From West Point to Quakerism

by Mike Heller

Overview

As a young man at West Point, Mike Heller found himself in a hostile environment, struggling to fit in where he was learning that he did not belong, searching for something to hold onto that was true and that nurtured his spirit. Now, from the wisdom and experience of greater years, he reflects on his painful and sometimes lonely passage and on how way opened for him to discover himself and his place in the world. In the best Friends' tradition of sharing our spiritual journeys, Mike Heller offers his own story, told with insight and compassion for the variety of people who crossed his path. Here is a perpetual theme in the journals of Friends - a search for harmony between one's inward life and one's place in the world.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158732782
Publisher:	Pendle Hill Publications
Publication date:	08/08/2017
Series:	Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #389
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	131 KB

About the Author

Mike Heller and his wife Rebecca live in Roanoke, Virginia, not far from their grown children Ben and Emily. Mike teaches literature and writing at Roanoke College, where Rebecca is the reference librarian. He edited The Tendering Presence: Essays on John Woolman (Pendle Hill Publications) and co-edited, with Sterling Olmsted, John Woolman: A Nonviolence and Social Change Source Book (Wilmington College Peace Resource Center). A member of the Roanoke Monthly Meeting, Mike currently serves on Pendle Hill’s Board of Trustees.