Cowley Publications
Pages: 144
Trim: 6¾ x 8½
978-1-56101-267-1 • Paperback • February 2006 • $14.95 • (£11.99)
Jeffrey Johnson is pastor of Peace Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Wayland, Massachusetts. He studied at St. Olaf College, Yale Divinity School, and Boston University, and his poems and essays have appeared in The Christian Century, First Things, Christianity and Literature, Anglican Theological Review, Encounter, and The Mars Hill Review. Johnson is also the author of Acquainted with the Night: The Shadow of Death in Contemporary Poetry (Cowley, 2004).
We often take for granted the places where we live, love, or work. We forget that the ground on which we walk is sacred. [Jeffrey Johnson] has written a thoughtful, creative, and energizing book that enables us to appreciate the various places in our lives and to savor Bethlehem as a place we love in our hearts.
— Spirituality and Practice
Whether writing about the manger, the stable, Bethlehem, Mary, Jerusalem or the meaningful locations in his life, Johnson encourages us to renew our connection to the holy ground in our tradition and in our communities.
— The Lutheran
The theme of belonging pervades the pages of this book. For this reader, who has hardly lived in one place longer than three or four years, it invites an introspective look at the longings in my heart for one place to call home.
— Pattie Reitz; Armchair Interviews