Belle Point Press
Leaves of Healing
Leaves of Healing
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Leaves of Healing: A Year in the Garden, by Matt Miller
Matt Miller’s debut essay collection, Leaves of Healing: A Year in the Garden, journeys through the garden year and the church year together to uncover how life in both realms can help us rediscover our bodies and our sense of time, thereby helping us reach toward the sense of wholeness we all seek. Following the cycles of physical and liturgical seasons from a residential permaculture garden in the Ozarks, each meditation combines reflections on labor in the soil with investigations of spiritual insights into the paradoxically timeless yet time-rooted realities of our eternal souls.
Matt Miller is a native Nebraskan now living in Branson, Missouri, where he serves as Associate Professor of English at College of the Ozarks. He writes regularly for Front Porch Republic, Fare Forward, The New Territory, and other venues. This is his first book. Find him online at matt-miller.org.
Praise for Leaves of Healing
that ponders the mysteries of creation and Creator while tasting the tang of
an heirloom tomato. This is no curated, Instagrammable experience, however:
calloused hands shaped each sentence, and dirt clings to these words. Yet if
Matt is well acquainted with sweat and grief, he has also learned that hope
may be found around any corner of the garden. Join him for this series of
meditations that will feed you body and soul.”
and Editor at Front Porch Republic
yet practical collection on finding joy in annual cycles. Miller’s sense of
the sacred, married with his sense of place, enriches my own understanding
of a landscape I’ve gardened, studied, and loved my whole life. A must-read
for everyone who sees depleted landscapes—spiritual and ecological—and
asks, ‘what good can I do here?’”
Details:
- Publication date: November 19, 2024
- ISBN: 978-1-960215-28-4
- Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
- 140 pages
