The Great Intermission - 9781638127970

Albert Peter Krueger was born in the border town of McAllen Texas, on May 2, 1948.Elementary school years were experienced in Jackson, Michigan, and in 1958, the family movedto Flagstaff, Arizona when Harold, his father, was transferred to manage a new store opening.When the old company was purchased by a new company, the old managers were let go. At thattime, Mr. and Mrs. Krueger took their savings and purchased a franchise 60 miles down the roadto the east in Winslow, Arizona. And so it was the Albert graduated from Winslow High Schoolin 1966. 50 years later he published the first version of The Great Intermission, under the titleFrom the Fords of the Jordan to the Plain of Shinar. Discontinuities are the hallmark of Albert's journey through his 3/4 century pilgrimage. Hebegan his undergraduate years at the University of Arizona as an astronomy major, changing toMathematics after two years. The 60s had a profound effect on him, and he left college in 1971to learn the retail trade in the family business in Winslow. When the parent company of thefranchise began to disintegrate, he and his father parted ways, with Albert returning to Tucson tocomplete a degree in Philosophy. Albert married his first wife, Katherine, in Tucson just before heading to seminary inBerkeley, California. They have two grown children, Sam and Anaiah, who are happily pursuingtheir chosen professions. The marriage ended in 2012. Albert received the Master of Divinity degree from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific,an Episcopal Church seminary, in 1980. He was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church inWalla Walla, Washington on December 2, 1981. After serving congregations in EasternWashington and in west central Oregon and the greater Portland area, Father Albert retired in2013. He is now married to his lovely wife Diana and lives in Phoenix, Arizona. He and his wifeattend Dream City Church in north Phoenix.

• | Author: Albert Peter Krueger
• | Publisher: Pen Culture Solutions
• | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1638127972
• | ISBN-13: 9781638127970