Fireflies " And those various responses

" And those various responses are what the contributors to Tending the Holy document

Written with grace and sensitivity

By understanding the delicate balance between the need for change and the preservation of what is timeless

A glossary of words and objects accompanies illustrations of vessels

or a school textbook

Fireflies " And those various responsesFireflies recounts the writers quest to find light to ease the darkness and suffering she encounters in the world as her beloved older brother is enveloped by mental illness. Her journey for answers takes her from small town British Columbia to Zimbabwe and exposes her to spiritual and religious settings from 12 step programs to fundamentalism, from Anglicanism to African evangelicalism. She presents her experiences without judgment, and her story