Parent as Mystic, Mystic as Parent

Parent as Mystic, Mystic as ParentBy: David Spangler Writer, mystic, and father of four, David Spangler understands that the birth of a child is a spiritually significant event a mystical experience. There is a feeling of magic in the parent child relationship that relies on intuition, total presence, and impulses that come from the soul. The acclaimed author of The Call shares his stories from the trenches, blessings from the day in and day out of child rearing, and encourages us,

the finality of death and the lasting emotional consequences are starkly rendered

but the fact that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes it even worse

Readers will follow a group of children through a day in their school

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Masterfully balancing hilarity and heart

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their lives can go back to normal

But will the arrival of a beautiful widow and a series of misunderstandings reverse how far Rose and Joel have come

Only when Father Bear walks past the mirror does the silliness end