More Sower's Seeds: Second Planting

by Brian Cavanaugh (Editor)

For many years the Sower’s Seeds books have been a wonderful resource for teachers, preachers, and anyone who has to speak in front of an audience. Here are 100 more stories - tales of inspiration, warmth, and insight arranged around numerous universal themes ranging from awareness, compassion, perseverance, and wisdom, to such unusual themes as Boy Scouts, mental health, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and stubbornness. While the majority of the stories are anonymous, there are some attributed to well-known names like Nathaniel Hawthorne, St. Ignatius, Thomas Merton, and O. Henry. Years before there was Chicken Soup, Sower’s Seeds was making readers laugh, cry, and come away with a warm heart. The book is ideal both for quiet inspiration and for handy, on-the-run fun. This is storytelling at its best.

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1992

Reviews

[Don Heiman · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the year 1221 the monastic Third Order Regular (T.O.R.) of St Francis was established. Fr. Brian Cavanaugh is a member of this religious order and author of many books that present original storylines about the central meaning of life. Fr Cavanaugh’s book “More Sower’s Seeds —Second Planting” is part of a collection of storylines he edited in 1992 for publication by Paulist Press of Mahwah, New Jersey. The book’s 100 stories are wonderful readings for end of day personal reflections, critical thinking, and self awareness. I especially enjoyed the blending of humor and nuggets of wisdom in each of the stories he selected for publication. (P)

[Never · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly good collection of motivational anecdotes.