Bright Shoots of Everlastingness

"All true loves are full of quarrels, and these essays tangle through some of mine," writes Paul J. Willis. Candid, adventuresome, hilarious and soul-searching, Willis explores his conservative religious upbringing, his affinity for the Romantic poets, his lifelong avocation of mountaineering and his midlife understandings of faith and wilderness. Several of the twenty-one essays in this collection have appeared in publications such as Ascent, The Best American Spiritual Writing 2004, The Best Christian Writing 2006, Books & Culture, The Climbing Art, Image, The Other Side, Redwood Coast Review, River Teeth and Summit.

Winner of the 2005 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award in the essays category.