Bert Johnston

In the twenty-first century, the residents of Canterbury Hall gathered around a table to tell each other tales just as Chaucer's pilgrims did on their way to Canterbury in the fourteenth century. Like Chaucer's stories, these fifteen tales are contemporary to their times, and sometimes the account of the persons who tell these tales are as interesting as the stories themselves. Written in Chaucer-style verse, The Canterbury Hall Tales are a treat for people, young and old, who enjoy the humor and adventure of Chaucer's stories. The author has made no attempt to capture Chaucer's bawdiness.

In the twenty-first century, the residents of Canterbury Hall gathered around a table to tell each other tales just as Chaucer's pilgrims did on their way to Canterbury in the fourteenth century. Like Chaucer's stories, these fifteen tales are contemporary to their times, and sometimes the account of the persons who tell these tales are as interesting as the stories themselves. Written in Chaucer-style verse, The Canterbury Hall Tales are a treat for people, young and old, who enjoy the humor and adventure of Chaucer's stories. The author has made no attempt to capture Chaucer's bawdiness.

On his first Sunday as pastor of a rural Virginia church, newly-minted minister Eddie Campbell discovers that his leading elder is an apostle of racism. Eddie's own more liberal views soon put him at serious odds with Mr. Melon, and others in his congregation. Eddie persists, but finds his own faith tested by challenges in his ministry and crises in his family life. Set in the 1950s, Parson Campbell's Breakthrough tells a story of a close-knit southern community encountering changing social norms about race that force them to confront their longstanding beliefs and prejudices. Answers don't come easily, and not all hearts are changed, but in the end Eddie achieves a breakthrough he could not have imagined on his first Sunday.Bert Johnston is a retired Presbyterian minister who served churches throughout the South and Midwest. He writes from a Christian perspective, but preaches no sermons. Readers of Jan Karon's Mitford novels will enjoy Parson Campbell's Breakthrough.