How often does your mirror say, "You are beautiful, you are wise, you are loved?" "Mirror of Our Becoming: Meditations on Nature's Beauty, Wisdom and Mystery" is a collection of contemplative reflections revealing the reality of your existence: that the beauty around you is already inside you. It will show you how to align yourself with that grand tapestry in which you're a single, essential thread. It will prove you're infinitely lovable, inexhaustibly loving, and tenderly held by love's great purpose as revealed through Nature's wonders. Organized by season, this inspiring gathering of...
How often does your mirror say, "You are beautiful, you are wise, you are loved?" "Mirror of Our Becoming: Meditations on Nature's Beauty, Wisdom and ...
What does home mean to you? The spiritual autobiography "Home After Exile" begins in an orphanage. The author's adopted father dies when she's six. Her adopted mother says she's a worthless piece of garbage. Her stepfather haunts her bedroom at night. Through all that darkness, a mysterious 'something more' invites Ayres to a journey of spiritual growth. As a child, she builds altars in the woods to commune with a numinous Presence that is both More and All. As an adult, she sets out to find more prosaic cures for the loneliness that dogs her every step. Marriage. A convent. A search for her...
What does home mean to you? The spiritual autobiography "Home After Exile" begins in an orphanage. The author's adopted father dies when she's six. He...
Paradox defines the human condition. We yearn for that which is good, beautiful, true. We're confronted by that which is bad, ugly, false. Still it beckons, our heart's desire, urging us to do the impossible, to resolve the paradox, to find the reality hidden beneath appearance: to swim our river of stone. Written over a span of five decades, the uplifting poetry in "Swimming the River of Stone" represents one woman's spiritual journey to find the 'some-thing more' which holds out the promise of fulfillment and belonging. Some call it wholeness, some call it love, some call it God. Elizabeth...
Paradox defines the human condition. We yearn for that which is good, beautiful, true. We're confronted by that which is bad, ugly, false. Still it be...
Where's your wave of creativity? If you want to learn how to write, "Writing the Wave: Inspired Rides for Aspiring Writers" is the very first writing book designed especially for beginning writers who yearn to write more expressively. Written with warmth and wit by internationally acclaimed writer and teacher Elizabeth Ayres, this 15th anniversary edition of a classic writing how-to book makes the creative process safe, easy and fun while honoring its spiritual depth and mystery. Elizabeth shows you how it's done. With step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow writing exercises, you'll be...
Where's your wave of creativity? If you want to learn how to write, "Writing the Wave: Inspired Rides for Aspiring Writers" is the very first writing ...