Tuesday, July 13, 2010

My Book Arrives (and that's a new experience!)


"I have something for you, Mama," Jesse said, pulling a padded envelope from his carefully crammed backpack. I was standing in the living room with my family and the four travelers who are with us for the next few weeks. It's normal for Jesse to bring us little things from the States, but this time he carried something I'd never seen before--my book! I didn't have the slightest idea what the moment was supposed to feel like.

That was Saturday and the days since then have been very full. It wasn't until today that I had my first coherent response to this rather lovely occasion.


I don't remember stacking Approaching God with the other books on my dresser but my eyes just happened to fall on them all as I was walking by. My title sat silently among the others and it was this plain, matter of fact presence that stopped me. Though I don't presume it holds place among these titles, the stack just said to me, "This is real. This is a book like other 'real' books and anyone might have it on their dresser with assorted recent reads."

It made me happy :-)

Approaching God is an illustrated collection of thoughts on intimacy with God. In it I reflect on relationship with God through the metaphors of Friend, Father, Mother, Artist, Healer and Guide. In his foreword, Pete Greig says, "This exquisite little book leads us deeper into a fuller, more familiar, encounter with God."

It will be available on Amazon UK 1 August. I believe it's available on regular Amazon by the end of October.

11 comments:

Carla said...

Yay! It's arrived. The cover is gorgeous :) Is it being sold in the UK? I loved the manuscript but I'd really like to buy a proper copy... xc

lisa said...

Thank you and yes! It's on pre-order at Amazon UK and even on Tesco's site.

Anonymous said...

Love it!
Nina
x

Roy said...

Wonderful! Congrats, Lisa. Hope to get a copy myself when it's released!

lisa said...

Thanks, Nina. I'm thankful for your enthusiastic support :-)

And thanks, Roy. This really is fun!

Alana said...

Yay! Can't wait to read it. Carla gave it rave reviews. :)

Congratulations on your big moment author Lisa.

Diane said...

Well done Lisa X Look forward to getting to read it

pearl said...

soooo cool!!!

Lisa McKay said...

LISA!!! That's such a cool moment, isn't it? I love the look of it. And seeing your name on the cover. Big smiling!

Tait/Furaha said...

Hip hip hooray. Big day. Big year! Go Lisa go. We're rooting for you...

Tait/Furaha said...

Hip hip hooray! We're rooting for you. Sana.