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Lewis canon,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow to Pray\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a deeper understanding of our personal tradition of prayer, our faith, and what is means to be a Christian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139086467389,"sku":"9780062847133","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/3235\/2829\/files\/howtopray.jpg?v=1697133115"},{"product_id":"the-comfort-of-crows","title":"The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the beloved\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eopinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a \"howling love letter to the world\" (Ann Patchett): a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Comfort of Crows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons--from a crow spied on New Year's Day, its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the year, to the lingering bluebirds of December, revisiting the nest box they used in spring--what develops is a portrait of joy and grief: joy in the ongoing pleasures of the natural world, and grief over winters that end too soon and songbirds that grow fewer and fewer.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlong the way, we also glimpse the changing rhythms of a human life. Grown children, unexpectedly home during the pandemic, prepare to depart once more. Birdsong and night-blooming flowers evoke generations past. The city and the country where Renkl raised her family transform a little more with each passing day. And the natural world, now in visible flux, requires every ounce of hope and commitment from the author--and from us. For, as Renkl writes, \"radiant things are bursting forth in the darkest places, in the smallest nooks and deepest cracks of the hidden world.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith fifty-two original color artworks by the author's brother, Billy Renkl, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Comfort of Crows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a lovely and deeply moving book from a cherished observer of the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181229162813,"sku":"9781954118461","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/3235\/2829\/files\/thecomfortofcrows.jpg?v=1697481108"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookshelfthomasville.com\/collections\/mind-body-spirit.oembed?page=4","provider":" The Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}