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A 2023 Indies Award Finalist in Religion

“Erickson, who is always good company, contends that humans are designed to move, and her highly readable, thought-provoking pilgrimage is proof positive of that elemental fact. The peripatetic will rejoice.” —Booklist (American Library Association)

“In this book, Erickson’s steps don’t lead to grand cathedrals but to the transformative, powerful elements supporting life itself. ” — Foreword Reviews

“A beautiful successor to Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley and Kerouac’s On the Road, Lori Erickson’s Every Step is Home illuminates our spiritual connection to the natural world. Her ‘pilgrimage of the heart’ reminds us that our future depends most of all on that connection.” — Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Our Wild Calling.

“The Soul of the Family Tree posits that a spiritual grounding in one’s family history can combat ‘historical amnesia’ and nurture a sense of belonging.” — Foreword Reviews

”Erickson welcomes us aboard a literary longboat, dragon heads fore and aft, and sets sail on a genealogical and spiritual pilgrimage to explore all things Nordic, past and present.” — Little Village

“In this radiant new book, [Erickson] brings a light heart, an old soul and a deep understanding to her subject of how tracing our genealogy can deepen our spiritual lives.” — Cedar Rapids Gazette

Interview on the Frommer’s Travel Show: Lori Erickson on genealogical travel

Interview on Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa: What genealogy can teach us about ourselves

2019 INDIES Award silver winner in Religion

“An ideal guidebook for facing the inevitable.” — Forward Reviews

Cover Story and Excerpt in the Christian Century Magazine: We need to talk about death

Foreword Reviews Author Interview with Lori Erickson: Death-phobia Defier

“Open-hearted and soulful, never morbid, and often uplifting, Near the Exit is a colorful travelogue of mortality.” — Ira Byock, author of Dying Well and The Best Care Possible.

“Erickson’s vivid prose is our companion and invitation to the spiritual packing we needn’t delay until the night before departure.” — J. Dana Trent, author of Dessert First

Named by the Associated Press as one of the top travel books for the 2017 holiday gift season

A 2017 INDIES Award Finalist in Travel

First place in the Spiritual/Religious category in the 2018 Hollywood Book Festival

“Erickson is at turns irreverent and devout. She spins a fine yarn and weaves in a mighty dose of insight along the way. — Chicago Tribune

Excerpt in the Los Angeles Times: Thanks to a man I never met, my soul found its way back home

“The respect that Erickson evinces both for the God of her chosen tradition, and for the gods that came before, is scintillating.” — Foreword Reviews