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Gayle Boss

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Charlevoix, Michigan, The United States

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Gayle Boss writes from West Michigan, where she was born and raised. Her lifelong love of animals and her immersion in spiritual texts and practices have melded in writing that explores how relationships with animals specifically, and an attentive presence in the natural world generally, restore us to our deepest selves. Also the mother of two grown sons, Gayle shares her home with her husband and Welsh corgi rescue.

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	All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings by Gayle Boss (Goodreads Author), David G. Klein (Illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 934 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing 4.35 avg rating — 223 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Creation Waits ― Gift Edition: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings (An illustrated Advent devotional with 25 woodcut animal portraits) by Gayle Boss (Goodreads Author), David G. Klein (Illustrations) 4.24 avg rating — 146 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Creation Waits ― Children's Edition: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings for Children by Gayle Boss (Goodreads Author), Sharon Spitz (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 113 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything but Gray: The life of Audley Dean Nicols by Gayle Boss (Goodreads Author), Thomas Duke 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Santo Making in New Mexico: Way of Sorrow, Way of Light by Gayle Boss (Goodreads Author), Cheryl Hellner (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wounded Quetzal: Women and Weaving in Guatemala by Gayle Boss (Goodreads Author), Cheryl Hellner (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Animal Gospel

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The Covenant of Water

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Gayle Boss rated a book it was amazing Around the Circle: Celebrating the Church Year by Laura Alary (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The simple text wedded to luminous illustrations conveys to children the quiet beauty of belonging to a cycle that has love as its center. The youngest readers will sense that in and through the story of Jesus, they too are invited into a community a ...more
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Gayle Boss rated a book it was amazing Rise: A Child’s Guide to Eastertide ― Part of the "Circle of Wonder" Series by Laura Alary (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Laura Alary masterfully shows children that in the ordinary things of their own lives—including the painful things—they can hear the Biggest Mystery of all singing. Resurrection is everywhere and for everyone. I especially liked the gentle encouragem ...more
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Gayle Boss has read Being With Animals: Why We Are Obsessed with the Furry, Scaly, Feathered Creatures Who Populate Our World by Barbara J. King	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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