Holy rover
Subtitle: journeys in search of mystery, miracles and God
By: Lori Erickson
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781506420714
Subjects: Spiritual biography; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Christianity and other religions
Description: From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer specializing in holy sites--journeys that led her on an ever-deepening spiritual quest. In Holy Rover, she weaves her personal narrative with descriptions of a dozen pilgrimages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, pages 237-238.
Table of contents: title: A farmer's daughter on the bank of the Nile; title: Among the Lutherans: Martin Luther sites in Germany; title: Drawing down the moon: on the trail of elves in Iceland; title: Writing my way around the world: at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts; title: Of healing and miracles: The sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France; title: In the light of stained glass windows: Jerusalem and Galilee in Israel; title: The mystics and Mary: The Temple of Artemis and House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey; title: Following a call: With Thomas Merton in Kentucky; title: Wise women wisdom: Along the Rhine with Hildegard of Bingen in Germany; title: In the valley of the shadow: Machu Picchu in Peru; title: Becoming a bear: Bear Butte in South Dakota; title: Not always so: Kumbum Chamtse Ling Temple in Bloomington, Indiana; title: The church of God's odds and ends: Iona in Scotland.