Bill Wood
Bill Wood of Stanford, Texas stopped by Seymour for a
book signing on August 14th. The Baylor County Free Library hosted
him. Seymour author Tom Johnson stopped by to visit with Bill, and talk about
writing and publishing. Bill has three novels in print, “The Circuit Riders”,
“The Defenders”, and “And Nothing’s Been The Same Since”. Leta Slaggle,
librarian, Baylor Country Free Library, took photographs.
The Circuit Riders
As America began to
expand westward, a group of itinerant preachers rode across the plains and
mountains to spread the Christian faith. They endured heat and cold, rain and
drought, despair and loneliness to fulfill their calling They traveled from
town to farm to stage-stop to anywhere people had settled, preaching the
Gospel. These saddlebag-preachers spoke to anyone who would listen. They were rugged
individuals who allowed neither rough terrain nor menacing weather to sway them
from their appointed areas of service. These unsung heroes of the West helped
bring true civilization to the American frontier. There would be little or no
reward beyond the spiritual. This book is a fictionalized story of three such
country preachers on the frontier of Texas and the problems they faced bringing
the message of Christ to wilderness areas. Bill Wood was born and raised in a
small town in Texas. Since 1975, he has pastored ten country churches in either
Texas, Louisiana, or California or taught in a small Christian school... or
both at the same time. When not preaching or studying or writing, Bro. Bill
enjoys visiting antique stores, festivals, and historical places. He's been
known to pick and grin some in church and is partial to anything having to do
with the Old West (movies, artwork, decor, clothes, rodeos). Dr. Wood has been
described by friends as "an old-fashioned, Southern gentleman with just a touch
of John Wayne". In May of 2012, he became the pastor at Central Baptist
Church in Stamford, Texas. A graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and
Baptist Christian University in Shreveport, Louisiana, this is Bill's second
book to be published through Xulon Press... the first being a fictional account
of the birth of Jesus entitled "And Nothing's Been the Same Since".
Bill Wood & Tom
Johnson
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