When was the last time you stepped outside simply to bask in the warm spring weather? With all the demands of a busy (sometimes over-scheduled) life, we often don't give ourselves time to just be in quiet harmony with nature.

The 12 weekly reflections in this book help you reconnect with spring, the season of resurrection and renewal.

The first in a series of 4 seasonal-reflection books, Spring Meditations explores religious topics in the context of modern life as it follows the natural rhythms of spring.

Bartunek, John

Fr. John Bartunek, LC, STD, splits his time between Michigan, where he continues his writing apostolate and assists at Our Lady Queen of the Family Retreat Center in Oxford, and Rome, where he teaches theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. He is the author of several books, including The Better Part and Inside the Passion: An Insider's Look at the Passion of the Christ. Fr. Bartunek became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991, was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003, and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010. His online retreats are available at RCSpirituality.org, and he answers questions about the spiritual life at SpiritualDirection.com.