Healing and wholeness inspire Mary Edlund's passion for ministry: To assist those who seek to grow in spiritual understanding of God's role in their life, regardless of their religious affiliation. A spiritual director, small group leader, retreat leader, and Healing (energy) Therapist, Mary is a retired Full Deacon in the United Methodist Church, having served in conference and parish ministry as well as wholeness ministry. Her spiritual direction training was from the Hesychia School of Spiritual Direction in Tucson, Arizona. Several of her devotional poems have been published as choral anthems composed by Eugene Butler. Other poems are included in this book. Theological studies from various seminaries and a Master's Degree in Mass Communications from the University of Minnesota prepared her for service as Steward of Communications for the Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church before moving to Durango, Colorado in 2001. Mary enjoys inventing characters for fantasy adventures, and she has honed her skills in writing children's stories and poems as well as movie and television scripts for children as she reared her two daughters, Erin and Alison. She and her husband, Lee, live in the Denver, Colorado, area and enjoy the blessings of a granddaughter, Autumn.