God's Messengers: What Animals Teach Us About the Divine 
asked by waltersmith on October 31, 2006 2:04 AM
Combining spiritual questions with heartwarming animal tales, God's Messengers will appeal to anyone who seeks the mystical in the everyday. The authors have gathered these accounts from a wide variety of people and divided them into four sections: Love, Wisdom, Courage, and Comfort. Each story answers a question, for example: Is there a God? Are prayers answered? and Is there a heaven? Throughout, wild and domesticated creatures teach humans about health, compassion, and unconditional love — birds, coyotes, dolphins, and iguanas, as well as cats, dogs, and horses. Readers will learn about a ferret who helped an autistic boy play baseball, a dolphin who was saved by a concerned community, and a dog who pulled hair from her tail in sympathy with a chemo patient. 50 black-and-white photographs accompany these amazing stories.
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... will find this book an interesting read. I found it purely by accident, and am really glad I did -The stories are captivating, and I can relate to most of them. I read Laurie Conrad's "The Spiritual Life of Animals and Plants" last year, and was completely mesmerized by her free-flowing, personable style. I think anyone who has read her beautiful work will also very much enjoy "God's Messengers".
reviewed by rob33 on November 3, 2006 1:55 PM
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I love GOD'S MESSENGERS!!! I especially loved the story written by Richard Simmons which is about his mother Shirley and her two Dalmations. I never knew Richard had a spiritual bent to his outgoing public personality. Dalmations also played an important part of my life as I grew up and as with Richard's mother my emotional and physical health was better because of our dogs. We have most of Richard's exercise tapes. Now we know a different deeper side to Richard Simmons. GOD'S MESSENGERS: WHAT ANIMALS TEACH US ABOUT THE DIVINE is a must read for those who want a feel good book filled with thought provoking wonderful stories. There are many great stories but I also really liked the story about Gonzo.
reviewed by bulldogs on November 6, 2006 3:12 PM
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It was treat to see Willard Scott endorse God's Messengers on the NBC Today Show last Thursday morning. He said it was a "wonderful book" plus he added that it was a book about how animals teach us about life. I read God's Messengers and totally agree with Willard's comment! Like they say -- read one story out of this book and never view our pets and other animals the same way again!
reviewed by porsche on November 17, 2006 12:19 AM
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God's Messengers is a collection of touching and heartwrenching stories about the love that people have for the pets, and how those pets have been there to help them through the difficult times in life. Some are simple, some are deep. But what really makes the connection to the book's subtitle -- What Animals Teach Us about the Divine -- is the poem Walk Easy by Sandy Carlson. Her sense of time and space and meaning in a selection about the walking of a dog puts the book's theme into a perspective that all can comprehend. I'd like to read more of her writing. Where can I find some?
reviewed by bethness on November 19, 2006 5:08 AM
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In the midst of these troubled times, this book is an oasis of love and serenity. It just makes us love and respect animals even more.
If you don't know what present to give for the animal lover in your life, try this book.
reviewed by porsche on November 20, 2006 2:54 PM