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Praise for Daughters of the Desert "A recovery of the wisdom of women in the great Abrahamic religions is long overdue. Daughters of the Desert is a knock-out contribution to that project. Read the stories, fill your heart, share the wealth with others. This book deserves to become a classic of twenty-first century spiritual reading. Cherish it." - Mitch Finley, author of Prayer for People Who Think Too Much and The Joy of Being Catholic.
"How refreshing to find the stories of women from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. They are like water in the desert
offering new voices and new hope to our generation."
"These engaging stories of women, some of whom are important to all three religions, and some known only to one, help
build bridges of understanding between religions and demonstrate the importance of religion in our lives."
"Some stories speak powerful narratives. Others point to new understandings of our world. Still others ask questions of
justice, mercy, and devotion within communities. Daughters of the Desert speaks and points and questions in all three
ways, with stories about women from three spiritual traditions. Their ancient journeys Jewish, Christian, and Muslim
startlingly and wonderfully like our own, call us to and encourage us in our own paths to God."
This poem by the Sufi poet, Rumi, inspired Claire while she was writing the story of Mary: Mary's Hiding
Before these possessions you love slip away, say what
surprised by Gabriel, I'll hide inside God. Naked in
of beauty that could give her new life. Like the sun
opens. She leaped, as her habit was, out of herself
There was fire in the channel of her breath. Light and majesty from that fire and proof of its existence, more than any external form.
Claire Rudolf Murphy, Meghan Nuttall Sayres, Dr. Freda Crane, Sarah Conover and Mary Cronk Farrell
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