Grace Notes: Discover the Healing Power of Gratitude

Nov 21, 2010 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm UTC-08
Location: Ashland (OR) Public Library, Gresham Room
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Local Author/Healer Janis Hunt Johnson will be a writer featured in the Spirituality Section of the annual Southern Oregon Book & Author Fair, held 10:00-4:30 this Saturday, November 20, 2010. This spring at New York City's Book Expo America, North America's premier annual event in the publishing industry, it was announced that Johnson's book, Five Smooth Stones: Our Power to Heal Without Medicine Through the Science of Prayer, had won Finalist in the Spirituality category of the 2010 National Indie Excellence Awards.Johnson will be one of over 50 Pacific Northwest authors available all day to autograph books for sale and answer questions. The event is taking place at the Ashland Springs Hotel, 212 E. Main, in the 2nd-floor Ballroom and Conservatory, and admission is free. Visit www.southernoregonbookfair.com for more information.The next day, Sunday, November 21, 2010 Johnson will be teaming up with local singer/songwriter Laura Berman, originally from New York City, for an afternoon of inspiration through prayer, story, and song, entitled "Grace Notes: Discover the Healing Power of Gratitude." Johnson will share the importance of moving from gratitude to grace in order to find healing through the science of prayer. "Scientific prayer," she explains, "is an effective and proven way to stay healthy, and to heal when we get ill or injured, rendering medical treatment unnecessary."Berman will add her extraordinary vocal talent to Sunday's event. "Laura's singing inspires me like no other music has," Johnson says. "To me, every song is a prayer for getting closer to who we are as God's child — each of us called to express God's healing love to the world in a unique way."Rabbi David Zaslow, founder of The Wisdom Exchange, the Ashland publisher of Johnson’s book, says, "The talents of these two women combined is more than just one plus one — it is an alchemical equation that promises revelation and personal transformation.""Grace Notes" will be held at the Gresham Room of the Ashland Public Library from 2:30-4:00 p.m. 410 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, Oregon. Cost is $10, and refreshments will be served.Johnson's book will be on sale for only $10 at the Book Fair and at Sunday's event. Laura Berman will also sell her CDs on Sunday.###JANIS HUNT JOHNSON BIO:Janis Hunt Johnson has worked as a professional writer/editor since 1983. She also moonlighted in Chicago and Los Angeles as a singer/songwriter, with 3 albums and an EP to her credit. In 1995 after getting married she chose a new direction, completing formal instruction in spiritual healing in 1995, with annual refresher courses since then. Since 1997, when she moved to Southern Oregon, she has written about practical spirituality for such publications as The Christian Science Monitor and www.spirituality.com. For more information about her public spiritual healing practice (CS Renewal Healing Center), and her writings and events, visit www.csrenewal.com.LAURA BERMAN BIO:Laura Berman was a New York City singer/songwriter who hired Craig Benelli to play in her band. She had already garnered critical acclaim for her debut CD Love Will, including Honorable Mention in the 2003 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Benelli was a guitarist who had recorded with numerous singer/songwriters and performed with a Broadway Touring Company. They eventually married and together wrote spiritual songs, which became their first CD, Detour. As 4 Stories High, they have become staple performers in the New Spirituality community nationwide, performing at such venues as the Agape Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, and alongside popular authors such as Neale Donald Walsch and Marianne Williamson. In 2009 they left the east coast to make Southern Oregon their home base. For more information about their music and touring schedule, visit www.4storieshigh.com.

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