Bøger af Rachel Devenish Ford

In 2005, Rachel Devenish Ford, 25-year-old pregnant mother of two, moved with her husband to the woods of Northern California and began her blog, Journey Mama. In writing about her life-all the funny things, the sad things, and the beautiful- she found a way to see it again for the first time, and a way to cultivate joy in a life that had been overwhelming to her. In the process, she encouraged and inspired people around the world. The first in a series, Trees Tall as Mountains is a collection of the best posts of the first three years of Journey Mama. In them, Rachel Devenish Ford describes life in an intentional community, her love for her Superstar Husband, her dysfunctional relationship with large grocery stores, and the antics of her young children. As Rachel works to overcome sometimes crushing anxiety, love the people around her, and grow in her faith in God, she writes about it all with tenderness and humor. Funny and profound, Trees Tall as Mountains is a life-changing book.

Oceans Bright With Stars is a book about overcoming difficult circumstances to reap the joy of persistence. Picking up where Trees Tall as Mountains left off, Rachel Devenish Ford writes about her family's gutsy, wild decision to move across the world and make their life in a village in India, navigating water problems and power cuts, beating back the jungle and embracing a new culture. In the first months, as Rachel comes to terms with what it truly means to leave everything, she experiences panic and a strong sense of dislocation. As Rachel seeks to trust God and searches for beauty and familiarity in her new home, she finds it in unexpected places. The second book in the Journey Mama Writings series, Oceans Bright as Stars is a collection of posts from Rachel's blog full of humor and evocative writing about loving a place you've left and learning to love the place you've adopted. From the Author: All of the writing in Oceans Bright with Stars is previously published and available for free on my blog. You can access it by clicking through my archives, if you are so inclined. I compiled The Journey Mama Writings, the best of the blog, to make a more convenient and lovely reading experience. Either way, enjoy!

The elders are missing. A strange power hovers. The resistance continues.After a great battle with the Desert King, Isika has returned to the Royal City of Maween to find that the elders have vanished without a trace. Ben is the only one with any sense of them at all. He embarks with the seekers on a quest to find the elders, but soon a foreign malevolent power makes itself known.Six elders wake up in six unfamiliar places, flung out of their lives by a mysterious force. Disoriented and afraid, they must discover what has happened to them and survive in their new surroundings. Estranged from the source of power in Maween, will they have the strength to keep themselves safe and find their ways home? Or, like the queen before them, will they be lost forever?

A poison arrow. A prophecy of two sisters. A journey into the heart of the resistance.While Isika is preparing for her future role with the Maweel, members of the Karee tribe come to ask for help with the problem of masses of disappearing people. Meanwhile, Aria grows weaker daily from the poison arrow lodged inside her, and time seems to be growing short. A disturbing Karee prophecy might contain more answers, and as Aria is pulled deeper into the Desert King's trap, Isika races to find a healer who might be able to save her sister. In the most dangerous places, she finds more help than she expected, and the group of friends grows and changes as the Resistance enfolds them all. Isika has resisted the power of the Desert King, but will Aria fall under his sway?

In the third book of the World Whisperer series, Isika must face her deepest fears and emerge with her true identity intact.Isika is growing into her life in the Royal city of Azariyah. Her pottery apprenticeship is going well and her friendship with Jabari is blossoming. She loves her life with her family and longs to be a normal Maweel girl, something that isn't possible with the Desert King in pursuit of her life. Evil forces want Isika captured or dead, and the threat of the Great Waste grows stronger daily. Why is the Desert King approaching Azariyah and why is he trying to burn Maween to the ground?As fires erupt all around Azariyah, the loyalty of the Maweel toward their World Whisperer is tested. Rumors follow Isika as she fights fire and suspicion to protect the city she loves and earn the trust of her people, ultimately standing before an evil so great, it will take everything within her to withstand and defeat it.

Third in this series, A Home as Wide as the Earth continues the themes of belonging, wandering, and faith present in Rachel Devenish Ford's blog, Journey Mama. In A Home as Wide as the Earth, Rachel travels on trains, buses, and rickshaws with her husband and children, journeying from the U.S. to India, Nepal, and Thailand, encountering God in the midst of both community and loneliness. Rachel's writing is warm and honest, sparkling and clear. She beautifully captures the small ordinary things that make up our days and lives. Candid and funny, spiritual and wise, this third collection of posts from the Journey Mama blog will comfort and inspire.

"A beautiful, beautiful book." Sara J. Henry, award-winning author of Learning to Swim.From the author of The Eve Tree comes a travel story unlike any other, a tale of fathers and sons, love, longing and the search for home.Timothy keeps getting rice in his baby's hair.India is overwhelming even if you aren't 24 years old and a recently widowed new father, and Timothy isn't sure that he and his infant son will survive without a mother in the picture. he begins a journey through India with his baby, searching for a home in the new landscape of fatherhood, understanding of what this parenting thing is supposed to be, and a way back into life.A Traveler's Guide to Belonging is a literary novel rich with emotion and description. If you like Anne Lamott, Barbara Kingsolver, or Ann Patchett, you'll love the book that one reader called, "Part travelogue, part spiritual journey, and part gentle romance."Read it now to be transported to the stunning vistas and winding train tracks of India today.

A poison arrow. A prophecy of two sisters. A journey into the heart of the resistance. While Isika is preparing for her future role with the Maweel, members of the Karee tribe come to ask for help with the problem of masses of disappearing people. Meanwhile, Aria grows weaker daily from the poison arrow lodged inside her, and time seems to be growing short. A disturbing Karee prophecy might contain more answers, and as Aria is pulled deeper into the Desert King's trap, Isika races to find a healer who might be able to save her sister. In the most dangerous places, she finds more help than she expected, and the group of friends grows and changes as the Resistance enfolds them all. Isika has resisted the power of the Desert King, but will Aria fall under his sway?

In the third book of the World Whisperer series, Isika must face her deepest fears and emerge with her true identity intact. Isika is growing into her life in the Royal city of Azariyah. Her pottery apprenticeship is going well and her friendship with Jabari is blossoming. She loves her life with her family and longs to be a normal Maweel girl, something that isn't possible with the Desert King in pursuit of her life. Evil forces want Isika captured or dead, and the threat of the Great Waste grows stronger daily. Why is the Desert King approaching Azariyah and why is he trying to burn Maween to the ground? As fires erupt all around Azariyah, the loyalty of the Maweel toward their World Whisperer is tested. Rumors follow Isika as she fights fire and suspicion to protect the city she loves and earn the trust of her people, ultimately standing before an evil so great, it will take everything within her to withstand and defeat it.

A new life. A cry for help. A journey into the heart of the Great Waste. Though Isika now lives happily with the Maweel, her problems seem to be following her. Apprenticing for the master potter and enjoying life with a real family occupy Isika's days, until a call for help from her beloved stepmother forces her to choose between her new life and her old. As Isika rushes back to the Worker village in hope of rescuing her stepmother, she is thrust into a plot of deception and lies, maliciously pursued by evil forces. A journey deep into the desert will test all of her new found strength and gifting. Jabari and the other seekers follow Isika with hopes of helping, until the moment they find themselves attacked by the endless evil and malice that seeks to destroy the World Whisperer. Together they will have to find strength and belief in one another... if they ever want to make their way out of the desert and back to the land they love. Buy the book to continue the adventure today!