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Published Reviews:

"These are hard sayings! Vigorous GRACE abounding. At times in words so harsh as to be deemed barnyard by some. At other times as soft as a lamb's cloak. Altogether, reminiscent of the motley crew that first followed the lonely Galilean."
Will D. Campbell

"In RealLivePreacher.com there is vulgarity - R-rated vulgarity, much too much of it, and without the alibi that someone else is being quoted. But there is also music, the sometimes lyrical and sometimes thunderous music of a soul going for broke for God and letting us listen."
Alan Cochrum - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"Sometimes, writing reviews, I feel like the man who threw stones into the sea, hunting for the gem hidden among them. RealLivePreacher.com is one of the gems. So run, do not walk, to your nearest computer, telephone, or bookstore and buy, do not borrow (so you can lend it) RealLivePreacher.com
The Church Educator

"In the tradition of Will Campbell, another Baptist preacher who is also unflinching and straightforward in his writing, Atkinson laces his essays with earthy language that isn't common for Baptist preachers. But he writes with the heart of a pastor about real live people, and through this lens provides readers with an understanding of faith that is authentic, touching, and without pretense."
Larry Hollon: General Commission on Communications, The United Methodist Church

"All in all, the most fascinating aspect of RealLivePreacher.com is its striking honesty. The Preacher shows us how God works faith in each and every one of us, no matter how broken, lost, or thoroughly screwed up we are. This is Good News indeed.
Fearless Reviews

"Gordon Atkinson has a gift. He writes about faith and life in the church and the world in such disarmingly honest, loving detail, that you almost can't help but be moved and caught up in the story. His is the voice of someone who has been through Hell, but not back; it seems more to me that he has come out on the other side and kept going...In the end, I thought Julius' final line from the movie Pulp Fiction was appropriate. Because The Preacher is trying real hard to be the shepherd; so should we all."
Gower Street - a blog by an Episcopal priest in St. Joseph Minnesota

"RealLivePreacher.com places on the printed page some of Atkinson's choicest weblog essays. he writes with passion and honesty in a down-to-earth style that is most "un-preacherish" (warning: occasional salty language may offend some readers!) Savor his reflections to feed your soul, refresh your own use of the English language, and restock your storehouse of eminently quotable stories and aphorisms."
Lutheran Partners

"This book will make any preacher re-think the way they communicate and realize how important it is to attend to the words we use and the images with which we try to express something of the meaning and purpose of faith."
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