Kent Nerburn: 13 books
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
Living in the Spirit of the Prayer of St. Francis
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Kent Nerburn's Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, immerses us in the spirit of one of the most universally inspiring figures in history: St. Francis of Assisi. The Prayer of St. Francis boldly but gently challenges us to resist the forces of evil and negativity with the spirit of goodwill and generosity....
The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo
A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the “old ones” still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and...
Native Echoes
Listening to the Spirit of the Land
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
From the grandeur of the Great Plains to the solitude of the northern woods, from the intensity of a summer storm to the quiet redemption of a fresh blanket of snow, Kent Nerburn's Native Echoes pays homage to the power of the land to shape our hearts and spirits.
An Ojibwe elder once counseled...
Ordinary Sacred
The Simple Beauty of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
There is a hidden meaning, a hidden beauty, in life’s most ordinary moments. It is the beauty of the human heart revealed, where what we have in common is greater than what keeps us apart. If we can learn to see the beauty in these moments, whether they are in the light or in the shadow, we become...
Small Graces
The Quiet Gifts of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 1998
In twenty elegant pieces writer sculptor and theologian Kent Nerburn celebrates the daily rituals that reveal our deeper truths. A companion piece to Kent Nerburn's book Simple Truths Small Graces is a journey into the sacred moments that illuminate our everyday lives. Through the exploration of simple...
by Kent Nerburn
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
A chance encounter with a boy on a bicycle a young girl's graduation from eighth grade these and other small moments are the subjects of this beautifully written collection. In elegant prose Kent Nerburn uncovers the wonder hidden just beneath the surface of everyday life offering poignant glimpses...
The Wolf at Twilight
An Indian Elder's Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
A note is left on a car windshield an old dog dies and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching funny and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boarding-school mysteries the dark...
Voices in the Stones
Life Lessons from the Native Way
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
“Do not begrudge the white man his presence on this land. Though he doesn’t know it yet, he has come here to learn from us.” — A Shoshone elder The genius of the Native Americans has always been their profound spirituality and their deep understanding of the land and its ways. For three decades,...
Dancing with the Gods
Reflections on Life and Art
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
When Kent Nerburn received a letter from Jennifer, a young woman questioning her calling to spend her life in the arts, the writer and artist was struck by how closely her questions mirrored the doubts and yearnings of his own youth. Nerburn resolved that he would write his own letter: a letter of...
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce
The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation -- the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men,...
Calm Surrender
Walking the Path of Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
How can individuals live a life of forgiveness in a world so full of injustice and indifference? This haunting question spurred author Kent Nerburn to write Calm Surrender. As he recounts the experiences of people who have suffered much and asked for little, he takes readers on a moving journey, urging them to remember that "forgiveness cannot be a disengaged, pastel emotion."
Letters to My Son
A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
At once spiritual and practical, Letters to My Son has been beloved by readers from all walks of life, including single mothers seeking guidance in raising a son, fathers looking to share a voice of clarity about life’s most important issues, and young men wanting an intelligent, sensitive, and...
Simple Truths
Clear and Simple Guidance on the Big Issues in Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Seldom does a book come along that speaks to the core issues of life with such clarity and wisdom. This profound book is deeply informed by the spiritual traditions of the West the Far East and the Native Americans with whom the author has worked. It is a small treasure of wisdom about lifes deepest issues.