"Invited to Speak
is like spending time in the company of someone who will remind you-even with all its suffering-of the beauty and mystery of the world." --Ellen Bass, co-author of
The Courage to Heal
"Joseph Bednarik has given a gift to all of us in this series of stories and meditations." --Stephen Tobolowsky, author of
My Adventures with God
Gliding into the spaces between inspirational TED talks and late-night conversations around a beach fire, these seven presentations-delivered to Unitarian Universalist congregations throughout the Pacific Northwest-are open invitations for readers and seekers to consider the manifold layers of the world with joyful curiosity.