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Author · U.S. Navy, Ret.

Roots are what you came from.
Anchors are what you choose.

Twenty-six years in uniform, and a faith that had to be broken before it would hold. Sam Priggemeier writes memoir and theology for readers who have found the easy version of both wanting.

Cover of Roots and Anchors

The Books

Roots and Anchors · Book 1

Roots and Anchors

Faith Forged through Pain

He could fix anything with wires and a checklist. What he couldn’t fix was himself.

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The Paradigm Priggemeier Perspective Paradox · Book 1

Grace & Works

The Unified Path to Salvation

Grace and works were never opposing forces. They are one path.

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Hebrews calls faith an anchor for the soul. I spent thirty years believing an anchor meant never moving. It took losing everything to learn it just meant never drifting too far from Him.
Roots and Anchors
Portrait of Samuel J. Priggemeier

The author

Samuel Joseph Priggemeier

  • 26 years, U.S. Navy
  • MA Military History, Norwich
  • Two books

Twenty-six years of service. Two books.

Sam Priggemeier gave twenty-six years to the United States Navy as an Aviation Electronics Technician, keeping fighter jets flying safely through the dark.

He writes memoir and theology: Roots and Anchors, a memoir, and Grace & Works, which argues that grace and works were never opposing forces, but one path.

He holds a Master of Arts in Military History from Norwich University, and is from the United States.

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