Announcing …
Food for All Our Tomorrows, Poems on Seed, Soil, and Sustainability is a collection of twenty-nine bi-lingual poems for middle grade in the Japanese haibun style. With spot illustrations by watercolor artist Susan Rock, and translation by Yuko Emura, the book highlights the essence of the multi-cultural training institute known as the Asian Rural Institute in Tochigi, Japan. The poems focus on organic farming, sustainability, servant leadership, community, and the harvest. The 40-page soft cover book honors ARI’s commitment to create an environment whose motto is “That We May Live Together.”
Publisher: Asian Rural Institute, June 2023
FEATHERS & TRUMPETS, A Story of Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard agonizes over the origin of her visions. Is God speaking to her? Does she dare share her secret? In 12th century Germany, she could be declared heretic and burned at the stake.
Enduring a beginning unimaginable to today’s teens, Hildegard strains against the ascetic lifestyle of Jutta, her mentor nun. Relationships with Volmar, her monk tutor and Richardis, her daughter nun, bring joy to Hildegard. But does she allow herself to love them too much?
In a life fraught with challenges, Hildegard emerges as the most dynamic 12th century female voice. She fights for the nun she loves, moves her community to build a new monastery and defies an archbishop’s command to dig up a dead man.
Feathers and Trumpets chronicles the life of the recently named saint and Doctor of the Church against the backdrop of a rich tapestry we know as the Middle Ages.
FEATHERS AND TRUMPETS is published and available.
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