What’s a face-saving response when a principal comments on a spider a young boy is carefully drawing only to be informed that his artwork actually depicts Jesus on the cross? There may not be one, but in Simply Sacred there is a faith-saving option: to alter one’s perspective to see that ordinary days almost always hold sacred moments if we just take the time to look. Told from the standpoint of a farm girl who becomes the principal of a fledgling Christian school in a bustling city, this collection of heartfelt stories shows us that the most timeless lesson for children and adults alike is to be schooled in grace, love, and the way of peace. "Simply Sacred, the title of the book you now hold, doesn’t say the half of it. Joanne Wiens captures here, time after time, phrase after phrase, story after story, the sheer holy beauty hidden among ordinary moments, awkward people, messy circumstances. This book is a riveting testimony of how having eyes to see and ears to hear changes everything, and all of it told in prose that sings. Buy a dozen: you’ll want to give one to every teacher you know, the good ones to encourage them that their work matters, the not-so-good ones to help them wake up." —Mark Buchanan,Author of God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul Softcover Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Page Count: 152 About the Author: Joanne Wiens is a former teacher and principal. She lives in Calgary, AB, where it’s possible to have one foot on the prairie grass and another on a mountain trail.
