Freedom Dance

Lyrical Dance

What do you do when all you’ve ever known about yourself, what gave your life meaning, is wiped away? How do you get it back? All of her life Esther has taken care of others. How can she let others take care of her? Will she ever be herself again? Meanwhile, Kathleen struggles to understand […]

Beautiful Questions

Some questions are so big, they can take a lifetime to answer. They are big enough for you to live in, walk around in them, taste them, touch them, and test them. These are not questions to be taken lightly. They are beautiful questions. Gwen, at 21, was no closer to knowing what she wanted […]

Season of Hope

“In a world full of hopelessness and despair, in a world full of false hope based on passing things and false gods, true hope is hard to find.” The liturgical season of Advent provides rich opportunities to reflect on God’s message of hope, however these meditations can be used any time of the year, whenever […]

Season of Promise

Life is full of promises—those we have made and those made to us. Considering how often promises influence our lives, it is surprising how little we reflect on them. The liturgical season of Christmas provides rich opportunities to reflect on the promises of God’s love. In this book, Patricia M. Robertson blends seasonal vignettes and […]

Holy Week – Season of Dying

Death is the one constant in this life. Wherever we are in our life journey, we are all moving towards our death. It is inevitable, yet we resist, ignore and deny this reality. Our lives are all that much richer from knowing they will end someday. Through confronting death, we learn how to live. The […]

Season of Change

The season of Lent challenges us to consciously enter into a process of changing, to let go of selfish attitudes . . . and to grow closer to God! All of life is change and transition. Yet, because change entails an ending and a loss even in the most joyful events, many people find themselves […]

Season of New Life

In Jesus’ death and Resurrection, God has given us a promise that no matter what situation we encounter, God is powerful enough to help us overcome it. Patricia M. Robertson helps us realize our opportunities for hope and growth through death and new life. She helps us find our peace-filled “new day” in real-life situations, […]

An Irish Slip Step

The Irish slip jig is set in 9/8 signature time, unusual and a little off balance, like life! Kathleen didn’t know about the slip jig, but she knew about slipping up. It seems her life was one long slip step! As was Chloe’s, whose life was knocked off balance when her dancing career was side-lined […]