Honoring Motherhood

Journey through the seasons of motherhood and connect with the birth, growth, change, joy, love and inner strength of mothering. Take a spiritual voyage through blessings, prayers, anecdotes and meditations about the sacred undertaking that is motherhood. These words of hope and healing, pain and promise, are for all mothers¿ traditional, single, adoptive, foster, step and bereaved¿and are drawn from many faith traditions, including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Native American. Special multifaith ceremonies offer ways to honor many aspects of motherhood, such as: becoming a new mother, either through birth or adoption; welcoming children into the larger community; and acknowledging the experience of weaning a child. Insightful and wise, the expressions in this soulful collection illustrate the paradox of motherhood and will speak to your heart as you see motherhood in a whole new¿and holy¿way. Contributions stem from both ancient and contemporary sources, and many contributions were written specifically for this book. Contributors include: 11 Women¿s Interest¿NEW IN PAPERBACK By Nancy Barrett Chickerneo, PhD Foreword by Eileen Fisher 8 x 8, 224 pp, b/w illus. Quality PB Original 978-1-59473-250-8 $16.99 By Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell Foreword by Karen Armstrong 6 x 9, 208 pp, Hardcover 978-1-59473-283-6 $21.99 Includes Discussion Guide Selection & Annotation by Mary Ford-Grabowsky Foreword by Andrew Harvey 5½ x 8½, 272 pp, Quality PB Original 978-1-59473-001-6 $16.99 Maya Angelou Anne Lamott Mirabai Julian of Norwich Louise Erdrich Christina Rossetti Sappho Adrienne Rich Virginia Woolf Gunilla Norris Rabindranath Tagore Thich Nhat Hanh Taniguchi Buson Hafiz Rainer Maria Rilke Kahlil Gibran Edgar Allen Poe D. H. Lawrence Patrick Kavanagh Gerard Manley Hopkins