Books

Beyond the Dead End:

Letters to My Father

A Memoir by Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen

Drawings by Kristi Ylvisaker

You will find yourself in tears of laughter and sorrow, as you journey with Mary from age 6 to 70, beyond the dead end of her childhood street and the dead ends of her life. To read more...

A Time for Peace:

Daily Meditations for Twelve-Step Living

Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen

A Time for Peace is for all who are seeking to live more productive, loving, spiritual lives. To read more...

Nude Truths:

An Odyssey in Poetry, Painting, and Prose

Kristi Ylvisaker and Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen

Featured in this book are the 24 paintings created by sisters Kristi Ylvisaker (artist) and Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen (prose writer) based on the poetry of Denise Levertov. To read more...

In the Hollow of God's Hand
Roy C. Nilsen

In the Hollow of God's Hand is a moving collection of funeral sermons preached by Roy C. Nilsen during his forty years of ordained ministry in the Lutheran Church. To read more...

The Blessing of Feelings
Text by Erika Nilsen

Photography by Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen

This intriguing collection of black and white photographs, designed for children ages 3-8, captures a wide range of feelings that come and go. To read more...

For Everything A Season:

75 Blessings for Daily Life

by the Nilsen Family

Divided into seasons of the day, the year, our lives, our relationships, Christian life, and the church year, these 75 blessing rituals transform ordinary events into sacred time. To Read more...