Bless the Day: Prayers and Poems to Nurture Your Soul [Hardcover]

June Cotner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 1998

Whether quiet and introspective or heartfelt and celebratory, blessings are a way for us to greet each new day with thanks and hope. In Bless the Day, June Cotner shares with us a treasury of poems and prayers that touch the heart and nurture the spirit.
Arranged by theme, the pieces in this collection focus on hope, courage, and love as thoughtfully as they do on inspiration, faith, and strength.

The blessings here are meant to be shared with family and friends at life's great events, offering comforting words for the bereaved, encouraging words for graduates, inspiring words for newlyweds, and songs of hope for readers on any occasion.

Filled with the wisdom of timeless poets like Emily Dickinson, enlightened thinkers like Mother Teresa, and fresh voices whose words pierce the soul, Bless the Day offers comfort and encouragement through the hard times and makes the good ones even more memorable.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From time to time, all of us need a quiet corner to curl up in, a place to think, to heal, to pray. In Bless the Day, June Cotner transports us to such a corner where the soulful beauty of words and wisdom blesses us and enables us to bless our world in return. -- Father Paul Keenan, author of Good News for Bad Days: Living a Soulful Life

From the Author

Bless the Day grew out of a desire to create a book of spiritual poems and prayers that celebrate life's daily blessings. The poets represented in the book have learned to find the spark of divinity in the challenging, and sometimes tragic events that befall all of us at one time or another.

A subject index offers my recommendations for special events. All of the blessings here can be used anytime you need a spirit lifted, a heart comforted, or a thought embraced.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha USA (October 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156836251X
• ISBN-13: 978-1568362519
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,574,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

June Cotner is a publishing consultant and the author of 26 books, including the bestselling Graces and Dog Blessings. Collectively, her books have sold more than 850,000 copies and have earned praise in many national publications including USA Today, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman's Day, and Family Circle. She has appeared on the television programs "Northwest Afternoon" and "AM Northwest." June is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. Through Book Proposal Services, she evaluates nonfiction book proposals and analyzes concepts for books. See "Consulting" at www.JuneCotner.com. Her books have been published by major houses including Random House, HarperCollins, and Hachette. She has also enjoyed working with mid-size publishers such as Andrews McMeel, Chronicle Books, and New World Library.

Quotation: "Creativity, for me, involves connections. As an anthologist, I love finding the perfect quote for a specific book. As a publishing consultant, I greatly enjoy helping clients create the best possible proposals to secure excellent advances."

Fun tidbit: June has always loved playing with creative ideas, including starting the first "dormie" powder puff football game at U.C. Berkeley, I ETA PI, that competed against sorority teams and went on to become a football dynasty.

Visit her website at www.JuneCotner.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars Richness for Every Kind of Day, January 22, 2000

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This review is from: Bless the Day: Prayers and Poems to Nurture Your Soul (Hardcover)

No matter what your day holds, check Cotner's book for a poem that applies. In tough times, "Endurance" may be just the thing. If you're grateful for other people, "Neighbors" or "Hot Tea Therapy" might echo your sentiments. When over-activity makes you frantic, read a piece beginning with "The Lord is my pace-setter, I shall not rush." Angels, disability, and even garage sales are more of the widely spread topics. This collection offers a pleasing mix of work by contemporary writers and by old favorites such as Thoreau, Lincoln, and Dickinson. Bless the Day is not a book to tuck away on a shelf: Keep it on a coffee table for easy consulting, by the phone to enrich minutes spent on "hold," or in your tote during special times away from home.

3.0 out of 5 stars Larger words would help!, May 20, 2010

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This review is from: Bless the Day: Prayers and Poems to Nurture Your Soul (Hardcover)

Good book of peoms, but the print is way too small for older people, even with reading glasses.