Everywhere You Go There’s a Zacchaeus Up a Tree: Small-Town Faith and Words of Wisdom from Roger Campbell’s Newspaper Columns

The wholesome, winsome wit and wisdom of columnist Roger Campbell Every week for nearly forty years, Roger Campbell took up his pen to craft a newspaper column that would make a difference in the lives of his readers. His tales of fishing, family, friends, and fun helped them to trade their fears for faith, their sorrows for songs, and their doubts for certainties.

Everywhere You Go There’s a Zacchaeus Up a Tree is an anthology edited by his son, drawn from these weekly columns. Based on Roger’s experiences in the world at large, the pastorate, his community, and his family, these brief but wise essays are enriching, instructive, and gently challenging. Roger’s habit of humbly talking with people from all walks of life wherever he went provided ample opportunity to impact generations of folks. His warm words still bear witness to the truth that God meets us where we are and uses us when we are willing.

Always starting with a Scripture reference, these short entries can be read as a daily or weekly devotion.

For those longing for a simpler time and the flavor of small-town life, Everywhere You Go There’s a Zacchaeus Up a Tree shares a deep, abiding, homespun faith that knows, as Campbell wrote, that God loves you no matter which way the wind blows.