Other books by Jennifer Kavanagh

Call of the Bell Bird

(Quaker Books, 2004) ISBN: 9-789852-453650

This is the story of two journeys: a physical journey round the world (in the year of 9/11) and a spiritual journey. Written fast, tapping into the material in her journals, it has a strong sense of intimacy and immediacy.

The World is our Cloister

(O Books, 2007) ISBN: 978-1-84694-049-1
Dutch rights sold to Kosmos

The dedicated religious life of monks and nuns has a fascination for many of us - at a distance. We live in the world we have, and it’s hard to figure out how to do it in a God-filled way. The World is Our Cloister is a guide to living the devotional life, not behind the walls of a monastery, but in the world. It’s about engagement in the world as well as withdrawal, the balance between a life of action and one of contemplation; how to be in the world but not of it. Read more...

New Light

(O Books, 2008) ISBN: 9-781846-941436

Would you dare to live your life open to new light (or truth) from wherever it comes? Are you willing to accept the equality of all humanity, treating everyone with respect? Is yours a sacramental vision that does not allow you to despoil the earth or neglect or kill anyone? Could you trust your experience as prime evidence for the Divine without caging the Spirit in man-made dogma? Read more...

Having worked with writers for almost thirty years in her publishing career, Jennifer is now engaged in her own writing. Apart from a couple of collections of children’s short stories that she edited in the 1970s, Jennifer has had three books published, and has edited one. She also contributed to most of Quaker Quest’s Twelve Quakers and… series of booklets, and edited two of them. She is currently working on two new books, including one for O Books’ new Made Easy series, on Simplicity.