Bonnie Thurston, after years as a university and seminary professor, lives quietly in her home state of West Virginia. She is the author or editor of fifteen theological books, including "Philippians" in the Sacra Pagina series; "Religious Vows, the Sermon on the Mount", and "Christian Living; The Spiritual Landscape of Mark" (Liturgical Press) and "For God Alone: A Primer on Prayer" (University of Notre Dame Press). Her poetry appears frequently in religious periodicals and has been published in two small collections from Three Peaks Press in Wales, The Heart's Lands and Hints and Glimpses.