Jon Lauck

The Power of Gratitude

Christian Living

“Mike and Elizabeth Garry were icons of Midwestern civic culture and pillars of their community of Fairview, Minnesota. They personified the ethic of neighborliness, the art of friendship, and the pursuit of decency as an ideology. The Garrys’ story is beautifully told by a grateful son, whose moving meditation channels Jon Hassler’s skill at purveying the humanity of small-town Catholic benevolence and brings life to the idea and practice of Midwestern niceness.”