Reflections on Adult Literacy
Reflections on Adult Literacy highlights stories that touch the lives of literacy staff and volunteers, as well as the adult literacy learners they serve. Its sometimes bold and sometimes nuanced lessons make good on the book’s promise to inspire and challenge you and leave you thinking about the stories long after you’ve closed the book. Collected from the author’s forty years of experience in creating and managing adult literacy programs, the stories explore literacy in a way that will make you appreciate how reading enriches your life. It will give literacy staff and volunteers—and anyone interested in the power of reading—an enjoyable read and an insider’s look into the work.
Dance in the Meadow
What do you do when you become widowed, leave your church family of 45 years, retire from your job and move halfway across the country? You get real with yourself. Emerging from a season of loss and the unraveling of every belief and certainty she had so carefully cultivated, Cathay began to sit in conversation with God. With God, not to God. Listening to the still, small voice of her spirit, their conversations went deep and released a well-spring of life and wisdom. These musings will leave you feeling inspired to reflect on your own life and to find answers to questions you didn’t know to ask. They will leave you knowing that you are not alone.
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Keep Walking
Are you ready to fall in love with yourself again? “Keep Walking” is the inspiring tale of a modern-day pilgrimage of self-discovery, transformation, and renewal on the Camino de Santiago. Newly widowed, author Cathay Reta was in her mid-60s and looking for direction for the next phase of her life. That’s when she felt called to hike the Camino de Santiago, the centuries old 483-mile trail across northern Spain.
As Cathay began to physically prepare for such a feat and leave her sedentary life behind, she became aware that it would also be an inner healing – a rite of passage to the next phase of her life. With trepidation and some fear, she traveled alone to Spain and started walking. She kept walking day after day through tears, anger, laughter, sadness and great joy. Every day was a challenge, and she often questioned why she was on the Camino. Why not just go to a nice hotel and think through what to do the next 30 years? She resisted that temptation, and after 37 days she reached her destination with a bold new vision of her life and purpose.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Finding Your Camino (Your Way)
My walk on the Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) gave me renewed understanding of my life’s purpose and passion. My hope is that you find your purpose and passion also. That’s why I wrote this guide for you.
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