Around a Greek Table: Recipes and Stories Arranged According to the Liturgical Seasons of the Easter Church
Lyons Press 2012

by Katerina Katsarka Whitley
Photographs by Jasmin Hejazi

Around a Greek Table explores the intricacies of Greek cooking and makes these once mysterious recipes both understandable and possible, and organizes 100 unique recipes around the Eastern Church's yearly seasons. The book also delves deep into tales of Greek life with intimate and historical essays exploring the ancient stories that are told around Greek tables in the honored tradition of combining myths with food.

This book is my love letter to my children and grandchildren and to all the friends who have eaten at my table. It is also an offering to those who love other cultures and want to know more about my particular Greek culture, one filled with storytelling and joie de vivre, kefi in my language.

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Tel: 203.458.4541
ISBN 978-0-7627-7836-2

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Light to the Darkness Lessons and Carols, Public and Private Morehouse Publishing, 2008

Light to the Darkness is a fresh interpretation of the well-loved Advent tradition of Lessons and Carols. Replacing the usual scriptural readings from the Old and New Testaments are first-person dramatic monologues based on these and other passages of scripture.

Special emphasis is given to the role of the prophets, pointing the way to the Messiah and offering guidance to the Hebrew people, while providing very contemporary guidance for the 21st-century.

With a reading for each day of Advent, churches can choose pieces for their services of Lessons and Carols, while individuals can use the book for private devotions. Suggested music for these services is also included, encompassing a broad range of selections to accommodate parishes’ needs and abilities.

Waiting for the Wonder: Voices of Advent
Morehouse Publishing, 2005

Waiting for the Wonder can also be purchased as an audio book! For individual orders email katewhitley@charter.net
For bulk orders and discounts write to Elizabeth Cauthorn at thehevwc@gmail.com Or order from Amazon.com.

When you order through this website you will
also receive questions for discussion. All orders will be expedited.
per book--3 CDs with music--is $24.95.

Imagine the hushed excitement and the vivid anticipation of a child on Christmas Eve. How much more intense that anticipation must have been for those who waited for the wonder of the very first Christmas. From the ancient prophets to the three kings, from the angel Gabriel to the stalwart Joseph, Katerina Katsarka Whitley imagines their astonishment and joy at the events unfolding around them. (editor's comments)

Click on the play buttons to hear Katerina read a segments from some of her monologues found on this CD:

The Lesser Angel: Our Song
Ruth: Waiting for the Wonder
Jonathan, The Shepherd Boy and the Night Sky

Walking the Way of Sorrows: Stations of the Cross
Morehouse Publishing, 2003

Each year on Good Friday, Christian congregations all over the world walk the Stations of the Cross, a commemoration of Jesus' walk to Calvary. In Walking the Way of Sorrows, artist Noyes Capehart and writer/journalist Katerina Whitley provide a fresh resource for congregations and individuals who want to explore the meaning of these Stations more deeply. Capehart's stark and powerful blockcuts of the fourteen Stations are accompanied by monologues from the point of view of someone at each station. These monologues, along with biblical references and a brief liturgy, are excellent for individual devotion, but can also be used by groups who walk the Stations together. (Amazon.com)

Seeing for Ourselves: Biblical Women Who Met Jesus
Morehouse Publishing, 2001

In Seeing for Ourselves: Biblical Women Who Met Jesus, Whitley gives powerful voice to the New Testament women who met Jesus both before and after the Resurrection. The women who speak in this collection include some we meet only in passing in the Bible.

As Speaking for Ourselves, the book includes references to the biblical passages along with study questions, making this an excellent book for group study. (editor's comments)

Speaking for Ourselves: Voices of Biblical Women
Morehouse Publishing, 1998

There are many powerful women in the Bible, but their descriptions are almost always tantalizingly brief. If they had the chance to tell their own stories in their own voices, what would they have said? Basing her interpretation of these women on extensive research, Katerina Whitley puts herself in their shoes, giving today's listeners a fuller understanding of each of their stories.(editor's comments)