Available 9/15/09!
Treasured: Knowing God by the Things He Keeps
By Leigh McLeroy
Every object tells a story. His story. Your story.
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About Leigh. In Her Own Words.
Full name: Nona Leigh McLeroy (Nona was my paternal grandmother)
Place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii (Dad was in the Navy)
Date of birth: December 31, long ago and far away (see “Place of birth”)
Marital status: Never married, but might one day
Current residence: A 1920s cottage in an old, near-town neighborhood
Occupation: Christ follower, writer, author, teacher
Education: Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Texas A&M University
Church affiliation: Southern Baptist turned Presbyterian (EPC)
Work history: Little league scorekeeper, babysitter, drugstore clerk, television news reporter, junior copywriter, advertising account executive, marketing director, research assistant, ghostwriter
Strongly dislikes: Call waiting, text messaging as a means of conversation, brussel sprouts
Roomates: Owen, one handsome but spoiled Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Vices: Books and bread (Because man cannot live by bread alone…)
Favorite sport: Baseball
Favorite season: Autumn
Take my coffee: Black, or with one sugar
On my bookshelf: Emily Dickinson, Anne Dillard, Frederick Buechner, C.S. Lewis, Peter Kreeft, Ken Gire, Wendell Berry, Dorothy Sayers, the apostle Paul, Luther, John Piper, N.T. Wright, Eugene Peterson, Flannery O’Connor, G.K. Chesterton
On my iPod: Lyle Lovett, U2, Bruce Springsteen, The Supremes, The Temptations, Derek Webb, Andrew Peterson, Bebo Norman, Allen Levi, David Wilcox, Sarah Groves, Trisha Yearwood, Patsy Cline, Alan Jackson, Allison Krauss, Harry Connick, Jr.
Favorite hymn: There are two: Be Thou My Vision and Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Life verse: There are two: Philippians 4:10-11 and Psalm 16:11
Epitaph of choice: “Finally, she’s fine.”
