Ingrid Henzler

Ingrid Henzler, a passionate woman who feels deeply about life and love, is an author, spiritual poet, and a God Seeker. She was born in Germany and has traveled extensively in Europe and the USA. At the age of twenty-seven she lived in India for one year and came to know the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda and the classic book, “The Autobiography of a Yogi,” which transformed her life and brought her back to a deeper understanding of Christianity. Ingrid has a degree in Education and speaks German, English and Italian. She wrote meditation exercises, and for seventeen years she organized retreats for young people with the theme “The encounter with God.”

Since early childhood Ingrid has been devoted to the lives and stories of saints. She was powerfully drawn to the homeland of Saint Francis of Assisi. She has lived in Italy for many years where she writes, studies and offers guided tours. She also leads groups and visits the convents and shrines, the pastoral landscapes, sacred known and unknown places, and the colorful streets of the charming cities of Umbria and Tuscany.

Ingrid can be seen walking the cobblestone streets past flower-covered balconies driven by her own reflections and deep love of God as the Beloved. She stands at the shores of the lakes and oceans and gazes into the mystery of the beauty of the rising sun and the deep midnight of the moon and stars.

Ingrid has created videos of sacred places, and they are sensitive and moving portraits of spiritual charm, often accompanied by classical music, her own narrative, and her mystical poetry.

As so many of us, Ingrid has walked through valleys of sorrow and compassion while caring for those in despair. But God has turned her mourning into dancing as she finds expression for her creative insight. She shares all of who she is through her guided pilgrimages, her joy, her poetry, her pictures, and her love for music and nature.

For more about Ingrid Henzler, please visit her website:

www.ingridhenzler.com

Praise for Ingrid Henzler’s newest Kindle book, THE GOD SEEKERS: THE LIFE OF THE FRANCISCANS TODAY:

"Not only does this book capture the love and passion of the men and women who follow a Franciscan path, but of Francis and Clare themselves. How could it be any other way? Ingrid's own love for these saints, and those who follow their example, shines through in exquisite ways. If you're holding this book reading these words, I'm sure you'll be entranced as well."

—James F. Twyman

—NY Times Bestselling author and Peace Troubadour

"Who are the God Seekers? It is an intriguing title and may summon as many different images as there are people, because deep in the unknown aspects of ourselves, there is a longing for God in all of us. We may call it our psyche, our spirit, the collective unconscious, or even draw on the ancient word, Yahweh, when the word for God was so holy we didn't speak it aloud. The truth is we have an innate longing for belonging, and the mystery beckons to us in countless ways whether we are aware of it or not.

"Those who actively pursue religious life, give voice and meaning to that longing in the book, and the deeply sensitive interviews with some beautiful brothers and sisters, who consciously share with us their own private journeys of seeking God, give us an opportunity to listen to our own hearts along with them as we read.

"The writing and images in the book bring the journey of the God Seekers beautifully to life in a soul searching and honest account of the challenges that face those who enter religious life to be guided in the professed vocation of a life lived for God. These are brave souls who open to unanswerable questions, and the author is a gentle and loving seeker of God in her own way as she brings her faith, her mystic nature, her poetic gifts as a writer, and her searching and compassionate questions to those she interviews.

"The God Seekers is an intriguing and beautifully conceived book, and I found it compelling and most rewarding to read. I feel great respect and gratitude for all who helped to bring it into being.

"I love the phrase describing Mary in scripture when the comment is written that 'she pondered all these things in her heart.' I found myself pondering many things about the content of the book. One thought lingered and stayed with me. Are we truly the ones seeking God, or is it possible that it is God as a Beloved who is forever seeking and calling us? This possibility stirs and excites me, and moves my heart."

—Naomi Stone

—Mystic poet and educator

THE GOD SEEKERS, by Ingrid Henzler, is truly the most fascinating book I’ve read this year. Whether we are religious or not, the interviews that Ingrid has included in this wonderful book give us an amazing view into the lives of the Franciscan brothers and sisters—their challenges, their triumphs, their sorrows, and their joys—as they each walk the path that leads them into the heart of the Beloved. Each of them on their own unique and beautiful journey with God, it is impossible not to fall in love with them all.

Thank you, Ingrid, for a book that I will treasure and share… May its words be read by all who seek the ever-present, ever-humble, ever-loving Creator of all that is.

—Heather K. O’Hara

—Author of AXIS, THE SONG IN THE CENTER OF THE SOUL