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From
the Back Cover --
A Wind From God: Prayers for
Recovery from Hurricane Katrina attempts to create a climate conducive
to healing these wounds, by helping the reader connect the story of the
storm with the story of the Christian faith. It includes forty
meditations modeled on the practice of Lectio Divina, holy reading. The
meditations are intended to serve as examples for the reader’s own
journaling.
Proceeds from sales of this book
will be donated to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
About the Author --
Her first book,
Magellan’s Shadow: Faith Poems, won a 2005 Independent Publisher Book
Award (IPPY) – Finalist in Poetry. Barbara and her husband Jimmy have
one son, Chris, who is studying law in New York. Barbara Hemphill has a
Master’s degree (MPS) in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Loyola
University, New Orleans. She has also
completed training as a hospital chaplain and spiritual director. Since
1999 she has served as Pastoral Care Coordinator at Good Shepherd
Episcopal Church in Kingwood, Texas. A Houston native, Barbara and her
family lived in New Orleans fourteen years.
Barbara Booth Hemphill
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