Books by John Ackerman

The Rig Veda, the oldest book in the world and the sacred texts of the Hindu religion, reveals ninety-nine 30-year cycles during which Mars, in a geostationary orbit 35,000 km above Mt. Kailas, terra-formed the entire crust of the Earth while the first one-hundred generations of mankind looked on and composed their myths describing the events.

Learning how to attend to what God is doing right now is the lifelong work of (and play) of the person of faith. Helping people to attend to God is the central work of the congregation. It all begins with learning to listen to God as a community and to notice what God is doing in our life together. John Ackerman offers two four-step models and several additional tools that help us attend to the mystery at the center of our lives and our congregations.

`That brilliant commentator on Dylan, John Ackerman' - Andrew Sinclair, Dylan Thomas: Poet of his People John Ackerman's highly acclaimed study of the poems and prose works of Dylan Thomas traces his development as a writer, linking this for the first time with his Welsh background.