{"product_id":"the-understory-an-invitation-to-rootedness-and-resilience-from-the-forest-floor-paperback","title":"The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLore Ferguson Wilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Walk in the woods with me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat's the invitation award-winning author Lore Ferguson Wilbert extends to readers in \u003ci\u003eThe Understory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn this journey, Wilbert shares her story of alienation and disorientation after years of religious and political unrest in the evangelical church. In doing so, she looks to an unlikely place--the forest--to learn how to live and even thrive when everything seems to be falling apart. What can we learn from eroding soil, the decomposition process, the time it takes to grow lichen, the beauty of fiddlehead ferns, the regeneration of self-sowing seeds, and walking through the mud? Here, among the understory of the forest, Wilbert discovers rich metaphors for living a rooted and flourishing life within the complex ecosystems of our world. Her tenderness and honesty will help readers grieve, remember, hope, and press on with resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful, poised, poetic\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter years of witnessing religious and political unrest in the evangelical church, Lore Ferguson Wilbert felt alienated and disoriented. She found solace in the woods, where she discovered that the forest could teach her how to live--and even thrive--when everything seems to be falling apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Understory\u003c\/i\u003e, Wilbert explores what we can learn from eroding soil, the decomposition process, the time it takes to grow lichen, the beauty of fiddlehead ferns, the regeneration of self-sowing seeds, and walking through the mud. Among the understory of the forest, Wilbert discovers rich metaphors for living a rooted and flourishing life within the complex ecosystems of our world. Her journey encourages us to grieve, remember, hope, and press on with resilience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkably acute and resonant account.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Bill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Rare and beautiful.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eAundi Kolber\u003c\/b\u003e, MA, LPC, therapist; author of \u003ci\u003eTry Softer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStrong Like Water\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful, poised, poetic. Wilbert preaches like a prophet and writes like a friend.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRachel Marie Kang\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLet There Be Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Little Losses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part Wendell Berry, Eugene Peterson, and Madeleine L'Engle. The result is sheer magic.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eA. J. Swoboda\u003c\/b\u003e, associate professor, Bushnell University; author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Doubt\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Raw honesty devoid of cynicism.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Amanda Held Opelt\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHoly Unhappiness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Hole in the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Concerned with the radical act of being.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Drew Jackson, \u003c\/b\u003epoet and author of \u003ci\u003eGod Speaks through Wombs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTouch the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLore Ferguson Wilbert\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Curious Faith \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Handle with Care\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a 2021 \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award. She writes at lorewilbert.com. Wilbert has written for \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFathom\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and She Reads Truth\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand served as general editor of Broadman \u0026amp; Holman's Read and Reflect with the Classics. She lives in the Adirondack mountains in upstate New York with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43588198236196,"sku":"9781587435706","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/tobieshouse.com\/products\/the-understory-an-invitation-to-rootedness-and-resilience-from-the-forest-floor-paperback","provider":"Tobies House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}