{"product_id":"winter-a-spiritual-biography-of-the-season-9781683364979","title":"Winter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore how the dormancy and difficulty of winter can be a time of spiritual preparation and transformation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many, winter is a time of postponed activity―and of shoveling snow, navigating ice, and trying to keep warm. What can easily be forgotten in winter's cold and occasional dreariness is that it can also be a time of shoring up, of purity, praise, delight, and play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn thirty stirring pieces―from translated Sanskrit and Hebrew poems to Henry David Thoreau and Basho, Jane Kenyon, John Updike, Kathleen Norris, and Annie Dillard―we share in the recognition of winter's hardships and celebrate the glory of winter as a spiritual gift―a quiet time in the rhythm of life, a time of thoughtfulness, of looking forward, and of unexpected hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining our retreat and hibernation from the world, and our ultimate breaking free from icy paralysis, these inspiring selections help us express and understand our own personal reaction to wintertime. They show us the way from the cold of this season to the warmth of the human soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchmidt, Gary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Schmidt\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches literature at Calvin College. He is coeditor of \u003cem\u003eWinter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season; Autumn: A Spiritual Biography of the Season\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSpring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season\u003c\/em\u003e (all SkyLight Paths). He is also author of\u003cem\u003e Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, a Newbery Honor book; \u003cem\u003eMara's Stories: Glimmers in the Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, a Fanfare 2002 Horn Book honor list book; \u003cem\u003eStraw into Gold;\u003c\/em\u003e and, with Lawrence Kushner, \u003cem\u003eIn God's Hands.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFelch, Susan M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan M. Felch\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches literature at Calvin College and is coeditor of \u003cem\u003eWinter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season; Autumn: A Spiritual Biography of the Season\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSpring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season\u003c\/em\u003e. She also edited \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Works of Anne Vaughan Lock\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBakhtin and Religion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoser, Barry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarry Mosher\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the foremost illustrators working today, has illustrated many books for adults and children, including The Pennyroyal Caxton edition of the King James Bible and Lewis Carroll's \u003cem\u003eAlice: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skylight Paths Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856316141842,"sku":"9781683364979","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a7a9695-8c7e-4cc2-9346-8e83612ab7ae.jpg?v=1737503350","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/winter-a-spiritual-biography-of-the-season-9781683364979","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}