A Declaration of Interdependence

<p> </p><p><strong style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>Joy Ibsen</strong><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)> now lives in sunny urban Albuquerque New Mexico after moving in 2018 from Michigan' Upper Peninsula where she and her husband Don Lenef lived on the shores of Lake Superior next to Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. They previously resided in Trout Creek Michigan and Oak Park and Evanston Illinois.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>Ibsen has published several other books: </span><em style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>UNAFRAID Here and Hereafter the Eternity Connection Songs of Denmark Songs to Live By; and Poetry in the Porcupines</em><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>. UNAFRAID II the second edition is coming out shortly with 12 new chapters which take place in 2021 during the pandemic! </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>Joy's work is infused with Danish-American culture values and spirit-particularly the work of N.F.S. Grundtvig the Danish theologian educator politician hymn writer poet and politician. For 14 years she edited the periodical </span><em style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>Church and Life </em><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1)> which features the philosophy and theology of Grundtvig. Joy spent two months in Denmark studying Grundtvig's relevance to modern life by interviewing 32 Danish citizens. </span></p>