The Way Back to Mayberry: Lessons from Simpler Time

by Joey Fann

Book Overview

"The Andy Griffith Show" continues to have a huge worldwide following. While many factors contribute to the show's ongoing popularity, many fans continue to point to the basic moral principles upheld by each and every episode. The Way Back to Mayberry takes an irresistible look at these moral themes and values promoted by the show and examines them in light of biblical truth. Each episode is described, and then the message of each show is looked at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805424202
• ISBN13: 9780805424201
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: B&H Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Another perspective!

Most everyone enjoys The Andy Griffith Show for the wholesome perspective on small town life. This book gives us one more reason to watch carefully! Moral and spiritual parallels are pointed out! A superb reason to read this book and then watch carefully and appreciate the genius that is The Andy Griffith Show!

pleased

I love this show for its moral content. It is a devotional book for our family. Received in excellent condition. Thank you.

A Mayberry Fan's Delight

For any Christian Mayberry fan, this book to a delight. I used the book as a daily devotional, hoping it would never end. Every fan quickly recalls the episode being featured, then Joey Fann does an excellent job of extracting a wonderful Christian message from it.

True Spirit of Mayberry

Heartwarming book on the wonderful lessons from Mayberry. Author presents many personal stories and reflections from the classic TV show - a very satisfying read. No Andy Griffith collection is complete without this volume!

New Look at an Old Show

Being a huge Andy Griffith fan, I picked this book up the other day. Don't know what I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised. Any Andy fan can tell you that the show was full of good, heart-warming stories, but I had never thought of the show in the terms presented by the author. To clarify, this book is not filled with epsisode trivia, or preachy sermon topics. However, it does present unique thoughts and observations regarding the timeless themes of Mayberry from a personal perspective. In almost every chapter, the author relates a personal story that will make you laugh, cry, or just reflect on simpler pace of life - kind of like The Andy Griffith Show used to do! If you have even a casual appreciation of the "Old Griffith Show", you will enjoy this book.

The Gospel According To Andy

This is a feel-good approach to a TV phenomenon that is still delighting audiences thirty years later. Fann has hit on one of the reasons for the show's success: each episode contains moral truths and spiritual guidelines intricately woven into the storyline, and these are just as applicable to today's sophisticated, special effects-bombarded viewers as they were to the technicolor-challenged children of the sixties. Fann devotes a separate chapter to thirty of his favorite episodes. He gives a brief synopsis of the events, and then he presents parallel biblical principles that he feels are being showcased. He often peppers his writing with anecdotes from his own experience, and many of these have a "Chicken Soup" kind of approach. Because each chapter is self-sufficient, the book can be read incrementally--a chapter at a time, or it can be enjoyed in its entirety for those who have larger blocks of leisure time available. Each chapter begins with a correlating verse from scripture. For those teaching Andy Griffith Bible studies, this book is a wonderful companion for use in lesson preparation.