Speaking of Spirit

  Being Pyotr Ilyich: Tchaikovsky’s Inner Life, Revealed by Himself 130 Years Later , a spiritual memoir by Chris Nielsen that delves into past-live regression and the journey a soul takes through life. The following is a memoir of my own. Many years ago, I took a trip to the Provence. When we arrived in Arles, I knew exactly where I was, as if coming home after a long time away. But I am getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning.  When I was a little girl, I loved looking at art books. I was one of the few children allowed to go into the adult section of the library in my hometown. Art books called to me along with books on people from around the world. One day, as I was thumbing through a book on Impressionism, I came upon the section on Vincent Van Gogh. The minute I saw, Vincent’s “Starry Night” something inside me clicked. I just sat studying the painting, running my small fingers over the images on the page. I knew this painting was mine; it was painted for ...

  Ivonne Morgan has crafted an inspiring tale of how a woman blessed with the ability to recreate herself after retirement finds, through a series of epiphanies, the work she has always felt she was born to do.  Gypsy for God is a work of love and faith. This book looks at the dichotomy between privilege, poverty, disease and the horrors of human trafficking.  Kathleen, the protagonist of the book, not only has to come to grips with her own self-doubts and biases, but she also has to deal with a husband who has trouble seeing through her eyes. However, through deep faith and support, she realizes the path she is to follow as she travels the world, visiting various countries that often take her out of her comfort zone, which in turn opens her eyes and heart to the work she is called to do.  Gypsy for God is about asking ourselves those difficult questions and then listening with an open mind and heart to the answers.  I recommend this book, especiall...