An Invitation to Openness: Poems for Individuals and Communities Seeking the Sa. This item is unavailable.An Invitation to Openness: Poems for Individuals and Communities Seeking the Sa

This is a powerful collection of poems, calling out to contemplatives and inter-faith grandmothers, church members, artists, athletes, patients, and all manner of humans desiring to sense the Sacred in the many textures of life. Kim Beyer-Nelson and Sue Sutherland-Hanson respond to the different names of the Divine drawing from the Christian West, Muslim Middle-East, and the Eastern home of Hindus and Buddhists. These poems invite a spectrum of seekers, from new mothers to seasoned monks, in liturgical community or in solitude, to open to the depth of every season’s NOW. While this collection shows how the arts can be used in meditative community, it’s important to share that the first year’s proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the social justice cause of healthy oceans. In this way, the poets invite you into an active demonstration of how the contemplative arts can participate in social action.

Sue Sutherland-Hanson used her Masters of Teaching in a career teaching English to international and immigrant students at community college. In midlife, Sue earned her Masters of Divinity from a Quaker seminary emphasizing writing as ministry. Sue grew up in a commercial fishing family in the Pacific Northwest, where she lives with her husband and grandchildren. Kimberly Beyer-Nelson holds a master's degree in comparative religion and a certificate in holistic healthcare from Western Michigan University. For over twenty years she has taught Hatha Yoga, Qigong and meditation. An internationally published poet, essayist, novelist and artist, she lives with her son and husband on Bainbridge Island in the Pacific Northwest. You can visit her blog at http: //guhacaveoftheheart.blogspot.com/