To Tease Our Knowing

This collectionerudite, insightful, observant, realistic, empathetic, playful,whimsical, hopefulteases our knowing in the direction of wholeness, personally andcommunally. Thank you, Jim, for the gift.Phillip Aspinall, Anglican Archbishop of BrisbaneJim McPhersons powerful and engaging collection will be a great resource forphilosophy and religious studies at both secondary and tertiary levels. You''ll want toreturn again and again because they so beautifully illuminate the philosophical andthe sacred.Lana Priebbenow, Fraser Coast Anglican CollegeThese poems will meet readers in the midst of their own going through experience,because much of this writing comes from Jims own earthquakes, large and small.His quirky sense of humour reminds us to delight in the joy of every day; the Godbreathed spirit lives between his lines.Liz Smythe, Auckland University of Technology Jim provides a valuable resource for individual and group contemplation, and agateway into the depths swirling within the sights, thoughts and hopes of what mightall too easily seem as mundane and unworthy of further thought.John Fairbrother, Vaughan Park Retreat Centre