When Fragments Make a Whole
Published by Floris Books in 2024. From the publisher: “In this candid and courageous book, Lory Widmer Hess describes her experience of inner transformation through her exploration of the healing stories in the gospels. In a unique blend of poetry, commentary and autobiography, she describes how she engaged with and drew inspiration from these stories. Her approach will inspire readers on their own journey of spiritual growth.”
If you’d like to see a preview, click on “See inside” from the Floris book page. You’ll get a pop-up with a generous portion including the introduction and most of the first chapter.
You can also read two early versions of gospel healing poems on my blog: “Talitha, Koum” and “What the Rich Young Man Said.“
How to order:
- A limited number of signed copies are available from Rudolf Steiner Bookstore in Seattle!
- Order from SteinerBooks, the US distributor.
- Order from bookshop.org in the US (or from uk.bookshop.org in the UK) and benefit local bookshops.*
- You can also ask for your local bookshop to order it for you; Floris Books are distributed to the trade by Ingram.
- Worldwide, you can order online from Blackwell’s, with shipping included to most countries.*
- And if you insist, here you can order from Amazon, in Kindle or print.*
- Here is a Bookshop list* I created that includes related reading. UK version | US version
- There are more e-book options, including Kobo, available on the Floris e-book page.
*Starred options are affiliate links that earn me a small commission.
What readers say:
Lory shares how these ancient narratives offer powerful insights into our own healing journeys. As we explore the deeper meaning behind the healing stories and uncover the imagined inner world of those who were healed, we see how their experiences mirror our personal struggles and paths to wholeness.
-Rev. Carol Saunders, The Spiritual Forum
Offers encouragement to readers to find, ever and again, the steps toward meeting their own wounds and struggles.
—Signe Schaefer, author of Why on Earth? and She Was Always There
A treasure of a book in that it contains accessible explanations of deep spiritual knowledge out of anthroposophy, artistic and personal poetry that move the heart, and the testimony of a life lived by one who has earnestly taken up the path of discipleship.
—Rev. Anna Silber, Christian Community priest in Chestnut Ridge, NY
A book for your own journey, but it is especially a book to catapult you into standing in and with the world-healing that is our task.
—Kathryn Booth, The Alcyon Center
This memoir avoids the usual Christian tropes to illustrate Christ’s healing presence in the author’s life, body, and relationships–a rare phenomenon in Christian memoir. Faith becomes a verb, an action, accessible to readers.
—Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, author of Writing the Sacred Journey and Living Revision
Simply Sourdough
Baking great whole-grain breads and more
This little book began as a self-published project that I produced based on information I used to teach several sourdough baking workshops. For a while I sold copies to benefit my church, but then I handed it over to the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America, my longtime home as an editor. All sales benefit WECAN.
The book gives a brief introduction to my personal method of making and using a sourdough starter, along with recipes. The essay “Baking Day” is included as an appendix in this edition.
Buy from the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America