A Prayer for the Prairie
A Prayer for the Prairie

Author: Raylene Frankhauser Nickel

Publisher: Fiver Penny Press

Published: 2003-04-01

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780974610801

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"This book is a collection of spiritual essays. It describes the author's life on a small farm and ranch on the Northern Plains. It discusses the economic challenges facing these small farms and ranches. It provides historical context through some description of past agriculture economics and life styles. The author weaves this material with spiritual insights to suggest agricultural practices and economics, and rural lifestyles that could help sustain small farms and rural communities."

A Prairie Devotional
A Prairie Devotional

Author: Wendi Lou Lee

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2019-08-06

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1400213274

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In A Prairie Devotional, former child actress Wendi Lou Lee, who played Grace Ingalls on the TV show Little House on the Prairie, shares unique stories and spiritual insights that give a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the hearts and souls of the series' beloved characters. With more than 90 devotionals, A Prairie Devotional offers readers: A spiritual resource based on rich themes of faith and family Unique insights and life lessons Heartwarming stories and personal anecdotes Behind-the-scenes glimpses into the lives of the characters Quotes from Little House on the Prairie A blend of faith and prairie life Scripture verses Thought-provoking questions for deeper reflection In A Prairie Devotional, Wendi Lou Lee invites reflection on the ideas that made the TV series so popular: soothing broken relationships, keeping your head up in challenging situations, and relying on God's guidance when life looks impossible. A Prairie Devotional is an inspirational compilation of heartwarming material that lifelong fans will love.

Finding Beauty in a Broken World
Finding Beauty in a Broken World

Author: Terry Tempest Williams

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2009-10-06

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0375725199

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"Shards of glass can cut and wound or magnify a vision," Terry Tempest Williams tells us. "Mosaic celebrates brokenness and the beauty of being brought together." Ranging from Ravenna, Italy, where she learns the ancient art of mosaic, to the American Southwest, where she observes prairie dogs on the brink of extinction, to a small village in Rwanda where she joins genocide survivors to build a memorial from the rubble of war, Williams searches for meaning and community in an era of physical and spiritual fragmentation. In her compassionate meditation on how nature and humans both collide and connect, Williams affirms a reverence for all life, and constructs a narrative of hopeful acts, taking that which is broken and creating something whole.

Grave on the Prairie
Grave on the Prairie

Author: Maureen J. Chicoine RSCJ

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2018-07-31

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1532052227

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Saint Philippine Duchesne and four religious companions of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus came from France to Louisiana in 1818 with the express desire of working among Native Americans to bring them knowledge of the love of Jesus Christ for them. After many years of educating the children of European settlers, Philippine finally realized her dream when she was sent to an encampment of the Potawatomi at Sugar Creek, Kansas. Her time among them was limited to one year; however, her sisters, the Religious of the Sacred Heart, continued to work among the Potawatomi for thirty-eight more years. This book is a carefully researched account of the life and work of these sisters among the Native Americans, the difficulties of adaptation of European women to frontier conditions, and the movement across Kansas with their people as the Potawatomi were pushed westward. Although the life of Saint Philippine has been studied extensively, until Maureen Chicoine undertook the research for this book, no complete account of the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart to the Potawatomi existed. The book will shed light on a little known apostolic ministry of the Society in America in the nineteenth century.

Eternal Echoes
Eternal Echoes

Author: John O'Donohue

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 0061853275

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There is a divine restlessness in the human heart, our eternal echo of longing that lives deep within us and never lets us settle for what we have or where we are.In this exquisitely crafted and inspirational book, John O'Donohue, author of the bestseller Anam Cara, explores the most basic of human desires - the desire to belong, a desire that constantly draws us toward new possibilities of self-discovery, friendship, and creativity.

A Prayer for the Dying
A Prayer for the Dying

Author: Stewart O'Nan

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1466853255

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A deadly epidemic threatens the lives and sanity of a Civil War veteran and his family in this “new masterpiece of American literature” (Dennis Lehane). Set in Friendship, Wisconsin, just after the Civil War, A Prayer for the Dying tells of a horrible epidemic that is suddenly and gruesomely killing the town’s residents and setting off a terrifying paranoia. Jacob Hansen, Friendship’s sheriff, undertaker, and pastor, is soon overwhelmed by the fear and anguish around him, and his sanity begins to fray. Dark, poetic, and chilling, Stewart O’Nan’s A Prayer for the Dying examines the effect of madness and violence on the morality of a once-decent man. Praise for A Prayer for the Dying New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year “A Prayer for the Dying reads like the amazing, unrelenting love child of Shirley Jackson and Cormac McCarthy. It’s twisted proof that God will do worse to test a faithful man than the devil would ever do to punish a sinner.”―Chuck Palahniuk “O’Nan again proves himself a writer of dazzling virtuosity and imagination. . . . A mesmerizing story and a brilliant tour de force.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Horse Prayers
Horse Prayers

Author: Anna Blake

Publisher: Bookbaby

Published: 2018-09-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780996491266

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Horse Prayers, Poems from the Prairie, is a collection of poetry from a small farm on the Colorado prairie; tiny stories in simple words, praise for the beautiful fragile land, and love poems to horses. This is a 106-page book of poetry and full-color photography, a softcover mini-coffee table book.Some heartfelt, some humorous, these poems are a howl to the prairie wind. I'm a woman on a farm, wonderstruck by this simple life with its plain beauty; the comfort of daily chores and bittersweet sunsets. Even my words can't look away. And the horses. This gray mare isn't over that girlish phase. None of us are, so I write love poems to horses, putting words to this equine passion that powers a central part of our lives. What is it that pulls us so fiercely to horses?Horse Prayers is verse but this love affair with poems doesn't threaten my long-term relationship with writing non-fiction. It's more like an inky ménage à trois.WishWe felt them closebefore we had skin;from an infinite prairiethe vibration began.A slow rolling nickerrumbled, more feltthan heard. Horsescalled to us, beforewe were born, so wewould remember theirwarm breath when we first saw fairy-tale imagesin children's books. We were theirs long before we called them our own.

To Light Their Way
To Light Their Way

Author: Kayla Craig

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2021-10

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1496454006

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Prayers to guide your journey of raising kids in a complicated world. In an age of distraction and overwhelm, finding the words to meaningfully pray for our children--and for our journey as parents--can feel impossible. Written with warmth and welcome, To Light Their Way gives voice to your prayers when words won't come. Filled with more than 100 modern liturgies, this book guides you into an intentional conversation with God for your children and the world they live in. From everyday struggles like helping your child find friends or thrive in school to larger issues like praying for a brighter world rooted in peace and truth, these pleas and petitions act as a gentle guide, reminding us that while our words may fail, God never does. At the core of To Light Their Way is the deepest of prayers: that our children will experience the love of God so deeply that their lives will be an outpouring of love that lights up the world.

Prairie Kaddish
Prairie Kaddish

Author: Isa Milman

Publisher: Coteau Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781550503883

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Isa Milman uses historical and personal awakening, and archival sleuthing, to create a "kaddish" - a Jewish prayer of mourning and commemoration - for a prairie community that now exists only through remembrance. Prairie Kaddish begins with the author's serendipitous discovery of the Jewish graveyard at Lipton, Saskatchewan, a community whose existence she'd previously been unaware of. The incident triggers an exploration both archival and personal, for information about these people, and what their lives must have been like, and the resulting work of remembrance, which makes up this book. Kaddish is the Jewish prayer for the dead, recited at the burial, during the seven days of mourning, and every year on the anniversary of the death. Every Jew knows Kaddish, it is the universal prayer. There are no more Jewish colonies, no more Jewish farmers on the prairies. Prairie Kaddish is an elegy for all that no longer exists, except through remembrance.

Neopagan Rites
Neopagan Rites

Author: Isaac Bonewits

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0738711993

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A practical guidebook for creating and conducting public rituals that that unify, inspire and fulfil their intended purposes.