Barbara Benjamin

Millions of readers, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians have found their faith transformed by the good news of Jesus' unconditional compassion and love which they have encountered in Father Joseph F. Girzone's ten Joshua books. Not many people though know about Father Joe's faith journey that led him to writing the Joshua books.

In The Joshua Priest: A Biography of Faith, released by Nepperhan Press July 1, 2010, Barbara Benjamin brings us that story and hopes that readers will "find strength in discovering the deeply rooted faith and raw courage that, on critical occasions, saved the life of Fr. Joe and made his Joshua ministry possible, a faith that remained steadfast in the face of daunting personal crises and turbulent world events."

Of The Joshua Priest, Father Richard Rohr, founder of The Center for Action and Contemplation (www.cacradicalgrace.org) says, "It has been said that ideas do not change people, but people change people. In this book you will have two beautiful "people" encounters - with a great man and with the great woman who writes about him. Be prepared to be changed, enlightened, and readied for an even greater Encounter."

A mystic with a profound sense of God's presence in everything in the universe, from "a tiny drop of soft spring rain" to "a cosmic ray," Barbara Benjamin has been a poet since she was ten years old. Her first volume of poetry, Through My Window, was published in 1988. Described as "a love letter to God," her collection of poems, Face to Face, was nominated for Pulitzer in 2009.

Barbara's poetry has also been published in The Connecticut River Review and The Fairfield County Catholic and has been featured in Celebrate Your Divinity and Le Preuve Scientifique de l'Existence de Dieu by Orest Bedrij.

For the past fifteen years, Barbara Benjamin has been developing and delivering programs that facilitate the transformation of organizational leaders. From CEOs to ministers, participants in Barbaras leadership training programs report that they have had a conscious transformation, not only in their professional lives but also in their personal lives.

We recommend Barbara Benjamin to you for keynote speeches and poetry readings - and for running retreats and workshops on leadership or on spiritual growth and development.