MARY BLYE KRAMER

books

* A Baptist Among the Jews published by Jossey-Bass

* Sitting With Sufis published by Paraclete Press

AWARDS

*Best Book of the Year from Spirituality and Health magazine

*Dallas Morning News: Editor’s Choice Award

*Starred Review with Publisher’s Weekly

*Book of the Month with Omega Publishing

PERIODICALS

*Travel, History, Nature, Spirituality, Writing, Animals & many other topics

*More than 100 articles published in The Chicago Tribune, AAA Going Places, Texas Highways, American Heritage, Entrepreneur, Mars Hill Review, and others.

*Former columnist for Beliefnet.com.

*** My books were published under my former married name - Mary Blye Howe

EDUCATION

*Bachelor’s in philosophy and anthropology from the University of Texas at Arlington, summa cum laude.

*Four years in the ALEPH Rabbinic Program

*One year with the Rabbinical Seminary International in NYC

*Final year of study and smicha (ordination) through a traditional beit din (ordination committee) consisting of Rabbi/Chazzan Kim Harris of B’nai Chaim in Morrison, CO; Rabbi Jack Schechtman Gabriel of Boulder, CO; and Rabbi Larry Denmark, Ph.D, of Fort Collins, CO.