Brightness Springs [Paperback]

John Mark Butterworth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Brightness Springs is a fantastic parable of the Bright People and the Sleepers. Two groups who encounter each other on a different world and what happens when such different types of humans meet.

Pete Smith and his companions, explorers earching for a new Earth, think they've found it when they discover the planet Brightness; only to learn that this new and wonderful world has humans on it - strange, marvelous people with a mysterious God and "powers of prayer".

Curious events and odd disappearances lead Pete and the others to believe that the Bright People, for all their hospitality and kindness, may be hiding something vital and momentous from them; something supernatural and astonishing when at last revealed.

Brightness Springs is a gracious tale of wonder and transformation as if C.S. Lweis and Robert Frost met to compose a modern parable of joy, happiness, love, and compassion in an ever expanding universe of the marvelous, fantastic, srene, and sacred.

A story for all ages - spiritual, poetic, and intriguing.

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About the Author

John Mark Butterworth is 48, married and has a teenage daughter. They live in Sacramento, CA. He's been writing for 30 years - plays, novels, essays, poetry. He also composes music - rock, classical, jazz, sacred and plays guitar and a few other instruments.

Previously published in a few small magazines, he decided to publish this little book after a number of readings where it was received with enthusiasm.

Product Details

• Paperback: 83 pages
• Publisher: Callister Green Publishing (January 1, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0967642906
• ISBN-13: 978-0967642901
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,042,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Catholic Herald of Sacramento, CA Nov. 18, 2000 - Review, November 25, 2000

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Mark Butterworth (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brightness Springs (Paperback)

"Brightness Springs" is a parable about a group of space explorers from Earth who travel aboard the space ark Noah to find a world to inhabit.

An enchanting tale unfolds when the explorers, led by botanist Pete Smith, discover the planet Brightness with its "sky of lavender and orange clouds" and "two full moons" where humans and animals live in harmony with one another.

The explorers, known as the "Sleepers," have wondrous adventures on their journey. They become friends with a tenderhearted, gracious people who live simple lives on small farms, people capable of making enchanting music and creating exquisite artwork. The Bright People are gifted with "powers of prayer": they are people who know God is "absolute love and being."

The author says his new book is at heart about transformation.

"Brightness Springs" is filled with poetic descriptions of the natural world, the beauty of an oriole flying across a shaft of light, "orange pulsed bright" leaving behind a dusting of "specks of gold."

"When you are close to God," Butterworth explained, "everything he has created is more intensely beautiful."

The book also includes a lyrical collection of poems and parables by Butterworth that reflect Catholic spirituality and contemplation.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Thoughts, September 17, 2000

By 

Nick Dramis (Sacramento, CA. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brightness Springs (Paperback)

Butterworth's book bridges all religons