This Is the Day

By Andrew Taylor-Troutman

What does a slab of bacon have to do with marital fidelity? Who wrote the Chicken Dance? Why are there two days to celebrate eating ice cream for breakfast? Did Jesus have a tattoo?

This Is the Day is a yearlong journal of observing national days for things as diverse and weird as bobbleheads, Yo-Yos, hairball awareness, and serendipity. Taylor-Troutman explores his local North Carolina community and delves into ancient history. Alongside his family, friends, and church congregation, he finds hope in the ordinary, faith in small things, and joy in grief. He writes cheesy limericks, plays the ukulele, and prays with people in prison. He also learns new appreciation for hairdressers, mail carriers, and middle children. Taylor-Troutman even discovers the answers to questions he had never thought to ask, such as “What is the technical name of a flock of zebras?”

Meet the Author

Andrew Taylor Troutman, as captured by a camera and as drawn by his daughter Sadie

Since his ordination in 2010, Andrew Taylor-Troutman (MDiv, 2009) has served two wonderful churches. He is the pastor and head of staff at Chapel in the Pines in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Taylor-Troutman is the author of eight books, most recently This IS the Day (Wipf and Stock). He and his wife Ginny (MDiv, 2008) parent three kids and chase a dog named Ramona after one of their literary heroines. 

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