From the Back Cover:
"The title of this book caught your eye, didn't it? This book is better than the title."
Dr. John Hadsell, Professor-Emeritus,
San Francisco Theological Seminary, author
"Duke Robinson - scholar, humorist, teacher, leader, author, family man - led a public life of achievement and honor. Despite his rational, straightforward, practical outlook, in all his books he beats the drum for agape, the powerful love so beautifully demonstrated in the ancient prophets and Jesus. To read Robinson's memoir is to take part in his lifetime spiritual quest in facing life's mysteries."
Douglas Hergert, author, Nothing in Paris, a novel
"Sure, everyone has a story to tell, but only a few can tell it well. Robinson succeeds admirably. As a child he picked up his nickname from DuPont company (DUCO) paint accidentally spilled on him. Here, he brushes his life experiences in bold, clear, colorful strokes, each of which is almost a story in itself. This clear-thinking retired pastor takes us through dramatic "what ifs" and "how comes" of his life and breaks through expected norms. Finally, he forms some surprising, head-standing conclusions that are at variance with his family, traditional religion, and even the predictable portrait of himself."
Robert W. Bone, author, Fire Bone, a Maverick Guide to a Life in Journalism
"Duke Robinson has never been afraid to question what has been set before him and find the good in it, albeit, not always in conventional ways. Reading this memoir, at times I laughed out loud, at other times, shed tears. Here is a guy who is not afraid to bare his soul, warts and all. He also serves delicious food for thought."
Julie Blade, Living History, Memoir Consultant
"There is a great life to be had without gods and Duke Robinson has lived it and writes about it eloquently. The path away from sentimental nonsense to intellectual integrity, compassion and concern for peace and justice has never been better described!"
Eric Maisel, Ph.D., author, The Atheist's Way and Life Purpose Boot Camp
About the Author:
In 2000, Time Warner published the paperback version of Duke Robinson's award-winning hardcover book GOOD INTENTIONS, under the title TOO NICE FOR YOUR OWN GOOD: How to Stop Making 9 Self-Sabotaging Mistakes. It appears in 13 languages and as an early Kindle book. It still sells briskly.
His second non-fiction book, CREATE YOUR BEST LIFE: How to Live Fully Knowing One Day You Will Die, appeared in December 2011, published through CreateSpace.
In September 2012, he published his novel, also through CreateSpace, SAVIOR: An Old Notion in a New Novel of Unthinkable Absurdity .
Robinson was reared in the Philadelphia area, graduating in 1950 from Haverford High School. He holds a BA degree in philosophy (1954) from Wheaton College, and a Masters of Divinity degree (1958), from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Since 1960, he's lived in the East Bay of Northern California.For 28 years before retiring to writing, Robinson led the dynamic, progressive Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland. For several years during that ministry he served part-time as an adjunct professor at San Francisco Theological Seminary, from which he holds an earned doctorate (1979). Prior to retiring in 1996, he was known widely as a speaker and appeared frequently on Northern California television.
In 2000, he and his wife Barbara moved to Rossmoor, an adult community in Walnut Creek, CA, 30 miles east of San Francisco. After 54 years together, she died in 2008 (He writes of her dying, and of his almost dying in 2009, in CREATE YOUR BEST LIFE). He has four mature children, nine wonderful grandchildren and two great-grandsons, who, he claims, are absolute geniuses.
In April 2014, Robinson published another award-winning, nonfiction work, A MIDDLE WAY: The Secular/Spiritual Road to Wholeness.
This book, his memoir, STANDING ON MY HEAD ... WITH MY FLY OPEN, appeared in November 2015. Robinson was eight when he stood on his head. In January 2018, he turned 85, standing on both feet.
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