Modeling the best Sunday School teachers, Bill (Sacred Compass) and Booram (The Wide Open Spaces of God) get close to God via the five senses. The journey could so easily have been a skip instead of a sail; however, they truly manifest the books purpose: to help more of you experience more of God. The two ministers and workshop leaders accomplish this so well with natural sweetness from the inside, not with treacle glopped on top. Starting with the cover illustrationsa rose, a bird singing treble, threatening thorns, and a bitten pear, each image superimposing on anotherthe book divides naturally into five parts. Each chapter begins with questions based onpencil drawings by artist Marcy Jean Stacey. Within each chapter, the authors alternate essays, their voices nearly indistinguishable except for Bills wittier bits; they touch on the personal, such as Boorams sacred hospital smells. Each chapter includes spiritual exercises. The two cite the Bibles raising up of the five senses, augmented with quotes from many sensate Christians. It adds up to a deeply pleasing book. (Feb.) Copyright 2011 Reed Business Information.
