Description
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays from Barbara Kingsolver, Anne Lamott, Barry Lopez, and others reflects on how parenting challenges, enriches, and magnifies our spiritual lives.
They explore those times when children helped them appreciate the mystery and beauty of life, how children threw them into battles with their souls, and how children helped them say “yes” to living. Parents with families of all kinds will find in these essays moments of joyful recognition and compassionate understanding for the unique spiritual adventure of raising children.
Trade Review“This is not a book about religion; nor is it a book about how to parent; yet, it is a profoundly spiritual collection, which every parent should read. The authors bravely share intimate moments from their own parenting journeys. Readers, the lucky recipients, are privy to the sacred surprises that surface even during the most difficult of times with kids.” —Mimi Doe, Foreword Reviews
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Waking
Life by Alexandra Fuller
Boundary Loss by Noelle Oxenhandler
Mountain Music I by Scott Russell Sanders
Gardening with the Raucous Fairy by Tracy Springberry
Deadfall by Jack Nisbet
Expecting Adam by Martha Beck
Children in the Woods by Barry Lopez
Palsy by Beth Kephart
Struggles with Love
The Driving Lesson by Gerald Early
Ashes by Anne Lamott
The End of Summer by Debra Gwartney
Civil Disobedience at Breakfast by Barbara Kingsolver
Solomon's Blanket by Marjorie Sandor
Kicking and Screaming (but Going Anyway) by Gina Petrie
The Demon's Looking Glass by Nadine Chapman
Room for One More by Nancy Mairs
Embracing Life
At Blackhorse Lake by Jonathan Johnson
A Theory of Falling Bodies by Cora Schenberg
Ordinary Time by D.S. Butterworth
Saved by Jess Walter
Emmanuel by Laura Read
2:45 P.M. by Marion Winik
Birthing a New World by Rosemary Bray McNatt
The Rabbi's Garage by Betsy Wharton
Orthopraxy by Sarah Conover
Hopey Stories by Brian Doyle
