Puppy in the Pulpit

by Raelene Phillips

When Raelene Phillips first spotted her, Dixie Lee was a cuddly furball, sitting on a pillow in a small cage. It wasn’t long before the puppy was whisked to her new home where she proceeded to warm... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581691254
• ISBN13: 9781581691252
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Evergreen Press (AL)
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

An animal lover's delight!

Puppy in the Pulpit is a pet lover's delight to read and light enough to induce even reluctant readers to enjoy the stories of dog and man (make that dog and woman!)that it includes. The author is an obvious dog-lover, and uses her experiences with her pet to bring out sometime light and sometime deeper analogies between us and our heavenly Father. She describes doggie behaviour quite adeptly and almost makes me want to get another dog myself. (We have two cats, or I'd consider it.) From cute to serious, her stories will give you a chuckle and a pause or two, encouraging you to reflect on the beauty and wonder of the gift of life. When you close the pages you'll feel as if you know her and "Dixie Lee" the dog like old neighbors.

An Easy and Fun Read!!!!

I truely enjoyed reading this book. I just got a new puppy myself and can relate. Even though I do agree with the previous post of "buying" a dog instead of adopting one from a shelter, of which I did, I could honestly relate to her experiences. I also find the relations between "Dixie Lee" and Ms Phillips religious teachings to be interesting and enlightening. The book was easy to follow and one that was hard to put down, but once you did, you can pick it right back up and not loose your place. I laughed, had a tear and throughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more of her series.

Good analogies and points to ponder

Ms. Phillips is wonderful at creating analogies between a dog's life and human's life and our relationship with God. She is very good at making points, both obvious and subtle. We definitely need to learn from our dogs - to enjoy the moment(s) and to take pleasure in the little things in life. The only thing I didn't like about this, and it's just my personal preferences, is that she "bought" Dixie. With over 11 million animals being euthanized every YEAR, I would have preferred if she would have went and adopted an animal from a shelter. As buying from a pet store only promotes demand, and thus the supplier must increase their "supply" thereby increasing the life of misery that those animals in "breeding" facilities must endure. I also didn't like the fact that because she couldn't housetrain her other dog, that she got rid of it...and the way she phrased it came across a little callous.