PLEASE NOTE: Some recent copies of Let Your Life Speak included printing errors. These issues have been corrected, but if you purchased a defective copy between September and December 2019, please send proof of purchase to josseybasseducation@wiley.com to receive a replacement copy.
Dear Friends: I'm sorry that after 20 years of happy traveling, Let Your Life Speak hit a big pothole involving printing errors that resulted in an unreadable book. But I'm very grateful to my publisher for moving quickly to see that people who received a defective copy have a way to receive a good copy without going through the return process. We're all doing everything we can to make things right, and I'm grateful for your patience. Thank you, Parker J. Palmer
With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, he shares insights gained from darkness and depression as well as fulfillment and joy, illuminating a pathway toward vocation for all who seek the true calling of their lives.
The Author Writer, teacher, and activist Parker J. Palmer is senior associate of the American Association for Higher Education and senior adviser to the Fetzer Institute. In 1998, he was named one of the thirty most influential senior leaders in higher education. Author of such widely praised books as The Courage to Teach, The Active Life, and A Hidden Wholeness, he holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) and lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
Author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? 9th president of Spelman College (2002-2015)
Approaching another birthday and currently reading Parker Palmer’s latest book, On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity & Getting Old. (You don’t have to be old to read it, but if you’re young, read Let Your Life Speak first.)
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@tom_morganKCP David Whyte's "Bell and the Blackbird" is close to this head/heart struggle. Other poets who come to mind: Parker Palmer, collection Let Your Life Speak and another book based on that called Life Speak. Mary Oliver, whose often overlooked essays are as powerful as her poems
"At a time when our culture is seeking a new language for expressing the spirit in everyday life, Parker Palmer is our leading voice of clarity and wisdom. In Let Your Life Speak, Palmer continues to deepen our ways of understanding the relationships between the inner life of spirit and the outer life of action."
--Rob Lehman, president, The Fetzer Institute
"In our search for authentic vocation, this book should be the starting point and deserves a prominent place in every home, school, and college. It is vintage Parker Palmer, providing his unique insight to the interconnectedness of selfhood and vocation with eloquence and personal experience."
--Doug Orr, president, Warren Wilson College