Description: The book investigates the following themes: the love of God, brokenness, abandonment to God, being led through God's love, crucifixion (paying the price of faithfulness), and resurrection.
Brief description: Drew Lawson is an experienced retreat leader, spiritual director, poet, and artist. He was trained in the art of spiritual direction at the Jesuit Center for Spiritual Growth in Wernersville, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends and the Catholic Church. He was the founding director of Daybreak, an ecumenical spiritual centre in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Lawson has recently facilitated two-year and one-year spiritual formation programmes for Quakers and pilgrims from other traditions. For a number of years, Lawson has been exploring the spirituality of the hermit tradition. He has lived for over thirty years in a small intentional community in the Whipstick Forest in rural Victoria, Australia.