for Prayer (The Divine Hours)
  • The Divine Hours, Pocket Edition by Tickle, Phyllis (2007) Hardcover
  • The Tickle Papers: Parables and Pandemonium
  • This Is What I Pray Today: Divine Hours Prayers For Children by Tickle, Phyllis (2007) Hardcover
  • The Divine Hours, Volume II: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime (Divine Hours) (v. 2) Hardcover September 19, 2000
  • Wisdom in the Waiting: Spring's Sacred Days by Phyllis Tickle (2004) Hardcover
  • The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyl
  • The Divine Hours, Volume II: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime (Divine Hours) (v. 2)
  • The Shaping of a Life: A Spiritual Landscape by Tickle, Phyllis (2003) Paperback
  • The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime
  • The Shaping of a Life: A Spiritual Landscape
  • The Tickle Papers: Parables and Pandemonium by Phyllis Tickle (1989-01-03)
  • On Beyond Koch
  • By Phyllis Tickle The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime--A Manual for Prayer (v. 1) (1st First Edition) Hardcover
  • The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime (Tickle, Phyllis)
  • On Beyond Ais

Membership

Chair literature panel Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, 1991-1992, member panel, 1978-1982, 89-94, past chair artists in education, 1986-1989. Executive board Tennessee Humanities Council, Nashville, 1989-1992. Vestrywoman St. Anne's Church, Millington, 1988-1995.

Lay eucharistic minister Episcopal Church, since 1996. Advisory board Mary Baker Eddy Library., D.L. Dykes Junior Foundation. Member Public Association of the South (board director since 1986, president, chair 1985-1986, Mays award 1996), Southeastern Booksellers Association (board director 1986-1991), Tennessee Literature Arts Association (president 1984-1986), Religious Newswriters Association.

Connections

Married Samuel Milton Tickle, June 17, 1955. Children: Nora Katherine, Mary Gammon, Laura Lee, John Crockett II, Samuel Milton Junior, Philip Wade, Rebecca Rutledge.

Father:

Philip Wade Alexander

Mother:

Mary Katherine (Porter) Alexander

Spouse:

Samuel Milton Tickle

child:

John Crockett II Tickle

child:

Samuel Milton Junior Tickle

child:

Rebecca Rutledge Tickle

child:

Laura Lee Tickle

child:

Nora Katherine Tickle

child:

Philip Wade Tickle

child:

Mary Gammon Tickle