The Ancient Way by River Jordan

The Ancient Way by River Jordan

For years, from her home on a hill outside Nashville, River Jordan felt a call to travel to the mystical Isle of Iona, off the coast of Scotland--the island that gave birth to Celtic Christianity. In The Ancient Wayshe invites us to leave the sacred space of our homes and our lives and join her on this pilgrimage.

With the help of friends and the kindness of strangers, Jordan winds her way across green mountains to late-night ferries, across islands and down one-way roads led by the light of Iona and a trust in God. Along the way she explores ancient Celtic Christian practices such as cherishing creation, trusting spiritual friendship, offering hospitality, creative imagination, and honoring community--carrying them home with her to infuse her daily life.

This is an intimate story of imagination, of personal transformation, of stillness and prayer. It's also a quirky, thoughtful guide for cultivating divine connection and creativity as we embark on our own wild adventures, chasing after the mystery that calls us all.

River Jordan is a well-known author, lecturer, teacher, and radio personality. Publishers Weekly, Booklist, NPR's Book Talk, Guideposts Magazine, and the Southern Literary Review have all published her work. Her most recent nonfiction work, Praying for Strangers: An Adventure of the Human Spirit, is her fourth novel. Southern Writers on Writing, Southern Sin: Real Tales of the Sultry South & Women Behaving Badly, and A Second Blooming are just a few of the anthologies that have featured her writing. Jordan has lectured at many conferences, book festivals, churches, universities, and retreats, including The Southern Festival of Books, Festival of Faith and Writing, and other conferences, book festivals, churches, universities, and retreats. She speaks all over the country about The Power of Story, is a regular contributor to Psychology Today's Spirituality blog, and is the host and producer of Clearstory, a literary radio show that broadcasts from Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives.