When the Rain Speaks : Celebrating God's

Reading this book is a uniquely beautiful experience. Sr. Melannie has a gift for describing everyday experiences of nature as mystical adventures. She invites readers to see as a child might, looking at something as if for the first time. This is a wonderful spirituality book for adults of all ages and a gift book that will be cherished.

Sister Melannie Svoboda is the former Provincial of the Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Ash Tree	p. 5
Horses and Camels	p. 8
Cosmic Voyage	p. 11
The Art of Beholding	p. 14
The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Seed	p. 18
The I-Wanna-Be-Outdoors Gene	p. 21
Microcosmos	p. 24
Giraffe Design 101	p. 27
When the Rain Speaks	p. 30
What's the Matter?	p. 34
The Hawk Knows His Business	p. 38
Shedding	p. 41
Bees	p. 44
Taming Things	p. 48
The Sun	p. 52
John Muir	p. 56
To the Kitten I Killed	p. 59
The Way Things Get from Here to There	p. 62
Rhinos, Warthogs, and Bats	p. 66
The Owl	p. 69
Photosynthesis Makes the World Go 'Round	p. 73
The Mushroom Hunter	p. 78
Soil	p. 81
The Pine Grove	p. 84
Miracles: Our Daily Bread	p. 88
Snakes	p. 92
Mountains	p. 95
Water	p. 99
The Heart	p. 103
The Fruit and Berry Chart	p. 106
How Much Time Do You Have?	p. 109
The Pith of a Feather	p. 113
The Buck Stopped Here	p. 117
What Do You Say?	p. 120
Snowflakes	p. 124
Flowers	p. 128
Resiliency	p. 131
The Spider in My Room	p. 135
Migration	p. 138
Meditation in a Cemetery	p. 143
Index	p. 149
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When the Rain Speaks : Celebrating God's Presence in Nature

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