"I know dogs in my life the way I know people and cats and trees and landscapes. Dogs help me shape my thoughts, feelings, and prayer life. Dogs have taught me attributes I feel in myself when reflecting and praying. "Dogs have shown me the spirit of being loyal, glad, overwhelmed, protective, committed, vigilant, patient, kind, energetic, discerning, forgiving. Unfolding these attributes of dog life opens my own spiritual being. My relationship with dog mirrors my relationship with God." In Dog Psalms the reader can use a dog's attributes to speak to God.

"Cats help me pray," says Herbert Brokering. This collection of whimsical, insightful psalms, or prayers, is based on Brokering's observations of cats he has known through his life - farm cats, house cats, alley cats. Each psalm expresses an observation about a cat's nature, written in the "voice" of the cat, followed by a prayer in which the human spirit speaks of its cat-like nature to God. Cat Psalms is for those who wish to pray more deeply, with more imagination and understanding, and offers fresh ways to see ourselves and new ways to pray.

Inspired by Brokering's observations of cats, each of these whimsical, playful psalm-meditations is written in the "voice" of the cat and expresses what cats can teach us about grace and living a grace-filled life. A prayer that encourages readers and offers fresh, new ways to pray more deeply and with more imagination and understanding follows each meditation.

In this simple book Herb Brokering comes face-to-face with many of his own anxieties and in the process teaches readers to quiet the noisy worries they confront in their own lives. While books on anxiety abound, the very personal and pastoral nature of this book sets it apart from the others. Beginning with the very first page, readers realize the presence of imagination and hope as Brokering puts words to his own angst. In doing so, he truly offers wisdom for all who worry.

Once again, well-known and beloved author Herbert Brokering offers spiritual nourishment, this time based on Christina Georgina Rossetti's Christmas carol, "In the Bleak Midwinter." This set of forty meditations and prayers can be opened at leisure or followed as a guide to daily devotions. Either way, it is a rich and imaginative reflection on the incarnation as God's continual gift to us. The overall tone of the book shows the depth and beauty, paradoxes and perplexities of the nativity.

Brokering shares the spiritual gifts and intimate memories from his life he wishes to pass on. Almost everyone has a Last Will and Testament that describes what will become of their property but few people have thought about the spiritual gifts they'd like to leave behind. This work describes the knowledge Brokering has received from the people, places and events of his life. It inspires readers to reflect on what they would wish to leave their loved ones. Each chapter includes a Bible passage for reflection. "I will you the wind, the prairie wind I have loved. I will you the high wind I can still feel in the tug of the kite string, a wind dancing in the sky above" - excerpt from chapter one. It is written by a bestselling author.

Here is a marvelous collection: memories, family nostalgia, spiritual wisdom, and an abiding sense of God's presence. In his wonderfully poetic voice, Herbert Brokering bequeaths his children -- and all children and parents -- a rich legacy of faith.

The letters are shaped around memories from Brokering's experiences as a child and as a parent and are grouped into five sections:
-- Here's a Place You'll Like
-- There's Someone I Want You to Meet
-- Have Fun Along the Way
-- I Know the Feeling
-- I Have Faith in You

Each letter offers fresh understandings about God and faith, plus advice on finding and living full lives.

Popular writer, poet, pastor, and international tour-guide leader Herb Brokering offers fresh glimpses of God and God's heavenly messengers. Drawn from his conversations with young children, Brokering begins each devotion by describing a child's drawing of angels. From those pictures and the children's comments, he spins exciting new insights about our relationship with God.

This introductory volume of Luther's prayers includes 185 prayers arranged by topic with brief comments from the editor.