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Robert Fulghum (born June 4, 1937) is an American author, primarily of short essays. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... An essay is a short work that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ...


He has worked as a Unitarian minister (at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship in Bellingham, Washington from 1960-64 [1], and the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmonds, Washington amongst other communities), artist, and teacher as well. Historic Unitarianism believed in the oneness of God as opposed to traditional Christian belief in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). ... In most Protestant churches, a minister is a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation or participates in a role in a parachurch ministry; such a person may also be called a Pastor, Preacher, Bishop, Chaplain or Elder. ... Bellingham is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. ... Edmonds is a city located in Snohomish County, Washington. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A teachers room in a Japanese middle school, 2005. ...


He came to prominence in the US when his first collection, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986), stayed on the New York Times bestseller lists for nearly two years. All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten is the title of a book of short essays by Robert Fulghum, an American Unitarian minister. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...


Throughout this collection, subtitled "Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things," Fulghum expounds his down-home philosophy of seeing the world though the eyes of a child. The Philosopher (detail), by Rembrandt Philosophy is a field of study that includes diverse subfields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics, in which people ask questions such as whether God exists, whether knowledge is possible, and what makes actions right or wrong. ...


His prose style is very simple and direct, and finds life-affirming maxims in mundane matters as zoes, leaf-raking and dusting.

Robert Fulghum's best-selling book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Robert Fulghum's best-selling book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

His other collections include: Image File history File links Robert Fulghum File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Robert Fulghum File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten is the title of a book of short essays by Robert Fulghum, an American Unitarian minister. ...

  • It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
  • Uh-Oh
  • Maybe (Maybe Not)
  • From Beginning to End -- The Rituals of Our Lives
  • True Love
  • Words I Wish I Wrote

He has written one novel, titled Third Wish, continued in Third Wish II, The Rest of the Story, Almost. Third Wish is the first novel by inspirational writer Robert Fulghum. ...


External links

  • Official website
  • Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church

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Interview: Robert Fulghum (2222 words)
Fulghum says that on his way to selling literally millions of books, he's learned a thing or two about humility: things that he sees focused in a couple of experiences.
Both Fulghum and Rogers are mature men with silvery gray hair and full beards.
Fulghum has a very strong and personal interest in astronomy, or aspects of it.
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