CELEBRATING ELDERSHIP

WITH WOOD LAKE BOOKS

At Wood Lake Publishing we’re proud of our more than 35 year history serving readers and churches with quality books.

For engaged Christian leaders, we have put together an Eldering Package of exciting, useful, and inspirational books at a price that’s easy to afford.

THE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
1. Creative Aging (a $24.95 value)
2. The Spirituality of Nature (a $37.00 value)
3. The Long View (a $19.95 value)
4. The Spirituality of Grandparenting (a $37.00 value)
5. Precious Days & Practical Love (a $19.95 value)
6. Hymns We Love to Sing (a $12.95 value)

All for only $59.95* A savings of over 50%.

* Please note that this offer expires 31 December 2016.

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DETAILS ABOUT THE PACKAGE:

Creative Aging: Stories from the Journal Sage-ing

Carolyn Cowan and Karen Close | 320 PP | 6" x 9" Paper | List price $24.95 | Creative Aging is a powerful new social and cultural movement that is stirring the imaginations of communities and people everywhere. Often called Sage-ing, it takes many forms: academic, social and personal. It includes festivals, conferences, classes, group sessions and individual creative pursuits. The Journal Sage-ing With Creative Spirit, Grace and Gratitude was founded by the Okanagan Institute in 2010 to honour the transformational power of creativity. Intended as an initiative for collaboration and sharing, the Journal presents the opportunity for the free exchange of wisdom gleaned from creative engagement. Sage-ing is about seeking - satisfying inner gnawing and transforming it to knowing and action. The creative journey into self is a strong aid to health and wellbeing for the individual and to our culture. Creative Aging brings together more than 50 essays and galleries of images that showcase the power of the imagination expressed and enjoyed.

The Spirituality of Nature

Jim Kalnin | 160 PP | 8.5" x 9" Paper | List price $37.00 | For many, the words "spirituality" and "nature" are closely linked, if not synonymous. Nature can seem to be the manifestion of the spiritual in our lives. When we feel on edge or lonely or sad we often seek out a place where we can be close to living things. Nature provides a touchstone, a connection to the spiritual essence that lies in each of us. Nature is to be found everywhere. Yet, we often overlook it, or fail to honour it. Throughout this beautifully-illustrated, full-color book, Jim Kalnin opens reader's eyes to the natural world. The book is full of fascinating tales that highlight the wonder and beauty of nature and the interconnectedness of all life. Beautiful and filled with a profound sense of awe and thankfulness for all that nature has to offer,The Spirituality of Nature will open the reader to creation with gentleness and humour. Kalnin teaches in the Fine Arts Department at The University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

The Long View: An Elderwoman's Book of Wisdom

Donna Sinclair | 336 PP | 6" x 7" Paper | List price $19.95 | The Long View is all about finding and offering hope. It's about claiming the full meaning of eldership and knowing that elderwomen have much to offer. This collection of 365 daily reflections offers elderwomen (and younger women who wish to listen in) an opportunity to nourish the wisdom and deep knowing that comes from life experience. It also holds out the potential for growth, the opportunity to waken to different perspectives that can lead to rich possibilities and courageous actions. This is territory Donna Sinclair knows well. Retired from a 35-year career as a respected journalist, Donna has found plenty of life and purpose to carry her forward. In particular, she has come to realize the important role elderwomen can play in our society - remembering the past, speaking out against injustice, seeking to restore the balance of creation. Donna also knows that in order to accomplish these difficult yet essential tasks, elderwomen need to nourish their inner life. The challenges we face today are so enormous, so threatening, it is easy to fall into despair. For this reason especially, elderwomen need to seek hope and offer it generously.

The Spirituality of Grandparenting

Ralph Milton and Beverley Milton | 160 PP | 8.5" x 9" Paper | List price $37.00 | Our spiritual vocation as grandparents is to delight in our grandchildren. That's a one-sentence summary of everything in this book ..." So begins Ralph Milton, in this latest addition to the beautifully and lavishly illustrated Spirituality series. Read a few pages, however, and it quickly becomes obvious that Milton delights not only in his grandchildren, but also in being a grandparent. More than a celebration of grandchildren, this book is a celebration of grandparenting, and of the very real gifts it offers to both the grandchild and to the grandparent. This book is for grandparents who are new to the role and for grandparents who have earned their degree in "grandparentology" through long experience. It's for "traditional" grandparents and for grandparents of adopted children; it's for surrogate grandparents and even for grandparents-in-waiting. Ultimately, it's for all grandparents – who are never to old too love, and never too old to be loved back

Precious Days & Practical Love

Caring For Your Aging Parent | James Taylor | 224 PP | 6" x 9" Paper | List price $19.95 | When one of our parents needs care, the relationship that we have known all of our lives turns upside-down. Suddenly, we are responsible for the woman who read us bedtime stories, or for the man who walked us to school. Caring for an aging parent involves more than finding a care facility or dealing with legal and financial matters. It means feeling the frustration of always being "on call" if you live close by, or feeling helpless and guilty because you live far away and can do relatively little. It means riding the emotional roller coaster of having your roles reversed. It's about the pain of being unable to change the inevitable, but of having an inner compulsion to do what you can to make those final weeks or years as gentle as possible. It's about continuing to love, in spite of everything, until the very end...and beyond. Precious Days & Practical Love will help children of aging parents make the final months or years among the best experiences they'll have to remember and it will help counsellors understand the joys and challenges families may face.

Hymns We Love to Sing

Words Only | Alan C. Whitmore | 144 PP | 6" x 9" Paper | List price $12.95 | Hymns We Love to Sing meets the demands from clergy and health care professionals for a collection of familiar hymns which could be used anywhere: in congregations, hospitals, funeral homes, care facilities, or at home. 111 old and new favorite hymns, such as Away in a Manger, Thine is the Glory, Let There Be Peace on Earth, and I Love to Tell the Story." Hymns We Love to Sing (large print) meets the demands from clergy and health care professionals for a collection of familiar hymns which could be used anywhere: in congregations, hospitals, funeral homes, care facilities, or at home.

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The story of the seasons of the earth, the people of God, and the place and purpose of faith in the world

The story of the faith journey, from birth to death

The story of Jesus and the churches that carry his message.

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