Background of the 3 Authors:
Judy Valente is a long time friend of #SpiritualBookClub. She's an amazing broadcast journalist who covers religion news for PBS-TV and the author of two poetry collections and a book on contemporary monastic life entitled "Atchison Blue." As a retreat leader, she helps busy professionals slow down, find more balance, and tap into the transcendence of the everyday.

Brother Paul Quenon is a Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemane who studied under the great spiritual writer, Thomas Merton. Brother Paul writes from the confines of a cloister and with the boundlessness of one who has spent a lifetime contemplating what really matters. He is the author of four books of poetry and a talented photographer. His images accompany many of the poems and reflections in this book.

Michael Bever is a retired educator, a doctor of theology and an ordained Disciples of Christ minister who was drawn later in life to Catholic traditions. He combines Zen and Sufi practices with his Christian heritage.