First Church of the Higher Elevations - Softcover

Anderson, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976072947 ISBN 13: 9780976072942

Publisher: Ghost Road Pub Group Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Cultural Writing. Essays. Nature and spirituality. In these contemplative essays written for seekers and wanderers of all kinds, Peter Anderson explores the rich complexity of the scripture of place; the geography of the heart; the landscape of imagination; and the topography of memory. Thoughtful and rich in spirit, Anderson discusses his personal relationship to place and prayer. Dark and serious, joyful and funny -- FIRST CHURCH OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS is a perfect companion on a climb or at home. "[Anderson's] journeys reveal the grace of the sacred in those luminous high places, and also in the ordinary moments of life" -- Susan Tweit.

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Review

""It is the natural world's invitation to emptiness that Peter Anderson explores in these essays set in the mountains and basins of Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. In these places, he finds silence, solitude, stillness, and, in the wilder part of prayer, a glimpse of something just beyond sight." --David Romtvedt, former Poet Laureate of Wyoming and author, "Windmills: Essays from Four Mile Ranch
""[Peter Anderson's] journeys reveal the grace of the sacred in those luminous high places, and also in the ordinary moments of life." --Susan Tweit, author, "Wild and Worthless: Living in the Chihuahuan Desert

" It is the natural world s invitation to emptiness that Peter Anderson explores in these essays set in the mountains and basins of Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. In these places, he finds silence, solitude, stillness, and, in the wilder part of prayer, a glimpse of something just beyond sight. David Romtvedt, former Poet Laureate of Wyoming and author, "Windmills: Essays from Four Mile Ranch
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" [Peter Anderson's] journeys reveal the grace of the sacred in those luminous high places, and also in the ordinary moments of life. Susan Tweit, author, "Wild and Worthless: Living in the Chihuahuan Desert"

About the Author

Peter Anderson won an Academy of American Poets award while earning an M.A. in American Studies at the University of Wyoming. He also earned an MDiv at Earlham School of Religion, a Quaker seminary, where he subsequently taught writing for several years. Peter teaches in the English department at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado and lives with his family on the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo Range in Colorado s San Luis Valley."

Edition details

• Publisher: Ghost Road Pub Group Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0976072947
• ISBN 13: 9780976072942
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184