Description: An Ordinary Woman is a devotional book of poetry and imaginative contemplation on gospel texts. Mary's relationship with God is pivotal in an ordinary woman. Mary is portrayed as a woman trying to love her son through the turns and twists of life. Her yes to God was yes to personhood. It was yes to co-creation. Love came through her yes.
Brief description: Marlene Marburg is a spiritual director, giver of the Spiritual Exercises and poet. She has a background in medical imaging and education, and has completed her PhD entitled Poetry and Grace. Marlene companions people from the perspective that all of life is an invitation to wholeness.