Mary Earle is a writer, poet, retreat leader and Episcopal priest.
In retirement, her ministry focuses on practices for the spiritual life in sickness and in health, spiritual direction, contemplative prayer, and opportunities for ecumenical and interfaith retreats.
She and her husband, Doug, live in San Antonio with their three border collies, Maggie, Graford and Fiona, their six-toed cat, Cuthbert, and a “grand-cat” named Leftovers. They enjoy raising organic vegetables. A gardener for many years, Mary is learning about sustainable agriculture.
A Review of Marvelously Made
Marvelously Made: Gratefulness and the Body. By Mary C. Earle. Harrisburg, Pa: Morehouse Publishing, 2012. xii + 100 pp. $14.00 (paper).
From the very earliest decades of Christian belief, with the proclamation of the incarnation of God in Christ as its central puzzle, Christians have fretted over the relationship between the body and holiness. Is the body the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19), or an unruly servant that needs to be subdued (“I punish my body and enslave it,” 1 Cor 9:27)? Since the mid-1990s, theological books on the subject of human embodiment have proliferated, mainly as a corrective to centuries of Christian ambivalence about, suspicion of, or even abhorrence of the body and its inescapable needs, vulnerabilities, and desires.... read more.Celtic Christian Spirituality
Mary’s new book, Celtic Christian Spirituality: Essential Writings Annotated and Explained, is now available from:
SkyLight Paths
Viva Books
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
“With uncanny grace and deftness, Earle has woven the soul-wrenching beauty of Celtic spirituality and the joy of contextual understanding into a seamless and deeply satisfying whole. The result, like the biblical Psalter itself, is a loving companion for all the times and seasons of our lives.” Phyllis Tickle, Compiler, The Divine Hours
Marvelously Made
Church Publishing announces Mary C. Earle’s latest book, “Marvelously Made.”
Autographed copies at Viva Books.
Also available at Amazon.com
Each chapter in Marvelously Made focuses on a vital part of the body (the heart, the lungs, the brain, the joints); relates an anecdote from the author’s experience; provides reader-friendly (i.e., not overly technical) information about the wonders of the organ or body part, and offers a prayer and a set of gratitude practices physical and spiritual meditation exercises to deepen the reader s appreciation of the body. [Read More...]
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