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Holy rover : journeys in search of mystery, miracles and God / Lori Erickson.

by Erickson, Lori

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Fortress Press, c2017.

Spiritual biography.

Christianity and other religions.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

9781506420714 (hc)

1506420710 (hc)

xvi, 238 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references, pages 237-238.

A farmer's daughter on the bank of the Nile -- Among the Lutherans: Martin Luther sites in Germany -- Drawing down the moon: on the trail of elves in Iceland -- Writing my way around the world: at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts -- Of healing and miracles: The sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France -- In the light of stained glass windows: Jerusalem and Galilee in Israel -- The mystics and Mary: The Temple of Artemis and House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey -- Following a call: With Thomas Merton in Kentucky -- Wise women wisdom: Along the Rhine with Hildegard of Bingen in Germany -- In the valley of the shadow: Machu Picchu in Peru -- Becoming a bear: Bear Butte in South Dakota -- Not always so: Kumbum Chamtse Ling Temple in Bloomington, Indiana -- The church of God's odds and ends: Iona in Scotland.

From her childhood on an Iowa farm, Lori Erickson grew up to travel the world as a writer specializing in holy sites--journeys that led her on an ever-deepening spiritual quest. In Holy Rover, she weaves her personal narrative with descriptions of a dozen pilgrimages.

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