Travel with folklorist Nic Hartmann across the intersection between Nordic customs and Orthodox Christian faith in this perfect conversation starter for your fall and winter gatherings. Book clubs will love implementing the customs in these pages as they join together for cozy, nurturing, balancing, and edifying discussions about five Nordic values: Hygge, Koselig, Lagom, Sisu, and Ísbíltúr.

In this substantive exploration of Nordic culture as it is expressed in Orthodox Christian living, you will gain insight into eternal truths through Hartmann's well-told, real life stories. Through winters and campfires, coffees and catechism, warm Christmas lights and icy Theophany water blessings, and one memorable road trip to get ice cream, Hartmann brings us shared experiences of faith that will elevate and encourage everyone who reads them.

INTRODUCTION-1

CHAPTER ONE-11 HYGGE, LIGHT AND SEEKING WARMTH

CHAPTER TWO-29      KOSELIG, SLOW CULTURE, AND THE POWER OF THE PROCESS

CHAPTER THREE-51     LAGOM, BALANCE, AND THE PURSUIT OF COMMUNITY

CHAPTER FOUR-69      SISU, THEOPHANY, AND A LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGE

CHAPTER FIVE-89     ICELAND, ICE CREAM, AND A JOURNEY WITH(OUT) DESTINATION

EPILOGUE-107      

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS-113

END NOTES-115

BIBLIOGRAPHY-120

ABOUT THE AUTHOR-125