Check out the Faith in the Fre…
Check out the Faith in the Freshman website for two interesting recognitions! The first is the Power Book by The… http://fb.me/3L25g9P
Health Care Hero and Power Book Recognitions
Our diabetes discussion is part of a much larger conversation about health care in our community. Read the rest of this entry »
About 100 people attended the …
About 100 people attended the book reading/signing at Concordia. Go to http://www.faithinthefreshman.com to see photos… http://fb.me/3rkY5dS
Patrick Ferry About 100 people…
Patrick Ferry About 100 people came to the book signing on CUW’s campus. Photos from the event are at the photo… http://fb.me/3gB6rVi
About 100 people came to the b…
About 100 people came to the book signing on CUW’s campus. Photos from the event are at the photo tab. Go to… http://fb.me/3tACFu8
Meet the Author – Nov. 2009
Here are a few photos from the recent book signing at Concordia. I wore my red Chuck Taylor Converse basketball shoes in honor of the event.
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The “BizTimes” just posted an …
The “BizTimes” just posted an article today, in their Weekly Bubbler, about the book and tonight’s book launch. Go… http://fb.me/3pYIIg0
“Biz Times Weekly Bubbler” posting
Click here to view the article just posted today in the BizTimes Weekly Bubbler (Milwaukee, WI) about Faith in the Freshman and tonight’s book launch!
http://faithinthefreshman.com/…
Letters and Reactions, continued
Below is another letter I received ~ Pat
“I finished your book – “Faith in the Freshman” – last weekend while attending the conference championships for women’s soccer, men’s soccer, & volleyball in the Chicago area last weekend.” Read the rest of this entry »
Book Club Discusses “Faith in the Freshman”
Divine Savior Lutheran’s Book Club in Hartford, Wisconsin, hosted me for breakfast and discussed the book. Great food and wonderful conversation!
I posted 9 photos on Facebook …
I posted 9 photos on Facebook in the album “DSLC Book Club” http://fb.me/3yO8t8O
Andrew on Fox 6 Milwaukee
In “Faith in the Freshman” I mention that Andrew’s battle with type 1 diabetes began to draw local attention during his senior year at Milwaukee Lutheran. The following video includes a feature that aired several times on Milwaukee’s FOX affiliate in February, 2008.
Maybe you weren’t up early e…
Maybe you weren’t up early enough on Sunday morning on November 1st. Or, perhaps you weren’t listening to one of… http://bit.ly/48G2yb
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The Concordian Review
The following review was written by Dr. David Eggebrecht and appeared in the Fall 2009 edition of the Concordian. ~ Pat
Concordia President, the Rev. Dr. Patrick Ferry, has written a new book entitled Faith in the Freshman: A Story of Hopes and Hoops. In alternating chapters he discusses his own freshman experience , at St. John’s College — Winfield, which led him to become a Christian, and his son Andrew’s experience as a college freshman wanting to play Division I basketball and dealing with diabetes.
The book is an engrossing read (I had to wrest it from my wife’s hands in order to read it so I could write this review by deadline.) Read the rest of this entry »