Cock's fourth book has a creational context for everyone's journey in an age of transformation. "This book is . . . [an] exuberant statement of the all-pervasive presence and power of spirit . . . and its ever-present support for the Earth Venture and the Human Venture." --from the Foreword by Thomas Berry, noted Earth spokesperson and author.

Journer, by John P. Cock. In this little novel, Peter takes his family on a global odyssey as they search for the meaning of faith and vocation. Layer after layer of his inherited notions about life, religion, and culture fall away on his spirit quest that leads him from a rural American background to the city, to the ghetto, to third world villages, and back again. Life-changing events guide him on the way. Everyone can identify with Peter for everyone is on the journey. Fashioned after Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, a lean spiritual journey, Journer focuses on the ever-present spirit of grace...

These 109 poems touch on the depths of the spirit journey. They attempt contemporary expression that honors and yet transcends traditional religious and secular articulation, and that honors creation and spirit at the heart of every piece of it.