A Garden in the Suburbs

Williams, Leslie

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A garden in the suburbs

Relates one of the most remarkable lives in the tumultuous English Reformation Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) was the first Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, the author of the Book of Common Prayer, and a central figure in the English Protestant Reformation. Few theologians have led such an eventful life: Cranmer helped Henry VIII break with the pope, pressed his vision of the Reformation through the reign of Edward VI, was forced to recant under Queen Mary, and then dramatically withdrew his recantations before being burned alive. This lively biography by Leslie Williams narrates Cranmer's life from the beginning, through his education and history with the monarchy, to his ecclesiastical trials and eventual martyrdom. Williams portrays Cranmer's ongoing struggle to reconcile his two central loyalties—allegiance to the crown and fidelity to the Reformation faith—as she tells his fascinating life story.

Emblem of Faith Untouched: A Short Life of Thomas Cranmer (Library of Religious Biography)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

The speaker in this collection seeks an understanding of the darkness of suicide and mortal illness in the light of Christian faith. Poet Leslie Williams captures this light in tender and piercing poems that traverse a grieving world where healing is always possible but never assured: “my God can do this, but my God / might not.” Through restless questioning, the speaker finds a balm for suffering in the divine beauty and mystery of the natural world. Seven prose poems woven into the collection deal with different aspects of a young girl’s life-threatening illness. Five additional poems wrestle with the grief of suicide and the emptiness afflicting those left behind. Other poems in the collection reflect on how to approach daily life while coping with heartbreak and express wonder about our responsibilities in a variety of roles: as parents, as neighbors, as an imagined anchoress, as children of God. The language remains beautiful and precise throughout, whether the speaker lies “in a gully cracked / with stars” or tells herself, “It’s a handmade raft I live on.” The speaker entreats, as in Psalm 27, “teach me how to live.” Dwelling attentively in the abundance and mystery of creation, the book aims to offer a comfort and peace that might “even the dark.”

Even the Dark (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Southern Illinois University Press

These women's stories show how they minister differently from men—how they use their relationships, hearts, and spirituality to build community, how they bring compassion to justice, peace to difficult and violent situations, and authentic spiritual experience to all that they do and are.

When Women Build the Kingdom: Who We Are, What We Do, and How We Relate

Politics & Social Sciences

Women's Studies

Crossroad

Which Way Is Home?

Thomas Nelson

With disarming personal testimony and examples from life and literature, Leslie Williams helps us discern the fine line between proper devotion and idolatry. Beautifully written, Seduction of the Lesser Gods shows how learning to wrestle with God can help readers discover what He wants for their lives.

Seduction of the Lesser Gods: Life, Love, Church, and Other Dangerous Idols

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

W Pub Group

A young boy befriends a bear he sees in the clouds, and teaches the animal some new rhymes

Bear in the Air

Solé Vendrell, Carme

Children's Books

Stemmer House Pub

Nabu Press

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