Barbara Mahany opent haar hart en deelt familieverhalen die al decennia duizenden lezers boeien. Ze schrijft vanuit het perspectief van haar christelijk-joodse huwelijk en verkent met verfrissende eerlijkheid en hartverscheurende durf heilige mysteries met een herkenbare en duidelijke stem. Haar werk biedt een unieke kijk op het heilige in het alledaagse, wat haar tot een veelgevraagd spreker en schrijfdocent maakt.
Before the sacred Scriptures were ever written, there was a much earlier text: The Book of Nature. Barbara Mahany invites us to discover an ancient theology that focuses on the text of God first revealed through creation--nature in all its kaleidoscopic turnings.
Barbara Mahany believes the sacred is all around, within finger's reach--here to be gathered, culled, collected, through the simple yet complex art of paying attention, of savoring the moment, of cultivating stillness. Making room for the God and illuminating the Godly specks in the everyday. Noticing the seen, revealing the unseen, and pinpointing the divine in both. The book sifts through the terrain of three particular landscapes where the author most often encounters the stirrings of the Divine: under heaven's dome; on the front lines of the homefront; and in the unspooling of the seasons. The most essential prayer, often, is the life closely examined, held up to the light. By probing deeply the nooks and crannies of the home-front, the author points out that the reader need not venture far to find what matters most. And the questions stirred will linger, long after the page is turned.