W. Phillip Keller

W. Phillip Keller is the son of missionary parents and grew up East Africa.  He has written over thirty-five Christian books; one of the most popular of his books is A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23.  Here is an excerpt from Outdoor Moments with God from the chapter entitled, Mountain Vespers.

I had decided to spend the night there, curled up in a couple of old, well-worn blankets. As the sun settled beyond the sawtooth skyline to the west, the high mountain robins began their evening serenade. It blended into the melody of a small stream that murmured softly through the glade. Then, just then, several vesper sparrows added their pure, plaintive vesper calls to the soft evening song. If ever there was in truth a vesper service of primitive purity, this was it, played out in absolute innocence for all eternity.

For a mountain man, well into the late twilight of his own earth sojourn, this interlude stands out with glowing delight and sheer ecstasy which no pen can possibly portray on paper. I had entered a celestial cathedral of divine design.  In truth this had been for me hallowed ground. And in that place of supreme peace, I had again encountered the person of Christ Himself who as He assured us, "Goes ahead to prepare places of supreme serenity for us." Not just in the next world, but in this one as well.

 I have gained so much from many of his books, especially the ones in which he presents spiritual lessons from whatever the environment may be around him: Mountain Splendor, Still Waters, Sea Edge.