Dancing at the Yurt

Journalist, shade-tree philosopher, and chronicler of the spirit, Charlie Pearl in these personal reflections wears a coat of many colors - part memoir, part spiritual odyssey, part travelogue, part inventory of the heart. With honesty, humility, and great zest he leads us on an interfaith journey from Baptist to Baha'i to Buddhist, demonstrating convincingly that all faiths share a circumference equidistant from God. Along the way are engaging side trips that explore the stages of our celebrative dance through life. In sharing himself, he gives us a model of a life well and richly lived, one that each of us can profit form as we travel our own journeys. --Richard Taylor, professor of English, former Poet Laureate of Kentucky, and an author of numerous books, including Elkhorn: Evolution of a Kentucky Landscape, a Thomas D. Clark Medallion Book; Sue Mundy: A Novel of the Civil War, Girty, and Earth Bones. I first met Charlie Pearl when he interviewed me for a newspaper article, and after about five minutes I knew I liked him, and that we would be friends. Charlie is so unassuming, kind, and good, that if one has a halfway open heart, one cannot help but be drawn to him. Charlie is a rich man, because he is rich in relationships. He is also an honest man, both of which make this book worth reading. In these pages, he shares his quest for God and for truth, and the loving friendships that sustain and fuel it. If the reader doesn't grow following Charlie on this journey, it's the reader's own fault. --Chuck Queen, senior pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Frankfort, Kentucky. Author of many books, including A Faith Worth Living: The Dynamics of an Inclusive Gospel, and Being a Progressive Christian (is not) for Dummies (nor for know-it-alls): An Evolution of Faith.