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...knows anything about Keillor's style of writing, the story line may be rather style of writing, the story line may be rather predictable: Midwestern Boy Named John Makes Good, Midwestern Boy Longs for Home and 'Real Lutheran Values,' Midwestern Boy Gets in Trouble at Work with Liberal Bores, Midwestern Boy Goes Home and Realizes Meaning Of Life, Midwestern Boy Finally (and Unexplainably) Gets Great Elusive Girl...
Keillor's charmingly lucid writing, however, cannot hide the gaping flaws of the plot and main characters in Wobegon Boy. Almost halfway through the novel, a magazine with a front-page picture and article appears one day, depicting John as a "portly Lutheran Lothario" who "tried to 'psychologically seduce'" women at the public radio station where he works. However, up to that point in the book, readers are lead to believe that John is kind, quiet, in love with his girlfriend Alida, and not coming close to stepping on anyone's toes along the way. This sudden, almost violent disclosure...
John A. Fisher '99 didn't join his family for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal last Thursday. Instead, he spent the day in the University Lutheran Shelter for the homeless, preparing a turkey dinner for 23 homeless guests...
Instead, Mayer joined University Lutheran Church (UNILU) soup kitchen, eventually becoming administrative director and working at the Saint James soup kitchen the following summer...
...policy does not tell ministers of Memorial Church what to do," noted Thomas B. Chittick, president of the United Ministry and minister of University Lutheran Church, in July. "It merely says that non-discrimination applies to the chapel if the service is a religious...