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For Spiritual Connection in Daily Life: International Edition, all the in-text links take you to this page. You scroll down to the links below. I will regularly update this page so that you will always be able to find the content referred to in the text.

Chapter 1 Invitation and Introduction

Seamus Heaney, “Had I not been awake”

Chapter 3 The Daily Spiritual Experience Questions

Awe  1

Hubble website

Heaney “Postscript”

Presence  2

Dorianne Laux, “Dust”, “…fluttering at the window”

Longing  5

Joe Pugh, “Song”

Joy  14

They just start to dance

6 The Flow of Love

Does Receiving Divine Love Fuel the Love That Flows Out from You?

Heaney, “St. Kevin and the Blackbird

Chapter 7 Connection versus Alienation

Connected to All of Life

Bowerbirds, “In Our Talons”

Love and Divine Presence as Connection

Olafur Arnald’s 3055

Durufle’s Requiem

Or the Taizé version

Billy Collins, “Shoveling Snow with the Buddha”

Chapter 9 Translating “God”

Some Creative Descriptions of the Transcendent

Monsters of Folk, “Song”


There are lots of references in the book to websites: music, poetry, articles and essays, art work. This page gives you those links live, so you can click on them and get to the referenced site. (Page references to the printed version of the book.)

Page 10 Title: Had I Not Been Awake Author: Seamus Heaney

Page 33 Title: Hubble Photographs Author:

Page 34 Title: Postscript Author: Seamus Heaney

Page 38 Title: Dust Author: Dorianne Laux

Page 39 Title: Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey Author: William Wadsworth

Page 47 Title: Longing Author: Stevie Smith

Page 48 Title: Even in the Quietest Moments Author: Supertramp

Page 48 Title: Hymn 101 Author: Joe Pugh

Page 49 Title: There Is Some Kiss We Want Author: Rumi

Page 52 Title: Our Lady of Vladimir Author: Theokotos of Vladimir

Title: Patience Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Page 78 Title: Vespers Author: Monteverdi

Page 78 Title: Trío para piano, violín y violonchelo en Sol mayor K496 Author: Mozart

Page 78 Title: King without a Crown (Live from Stubbs) Author: Matisyahu

Page 78 Title: The Cave Author: Mumford and Sons

Page 78 Title: 2080 Author: Yeasayer

Page 78 Title: In the Morning Author: Nina Simone

Page 79 Title: Landscsape: Wheatfields under Thunderclouds Author: van Gogh

Page 79 Title: Kadinsky Art Author: Wassily Kadinsky

Page 79 Title: RichD Dancing in the Rain Oakland Street Author: Yak Films

Page 86 Title: Spiegel im Spiegel Author: Arvo Pärt

Page 86 Title: Claire de Lune Author: Debussy

Page 86 Title: Köln Concerts Author: Keith Jarrett

Page 121 Title: St. Kevin and the Blackbird Author: Seamus Heaney

Page 125 Title: Mercy Author: Jessica Powers

Page 130 Title: In Our Talons Author: Bowerbirds

Page 134 Title: 3055 Author: Olafur Arnald

Title: On Being Called to Prayer While Cooking Dinner for Forty Author: Patrick Donnelly

Page 135 Title: Ubi caritas et amor Author: Maurice Duruflé

Page 135 Title: Ubi caritas et amor Author: Taizé

Page 136 Title: Shoveling Snow with the Buddha Author: Billy Collins

Title: To the Mistakes Author: W. S. Mervin

Page 146 Title: Wrong Day-Go Back Author: Richard Tipping

Page 155 Title: How to Truly Listen Author: Evelyn Glennie

Page 156 Title: A Spiritual Journey Author: Wendell Berry

Page 165 Title: Dear God Author: Monsters of Folk