Susan Sink is the author of The Art of The Saint John’s Bible, a book of poems, The Way of All the Earth, and Habits, a collection of 100-word stories about the lives of Benedictine Sisters.
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Habits is a collection of 100-word stories based on the lives of Benedictine Sisters in Minnesota. The source material is primarily the stories and oral histories of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. In the 1950s, they were the largest Benedictine order in the world. These pieces, somewhere between poetry and prose, explore their daily lives of work, prayer and community. Visit the book at www.facebook.com/100wordhabits to read excerpts.
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The Way of All the Earth
poems by Susan Sink
These poems have a visual richness, narrative depth and lyric beauty that invites the reader into their world. That world is populated by women in the grips of religious fanaticism, drunkards and lovers, mothers and sisters, and at the center of it a young woman trying to find the words to tell the tale of a life and make sense of the way we all struggle to cope with life’s burdens and recognize life’s beauty. These poems tell the story of the way we all do the best we can to love and life. As one poem says, “It wasn’t the healing, ever, that mattered. / It was the love, even done this poorly, / what little we could do with what the world allowed: / our battered hands and this God.”
70 pages
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The Art of The Saint John’s Bible: The Complete Reader’s Guide
The Saint John’s Bible is a hand-written, hand-illuminated bible by calligrapher Donald Jackson. Revised and expanded from three individual volumes, this book introduces readers to the theology and the craft behind this master work of art and insight into the biblical texts for each of the illuminations.
376 pages
full-color illustrations of the illuminations and reflection questions
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The Art of The Saint John’s Bible: A Reader’s Guide to Pentateuch, Psalms and Gospels and Acts
The Saint John’s Bible is a hand-written, hand-illuminated bible by calligrapher Donald Jackson. This volume introduces readers to the theology and the craft behind this master work of art.
126 pages
full-color illustrations of the illuminations
reflection questions
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The Art of The Saint John’s Bible: A Reader’s Guide to Wisdom Books and Prophets
This second volume of The Art of The Saint John’s Bible series introduces readers to the theology and craft of two volumes of the hand-written, hand-illuminated bible by calligrapher Donald Jackson. Among the most vivid of the volumes, Prophets and Wisdom Books will put these lesser-known books of the bible in context and offer opportunities for reflection on text and art.
112 pages
full-color illustrations of the illuminations
reflection questions
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The Art of The Saint John’s Bible: A Reader’s Guide to Historical Books and Letters and Revelation
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