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Utilizing all that is valuable in historical-critical and related research, Dr. Mary Ford demonstrates with force and clarity just why biblical hermeneutics needs to return to the perspectives and methods of early Christian interpreters, particularly those of Eastern Church tradition. Since the late Middle Ages, biblical interpretation in Western Christianity has been largely guided by historical-critical methodology. Highly useful for questions of "Introduction" (the "who, what, when, where and why" of biblical writings), it has nevertheless led to a serious "reductionism," represented most flagrantly today by members of the "Jesus Seminar." The indispensable link between exegesis and spiritual life has been largely obscured, with the result that concern for the Gospel promise of salvation has been subordinated to scientific inquiry of the text. Her focus is consistently on the basic question, "What does the soul long for?" She answers the question by a careful criticism of non-orthodox trends in interpretation (from Spinoza to contemporary exegetes), and by demonstrating how a hermeneutic inspired by the Church Fathers can be faithful to the text, while leading the reader to discover what it means to be "a child of God." We are greatly indebted to Professor Ford for achieving her intended goal: to demonstrate that authentic and authoritative biblical interpretation is intimately related to the life of faith. This important book is a treasure that will be of special interest to clergy and students of theology, as well as to lay persons who experience the soul's deep longing for God. - Fr John Breck

Lani is a young girl returning home to a land she does not remember-the fabled Atlantis. She has to learn to fit in with her family and other girls her age, then take her place as the heir of a powerful clan. As she starts school, what she does not know is that she also inherited powerful enemies who consider her a foreigner and who will try to discredit or destroy her before she comes into her magic and prove that she is Atlantis-born.

Mary Ford taught school in a one room school house in the 40's and 50's. She strived to find creative literary methods to teach phonics and vocabulary. Mary's love of animals gave her an idea of a playful squirrel named Wee Chee Chee. She used her story of Wee Chee Chee to inspirer her students to read and write.

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