Wild Flowers

Francis William Bessler has been writing for fifty years about the nature of life and how we think about God. In December 2012 he created his writing website, www.una-bella-vita.com, to share his philosophy of life with the world.

Now he has compiled Wild Flowers, which features a selection of his most recent essays and songs, making them available in print for a more intimate experience.

With twenty-six essays and twenty-seven songs, Wild Flowers is a burst of pure joy, alternately singing out and contemplating from deep within, always in celebration of God's presence everywhere and the divine nature of all life. Some may find the ideas expressed within controversial. But these are one man's views, and the point is to challenge you to think for yourself.

For Bessler, who was once a seminary student, wild flowers serve as a metaphor for things of beauty-people or ideas that grow on the wild side, eschewing formal doctrines and dogmas, preferring to revere God in their own ways. Yet, while each wild flower is independent, we are all the same-a field of wild flowers covering a hillside.

"For sure, we are all in this wonderful thing called Life together. Brothers and Sisters are we all Don't you agree?"