Bøger af Cathy Warner

This season when we walk alongsidethat Certain One we are not askedto give up what we hold dearin the name of self-discipline.We are invited instead to step forwardto walk into a space we have yetto inhabit -- a place where we canbegin to discover the full measureof the gifts we've been given. Join poet and former pastor Cathy Warner as she answers Jesus' invitation to come closer in the season of Lent. From Ash Wednesday through the events of Holy Week, from the crucifixion to the resurrection, Warner extends her own invitation to the faithful and seekers alike as she brings her questions, doubts, and growing faith to Jesus with honest and imaginative prose, lyrical poetry, and inspiring photos.

Burnt Offerings is filled with poems about life and death, family and faith, hope and despair, creativity and questions. From Billy Collins and Smokey the Bear to Jesus, from kombucha to the Eucharist, from kindling and forest fires to ash and ember, Cathy Warner employs metaphor, humility, and humor to explore the spiritual life.

In language that pays close attention to both sound and sentiment, Cathy Warner draws from daily life, the pandemic, childhood, and creativity as she lays bare not only the difficulties and distractions of being human, but her belief in poetry, beauty, and a higher power to sustain us. The result is a spirited and even humorous collection that offers hope amid hardship. In Warner's words, our task is "nothing more than practicing again and again the art of embracing life's difficult gifts." This is a remarkable collection by a poet who asks us all to consider what this journey we call "life" means, and more importantly, how to show up every day with thanks for all that is fleeting and fragile. -Carey Taylor, author of The Lure of Impermanence From her exquisitely detailed personifications of the natural world to the laying bare of her vulnerabilities (which are also ours), to the way in which she transcends the daily by transforming it into something holy, Warner will make you laugh, cry, think, and wax nostalgic-sometimes all at the same time. -Sue Magrath, author of The Salvation of Poetry: A Novel