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They Only Changed His Name

By: Bernard C. Baumbach Ph.D

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THEY ONLY CHANGED HIS NAME is a fictionalized presentation of selected biographical events in the life of Bernard E. Baumbach (1892-1981). It begins with an imaginative characterization of the circumstances that provoked his then unmarried father to emigrate from Germany in 1883 with an older brother. They dreamed of becoming wealthy in the developing oil fields of Northwestern Pennsylvania. When he was seventeen years old, Bernard ventured to Central California with Earl, a double-cousin. They, too, had dreamed of becoming wealthy. For them, it was to be as employees of The Standard Oil Company of California. Their adjustments to their new circumstances were eased because of the help provided by Bernards older brother, Albert, who had made that same trip two years earlier. The story chronicles his life as he matured into manhood which, at first, was a foreign country. He grew up in a richly religious German neighborhood on the outskirts of Oil City, PA. Central California was strange also because there were no wooded hills and rushing rivers. The desert-like weather was yet another contending factor and the culture of California that provoked individuality and independence was daunting. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps on May 22, 1918 and served as a corporal in the Shore Patrol in France for four month prior to the Armistice and for eight months following. Three months later, he married Cordulla Julia Charlotte Becker of Pasadena, CA. He continued with Standard Oil of California until his retirement while garnering an exemplary record for safety as a driller. The centerpiece of the story, however, is that of family: his family on Dutch Hill in the Cornplanter Township in PA; Julias family in Pasadena, CA; and Julias and his family of five children in Anaheim, CA.

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1481727567

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His Father’S Son

Book I – He Wore a Clerical Collar

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

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His Father’S Son

Book I – He Wore a Clerical Collar

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

In researching the early life of my maternal grandfather, Julius Ludwig Frederick Becker, Jr., I learned of people and events from the prior generation that I felt had to be incorporated into the book. The story line had to be revised. The result is evident in the books title, His Fathers Son. What I also learned was that my maternal great-grandfather was an influential figure throughout my grandfathers life. It was evident that this biographical endeavor was too much for a single volume; hence, a trilogy. This first volume is subtitled, Part 1 He Wore A Clerical Collar. The second volume (in preparation) is subtitled, Part 2 He Wore A Khaki Collar. It features his life as a rancher in Inyo County, CA, the area of his first parish assignment and the home of the young woman who became his wife. The third volume will be subtitled Part 3 He Wears A White Collar. This volume will review life throughout his third career in Southern California.

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1504916522

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Yes, It All Really Happened

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

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Yes, It All Really Happened

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

The primary purpose of this project has been to leave a description of middle-class American life as experienced during the second quarter of the 20th century to those in my kinship system who were born decades later. This collection of autobiographical vignettes --for which I plead guilty of enhancing with fictitious dialogue in order to craft a story --provides a literary context for reconstructing the actual events, only segments of which are sequestered in memory. In other words, I am determined that in so doing I am involved as much in explanation as I am in entertaining. I am acutely aware of the fact that in this memoir a greater emphasis has been given to my pre-teen years. This imbalance was provoked by sage counsel to restrict the size of this book. Hence, a number of stories emerging from experiences occurring, and/or endured, throughout my high school and college years --indeed, a number sufficient for more than another book --were pulled from the manuscript, but not deleted from my computer. The dialogue in each story admittedly involves some fabrication. But the persons, the places, and the various features of each historical context are actual and true. Given my subsequent understanding of the personalities of those principally involved in each story, in crafting the scenarios I have not hesitated to propose what I believe might have been an approximation of what may well have been the actual dialogue. Ergo, although each story is not absolutely authentic from beginning to end, with respect to the centering experience in each case, YES, It ALL Actually HAPPENED! B.C.B.

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1491813040

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A Contemporary Evaluation of Lutheranism:

A Spiritual Odyssey

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

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A Contemporary Evaluation of Lutheranism:

A Spiritual Odyssey

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

Reader Alert! The thrust of A Contemporary Evaluation of Lutheranism is identified in the subtitleA Spiritual Odyssey. Thus the author provides substantiating details as to why his very own personal faith journey reads more like a polemic. Dr. Baumbachs study of the Symbolic Books of Lutheranism has transformed his perception of Lutheran doctrine. That is, much of Lutheran doctrineas well as much of Christian doctrinehave been based upon the historicalization of myth. Hence, this book is not a call to arms. Rather, the author hopes that it might provoke others, conscientiously and with respectable scholarship, to re-examine the doctrinal structure of their respective religious assemblies. Obviously, this book is initially addressed to Lutheran theologians, Lutheran pastors, and spiritually sensitive Lutheran laity. However, inasmuch as the parameters encompassing the Domain of The Spirit are primarily unknownand many that are knowable are often unacknowledgedthis invitation is extended as well to other Christians and non-Christians alike. Global conceptualizations in the 21st Century are infinitely more illuminating than those involved in 16th Century religious thought processes. All venues of biblical scholarship available today provide disturbing, but nonetheless revealing and substantiating, evidences that cannot be ignored by scientially qualified and spiritually sensitive persons. The rigorous (some prefer the term fossilized) structures of most institutionalized religions and the resolute faith positions of their members are discouraging factors in this regard. But given the unfathomable transcendence of The Spirit, every facet of the Domain of The Spirit ultimately evidences one inescapable phenomenonCHANGE. Reader Alert! There is HOPE!

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1496905385

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His Father’S Son – Book Ii –

He Wore a Khaki Collar

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

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His Father’S Son – Book Ii –

He Wore a Khaki Collar

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

A selection of Dr. Baumbachs literary endeavors is featured on his website given below. The first book of his trilogy, His Fathers Son: Book 1He Wore a Clerical Collar, was published in June of this year. This second book of the trilogy will also carry the date of 2015. It is the fifth book that he has published in the last three years. A 2016 publication date is planned for the final book of the trilogy, His Fathers Son: Book 3He Wears a White Collar. In that forthcoming volume, Julius resumes a contentious disposition regarding the institutional church while achieving amazing financial success as a Swedish masseur. www.bernardbaumbach.com

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His Father’S Son

Book I – He Wore a Clerical Collar

By: Bernard C. Baumbach

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They Only Changed His Name

They Only Changed His Name

His Father’S Son

His Father’S Son

Yes, It All Really Happened

Yes, It All Really Happened

A Contemporary Evaluation of Lutheranism:

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His Father’S Son – Book Ii –

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His Father’S Son

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