E. L. Phoenix, Chance Stevens

Strays Welcome (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sally Brookman's obnoxious neighbors, Petunia and Rhodie, have been waging war on the Brookman kids. It's not terrible stuff. The girls are mean, pretty, and popular, and the Brookmans' are a little offbeat. The mom, in fact, is a spiritual leader and teacher, and her kids would rather build model arks, collect rare rock specimens and pen deep stories than kick soccer balls and play dress-up. But for Christmas, "Tunie" just got a dog. A very Bad Doggy. And she won't stop barking. What's the kind-hearted but peace-loving Sally to do? And how will her children navigate the soft-studded perils of suburban social hell?

As the Brookman kids begin to build model battleships and write revenge stories and fight more and more with the neighbors, Sally does everything but speak up for herself. She must teach her children how to be better souls, but she has a lot to learn herself. As Sally learns, she gently teaches her own children, drawing from the sayings of Jesus, Rumi and Ramakrishna; Hindus, Christians and Buddhists.

In a profoundly tolerant and funny way, Phoenix and Stevens tell a modern-day morality tale, but this one will make adults and children laugh. Sprinkled throughout the comical family discussions and interactions with various neighbors is a large measure of love and wisdom that draws from all the spiritual traditions of the East and the West. Whether you're looking for a book that takes a fresh look at faith and spirituality, or you simply want to read a story that will make you laugh, Strays Welcome fits the bill.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Mark's Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781516399987
• Artikelnr.: 43656732

Autorenporträt

E.L. Phoenix is a truth explorer and a lay minister. She is an adventurer, a charismatic speaker, a lover of nature and animals, and a happy learner. From an early age, she has studied theology, archeology, history, philosophy, spirituality and modern literature. Elaine is currently applying to a Unitarian Universalist seminary so that she can continue her search for proof of God in an organized setting. She lives in the mountains of Front Royal, Virginia with her three children. El is the author of several books, including the award-winning and best-selling Ripple and I Run.

Hailing from the Christian tradition, El views herself as a follower of The Way, which is what Jesus originally called his movement. She also embraces indigenous faith traditions as well as the scientific method. El honors Jesus and Muhammad, Buddha and Lao-Tze, Gandhi and MLK, Whitman and Jung in her work. She teaches in a fearless style that embraces all souls and all systems of thought.

El teaches from all holy scriptures, whether they are found in the New Testament, the Torah, the Qur'an, Rumi's Masnavi, the Mahabharata, or in modern works of such poets as Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Whitman, Byron, and Coleman Barks. When El speaks, she is almost as likely to quote from Plato as she is to bring up the lost gospels of Mark, the son of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Like Rumi, El is neither Sufi Mystic nor Hindu; Christian nor New Age; Buddhist nor Jewish-she is all these faiths and believes that the Way Home can be found both inside as well as outside church doors.

Past Careers: car salesperson; cook (ha, that's not a joke!) . . . okay, a sous chef lol, like a burger-flipper to be exact, but I did COOK and get paid for it; Soccer Mom (to three kids who all dislike soccer); attorney; Sunday School teacher; door to door salesperson; optician's assistant; TA (teacher's assistant); marathoner (definitely counts as a job and a goofy one at that); author; and lay minister.