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Like Trees Walking: In the Second Half of Life
Author(s): Jane Sigloh (Author)
- Publisher: Cowley Publications
- Publication Date: 25 May 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 186 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781561012909
- ISBN-13: 9781561012909
Book Description
Many of us are fast approaching the golden years of retirement, wondering with fear — and hope — what the future holds for us. And you wont find a better companion for the journey of aging than Jane Sigloh. Shes witty, perceptive, and wise. A retired Episcopal priest, she is possessed of both reverent awe and irreverent honesty about the facts and fantasies of growing old. She interweaves the insights of Scripture, poetry, fiction, and philosophy into her memories and reflections on the challenges and opportunities that maturity brings. Dip into any of these chapters and find a refreshing perspective, a humorous anecdote, or an intimate confession that will ring true to your own experience.
Editorial Reviews
Review
[Sigloh’s] short essays are at times humorous, occasionally haunting, frequently memorable but always hopeful, and it is this rare mix that makes them so readable, so enjoyable, so quotable, so commendable.
For me, it’s rare to read a work that is truly life-changing to the point that I think everyone I know should read it, but Jane Sigloh’s
Like Trees Walking is exactly that. Her writing is so conspicuously intimate . . . so rich with meaning and wisdom that I kept asking myself, ‘Why am I only now learning about this author?’ . . . A literary treasure that is uplifting and encouraging…and edifying and I think many of the people I know would be blessed to read it.It is a book to be read, savored, and given away. Each copy deserves a long life of being passed from caring friend to aging friend. . . . Each devotional essay is a well constructed composition characterized for candor, caring, and compassion. . . . By drawing from insights of scripture, poetry, fiction and philosophy, Sigloh challenges her readers to use ‘the second half of life’ to reinforce spiritual perspectives, to identify what really matters and look for what God is doing. Relish her insights, and then pass the book to a friend.
About the Author
Jane Sigloh is a retired Episcopal priest who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. She is the author of Like Trees Walking: In the Second Half of Life and a beloved speaker on topics of faith and aging.
