Bringing Home the Mountain: Finding the Teacher Within unveils an intimate account of a path to awakening. The author tells of her retreat experiences as well as pilgrimages to the Sacred Mountain Arunachala in India, revealing both the struggles and rewards faced on the search for enlightenment. Heart opening insights, teachings, and specific meditation practices are weaved into the book to help the reader develop or deepen their own spiritual practice.

Bringing Home the Mountain: Finding the Teacher Within unveils an intimate account of a path to awakening. The author tells of her retreat experiences as well as pilgrimages to the Sacred Mountain Arunachala in India, revealing both the struggles and rewards faced on the search for enlightenment. Heart opening insights, teachings, and specific meditation practices are weaved into the book to help the reader develop or deepen their own spiritual practice.

Through personal narratives that float between memoir and meditation, nature essay and adventure story. She travels to a remote spot in Kenya, where thousands of flamingos "encircle the geysers and carpet the glassy lake." In the rainforests of Dominica, she marvels at parrots as "bits of green forest tipped with scarlet and given wing." But always she returns to the intimate landscapes of her home in the Rocky Mountain and desert West. There, a trudge into the Grand.

It was a family camping trip to the Jennings family's favorite camping site, high in a remote area of the Ozark Mountains. It began, as each of their previous trips had begun, with wonderful weather, family togetherness, and a sense of adventure. It would end with the kidnapping of Doctor John Jennings's family, and his own flight into the forest to save himself from certain death. John fled into the unknown wilderness of the Ozarks, moving steadily to the northwest in hope of coming across a road, or perhaps, with any luck, a town. What he finally came across was the home of Cordell Heartley, a recluse spelunker, living sometimes in his cabin, and at other times in his caves. Finding Cordell would lead John into the adventure of his life, and to the discovery of an illegal, covert military operation, known as The Threef Project. Heartley, an ex-U.S. Army Ranger, was soon to become John Jennings' only hope of ever seeing his family again.

Children will flip over this easy-to-assemble storybook, as the Old Testament jumps off the pages right in front of their eyes. Thirty bookmaking projects included within are sure to enrich their joy and knowledge of the Bible. Includes patterns, instructions, and teaching tips.