There is an amazing article in this week’s America magazine. (The Oct. 5, 2009 issue.) It’s called “A Fiery Gift: A spiritual case for natural childbirth.” Susan Windley-Daoust has a deeper perspective on the issue, one I hadn’t considered, and I think everyone (female, or otherwise, and likely to give birth sometime soon or otherwise!) ought to read this. I think she is absolutely right-on.
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Off the Shelf
Planned books:
- Mary of Nazareth: Prophet of Peace by The Reverend Father John Dear
- A New Look at Grace: A Spirituality of Wholeness by Bill Huebsch
- Llewellyn’s 2011 Herbal Almanac: A Do-it-Yourself Guide for Health by Llewellyn
Current books:
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Loyola Kids Book of Heroes: Stories of Catholic Heroes and Saints Throughout History by Amy Welborn
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The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks (Penguin Classics) by Unknown
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The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day by Robert Ellsberg
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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the by Sam Kean
Recent books:
- Things We Wish We’d Known: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling by Diana Waring, Bill Waring
- Francis and Clare: The Complete Works (The Classics of Western Spirituality) by Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi
- Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics) by Ovid
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Sleeping Through the Night. . . and Other Lies by Sandi Kahn Shelton