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The Animals Speak: A Christmas Eve Legend
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

The Animals Speak: A Christmas Eve Legend

It’s a story almost as old as our culture. A story so filled with hope, with love, with joy that we set a whole season aside for the telling of it. A story so central to our understanding of ourselves that we seek it out again and again.

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Long and Long the Story
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

Long and Long the Story

“Long and long the story has been told . . .”

It’s the Christmas story, so, of course, it’s been told before. Again and again. For more than two thousand years.

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The Risk to Grow
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

The Risk to Grow

The day comes when remaining the same becomes more painful than the risk to grow.

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Grief
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

Grief

When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air,

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The Invisible Tug
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

The Invisible Tug

What if you felt the invisible tug between you and everything?...

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The Deepest Gift
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

The Deepest Gift

My working life is represented by over 100 books sitting on my shelf, each one bearing my name. An accomplishment I do not hold lightly. These books have been written and published over the course of 45 years, and that bears mentioning, too. I have worked long and steadily.

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