Fragrance of God - Softcover

Vigen Guroian

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0232526826 ISBN 13: 9780232526820

Publisher: Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd, 2007

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In these beautifully written meditations, Vigen Guroian chronicles the course of his life, as he and his family move to a new home. Leaving the old garden behind and cultivating a new one becomes an emblem of our journey through life, marked as it is by both bitter losses and sweet new blessings. While deeply personal, The Fragrance of God vividly unfolds the great biblical themes of the grandeur of God's creation, the senses as paths' to experiencing God, and the garden as a place of birth, death and renewal. Enriched by literary references and quotations from the church fathers, these spiritual insights will lead readers down a path of deeper understanding into creation and the Creator.

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Frederica Mathewes-Green — author of The Open Door "Earthy in all the best senses, The Fragrance of God recalls us to the beauty of creation. Guroian is expert at demolishing the kind of spirituality that gets overly spiritualized; he reminds us that God fills and blesses this blooming, growing, changing world."

Bill McKibben — author of The End of Nature "Vigen Guroian’s fine book is proof that Christians would do well to spend more time outdoors, in the one great megachurch that operates as a planet-scale museum of divine intent."

Lee May — author of Gardening Life and My Father's Garden "Vigen Guroian, a gifted storyteller, shares his own constant passion for digging in the dirt amid life’s many changes, reminding us of the universal power and appeal of gardening, that wondrous journey toward our own Paradise rich with plants, stories, beauty, peace, and spirituality."

Roberta C. Bondi — author of Memories of God "This is a lovely book, shimmering with the very beauty of God."

Barbara Brown Taylor — author of When God Is Silent "Even those with no dirt under their fingernails may find comfort and challenge in this testament to the resilience of divine life."

From the Inside Flap:

In this literary gem Vigen Guroian chronicles not merely the changing seasons but the course of his own life as he and his family move from Maryland to a new home near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Leaving the old garden behind and cultivating another garden become an emblem of our journey through life, marked as it is by both bitter losses and sweet new blessings.

While deeply personal, "The Fragrance of God" vividly unfolds the great biblical themes of the grandeur of God's creation, the senses as "paths" to experiencing God, and the garden as a "place" of birth, death, and renewal.

Laced throughout with quotations from Guroian's beloved church fathers and replete with theological reflection, "The Fragrance of God" will lead readers down a path of deeper insight into the creation and the Creator.

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