Judith Young

What charms us most in this anthology is the song of all the voices together: the sense of a group of poets who unreservedly love the world and sing its praise through exultation and lament. There is such care and attention here, not only in described events, but in detail and naming, in synchronicity, emotion, the evocation of ritual within the ordinary. In all their diversity, here is a oneness of celebration in which we can join. Rose FlintThe test of myths and metaphors is not whether they are 'true; but how they relate to things around us. Those here act as a lens through which eight writers refreshingly different in voice and personality come to see their landscapes in detail, with love and concern. Philip GrossThere has perhaps never been a better time for this book to be coming into print. Again and again we are brought back to the land, to the creatures, to the trees, to the things we can't live without. These varied and wide-ranging poems revel in magic that comes from close observation as well as a deep understanding of the earth's intelligence. Alyson Hallett

God loves and cares for each one of us in every circumstance of life, no matter what your age. He is just as interested in caring for very young children as He is in caring for adults. This collection of short stories taken from the life of the author, Judith Young, tells of the watch care of a loving Heavenly Father over her and her family. Read about a snake on the porch, and about a horse that wouldn't budge while she, her sisters, and father were on the road to tell a group of waiting children stories of Jesus. Then there is the miracle papaya tree, protection in a mango grove from a storm, and a barge that a hurricane blew in. Read how God protected the family during an earthquake, and how He changed the weather three times in answer to a doubting girl's prayers. Enjoy these sweet, simple stories of an ordinary family who trusted in an extraordinary God.