Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places

Praise for Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places

With the insights of a prophet and the attention of a poet, Kaitlin Curtice invites the reader to see the world fresh, in all its everyday glory. You will never look at a sink of dishes, a mound of dough, a game of Rummy, or the family dog the same way again. A stunner of a debut, every sentence a feast for the senses.
—Rachel Held Evans, author of Searching for Sunday

Kaitlin B. Curtice is a young, Native American Christian mystic who portrays the sacredness of the human condition in everyday language. Her poetic prayers and stories inspire us to find the divine in every aspect of life, and gift us with the opportunity to embrace and mirror the gracious reality of God and glory in our midst. 
—Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward
 
Kaitlin walks with us into the heart of glory, asking what it means to find sacred spaces in everything. Her young, indigenous voice brings a fresh perspective of lyrical prayer and storytelling to the world. If you love the wisdom and poetry of Kathleen Norris, Barbara Brown Taylor, Annie Dillard, Mary Oliver, and Richard Rohr, you'll love Kaitlin Curtice.
–Brian McLaren, author of The Great Spiritual Migration
 
Kaitlin B. Curtice was born with a set of eyes that see beyond the ordinary. She sees beauty and holiness in mess, mayhem, and monotonous routine. She sees miracles in darkness. She sees hope in human heartache and promise in dead ends. Her words change us, lift us, inspire us, transform us, heal us.
―Rachel Macy Stafford, New York Times bestselling author of Hands Free Mama
 
A stunning collection of writings and reflections that call us to return to a posture of awe and wonder in every moment of life. Kaitlin Curtice reflects on ordinary life with captivating prose and penetrating insight that cuts through the fog of our busyness and moves us to see the glory of God at work.
–Brandan Robertson, author of Nomad: A Spirituality for Travelling Light 
 
Kaitlin Curtice looks at life’s moments—large, small, and in between—and she finds God in them. Moreover, she has a beautiful way with words; she can make us see God in every moment, too.
–Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Gods in Alabama
 
Kaitlin Curtice writes with a deep, sweet, reflectiveness about the odd places she encounters “glory,” that is, Jesus. Kaitlin helps us look for Jesus again, and helps us meet him in some surprising places.
–David P. Gushee, author of Still Christian: Following Jesus Out of American Evangelicalism
 
Kaitlin Curtice prayed, “Teach me the art of tethering.” Her answered prayer is an unfolding of glory—sights and sounds witnessed in words and phrases spare and plain daring us to take delight in life again.
–John Blase, author and poet 
 
For such a time when busy and blindness is par for the course of western culture, Glory Happening is the kindest invitation to slowing and really seeing; a heaven-sent antidote to human ailment.
–Erika Morrison, author of Bandersnatch: An Invitation to Explore Your Unconventional Soul
 
Well-conceived quotes, prose and poetry in a series of real-life, uncomplicated and transformative stories. With word-smithing that flows gently like a mountain stream, her work gifts us with deep content and relevant context.
–Randy Woodley, author of Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision
 
Kaitlin B. Curtice is the kind of writer whose words carry you to spacious places where you can breathe again. With each of Kaitlin’s stories and prayers, I was gently invited back to a place of rest and grace.
–Steve Wiens, author of Beginnings: The First Seven Days of the Rest of Your Life