"Why are not my arms outstretched to greet the day, instead of my jaw clenched to withstand it? Why the heart curled into fist of dread?" asks author Terry Wolverton in this collection of 49 lyric essays. WOUNDED WORLD: LYRIC ESSAYS ABOUT OUR SPIRITUAL DISQUIET that explores how what we think of as our social problems are really spiritual problems and poses prayers, practices and perspectives to begin to remedy them.