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For an eight-year-old boy in Depression-era Tilden, Nebraska, a week-long revival promises more than salvation: beneath the old opera house waits a grocery store stocked with candy, peanuts, and soda pop. His grandmother Ingeborg insists on attendance, his grandfather Olav has a talent for conveniently timed headaches, and the boy has fifteen cents and high hopes. But when Rufus the dog crashes Grandma’s favorite hymn and the crowded upstairs floor begins to sag, an ordinary evening of worship becomes a family story worth telling for generations.

Decades later, D. L. Norris listens as her father brings that evening back to life at the dining room table. His delight in the mischief, affection for his grandparents, and satisfaction in pockets full of treats turn childhood recollection into a gift shared between father and daughter. Told with gentle humor and tenderness, Give Me That Old Time Religion celebrates the stories we inherit—and the voices we long to hear just once more.