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"Not Long Before the
Morning Light " and
"When I Consider the Heavens
... And the Many Faces of God"
 Sanctuary
of the Heart...
$10.95 + $5.00
S & H
106 pp, illustrated, paperback
ISBN: 0-9717166-0-9
“Sanctuary
of the Heart . . . A Song of the Morning” is
a Fall 2002 publication by Ms. Goings.
It is a spiritual walk . . . her “Sabbath Walks” and
ventures into the heart and soul.
It has come from just there, she says, “from the sanctuary of
my own heart and that of The Lord.
It is not intended to be a textbook on worship but rather
worship as I’ve experienced it and as my spirit has felt it . . . as
I’ve understood it.
It is those things whispered into my soul.
It encompasses, in my simple words, worship as The Bible has
taught it . . . it is about Christmas . . . Lent . . . Easter . . .
the reality of it all . . . its nostalgia. . . it shares feelings of
the spirit that one comes to know in the sanctuary . . . and remembers
those who come together to make magnificent praise and offerings of
love to our Savior.
We know that one of our sanctuaries is within our own hearts.
There are others . . . from a place in a quiet wood . . . to
the dark of night beneath a sky filled with stars . . . to a garden in
our midst . . . to the quiet of one’s own.”
She defines “sanctuary” in various ways and her thoughts
travel often to the quiet of her sanctuary where the room seems at
rest . . . but for The Spirit that dwells there . . . whom she goes to
visit when too much quiet comes to her own soul. . . at rest but for
the memories that speak to [one] from the pulpit . . . from the choir
loft . . . from the organ pit . . . from the skylight that brings
wonderful shadows to the sanctuary walls at different times of day . .
. from tiny tinkling brass bells suspended at the bottoms of Christmas
banners hung there during Advent . . . that play in the quiet of the
room . . . in the recesses of the waiting heart. Click
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information
 Ragged
Robins...
$10.95 + $5.00
S & H
77 pp, illustrated, paperback
ISBN: 0-9717166-0-9
“Ragged
Robins . . . June Bugs . . . and Bare Feet”
is the newest of
Ms. Goings’ books. She
says with a smile between the lines that “This is not a book of
fiction. . . nor one necessarily of fact or form. . . but one of
reverie. . . where one. . . like a fairy on a summer night. . .
might play hide ‘n seek in the shadows of tall oak trees. .
.catch lightening bugs in a jar. . . or flit through a garden of
ragged robins on a sunlit morning. . . barefoot as a fairy would be. .
. perhaps chasing after dragonflies. . . perhaps having a magical
string from which a June
bug soars in the summer
sky . . . and the
ground is too hot for even fairy feet.
A book of reverie where
one may be lost in dreams of Christmas. . . where angels pin stars
atop Christmas trees. . . and gifts find their way beneath trees way
far away. . . where daydreams travel to places real and unreal. . .
enchanted or un-enchanted. A
book of reverie where one can steal quietly into the heart and find
there an old friend . . . a
kindness. . . a hurt. . . where one may find a smile to soothe the
hurt. . . laughter to
lift the spirit. . . and light, yes, light to show one the way. . .
where one may think of another time. . . another place. . that was
saved for today. . . and tomorrow. . . and tomorrow.
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About
the Author
 Though
the author was born in the deep South and relates to that gentler
way of life, she has spent most of her life in and around
Washington, D. C., residing in Alexandria/Springfield, Virginia.
She spent her young life in a children’s home in Georgia,
with a hundred or so other children who became like family to her.
She is an alumnus of Young Harris College in that town in
North Georgia where those of lesser means were able to obtain a good
education through means of work scholarships, where she came to love
the mountains and the simple ways of life and to further learn the
value of friendship, where the environment was conducive to
spiritual strengthening and building lasting relationships, and
where one learned the art and skill of interpersonal relationships.
She is a mother of two sons and three times a grandmother . She is active not only in her work life of intellectual
property, but in her spiritual life.
She has had leadership experience in the worship areas of her
church, rings handbells, and has a long involvement in costuming for
the choirs in the church as well as for a local little theater.
Through the varying stages of her life she has been blessed
with the company of creative and sensitive mentors, and has herself
been described as creative and sensitive in her ways and in her
thinking. She feels in
tune with God, His creation, and those around her.
She endeavors to express in her writing the intangible things
given her and to stay open to the things that will touch her heart
and in turn help her to touch others.
Her strivings speak out to the readers of her Ragged
Robins, Sanctuary of the Heart, and Not Long Before the Morning
Light.
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Order by Mail:
Zimmie Goings
Ragged Robin Books
6090A Essex House Square
Alexandria, 22310 |
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