America's Holy Ground
61 Faithful Reflections on Our National Parks
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Publisher Description
In America's Holy Ground: 61 Faithful Reflections on Our National Parks, dive deeper into a unique aspect of each park, from Acadia to Zion, and reframe how you think about the parks and your faith. Connections, sabbath, reflection, perspective, beginnings, art, restoration - these are just a few of the themes you'll encounter on your national park journey. A trio of questions with each entry will help you see the bigger picture of your life and new ways to approach your relationship with God, your community, and your faith. Whether you're on the road or at home in your reading nook, think about your favorite national park in a whole new way!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former journalist Lyons and pastor Barkhauer (Community of Prayer) share their belief in the spiritual power of nature in these brief meditations of national parks. Each begins with a quotation from the Bible before relating natural phenomena that inspire "humility, wonder, awe, and gratitude... such as when you peer over the rim of the Grand Canyon." The authors also provide meditations on a theme related to the park. In the entry on Bryce Canyon, Utah, which isn't a canyon but "a collection of hoodoos, fins, spires, and other formations" formed by rain, the nature of language is the focus. In Glacier Bay, Alaska, the authors consider landscape changes over millennia, rendered starkly by the icefalls from glaciers, a metaphor for the slow movement of God's work. Treating 61 parks in a single book (and coming up with a unique theme for each), however, leads to a few duds, but beautiful photographs, detailed descriptions, and plenty of historical information pad out even the barer entries. Relatively brief and sometimes superficial, these ruminations on American national parks nevertheless invite readers to appreciate the value of protected places and ponder their spiritual power. Correction: This review was updated with a new subtitle and the text was changed to reflect that the book now covers 61 parks, not 660 as it previously said.
