For forty years, James Finley's Mertons Palace of Nowherehas been the standard text for exploring, reflecting on, and understanding the rich vein of Thomas Mertons thought.
This work is a one-month devotional that offers guidance and inspiration to individuals who have failed God in some way and are finding it difficult to accept his forgiveness and forgive themselves.
Discover the Power of Crone Wisdom in this Wonderful Gift for WomenSkip the midlife crisis and embrace the joys of aging with this lighthearted manual on how to become a juicy and wise old woman.
To learn to read a text for the portals of silence that are implicit in it is to gain a powerful tool for supporting and expanding one's silence, and to open the reader to the insight that ensues.
To many modern people, apatheia (being "e;without suffering"e;/"e;without passion"e;) sounds like cold-heartedness and indifference to others, a condition to be avoided.
In this important book of Quaker spirituality, Jim Newby writes about his spiritual journey and the ways he has sought to navigate an increasingly complex world and understand his purpose in it.
Madame Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717), a woman of great wisdom and worship, was filled with the richness of God's grace as she endured hardships and abuse in her married life.
Walking with the Full Assurance of Understanding has been written to provide Christians who are serious about their faith what Paul called: "e;the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding.
Personal encounters with God are vital for the current generation of believers--the postmodern/millennial generation who affirm truth through experience.
Christian high school and college students have inadvertently been led to believe that working in non-Christian settings is the preferred way of making the world a better place.
During difficult days (days of rain) we need encouragement and reminding of the love, mercy, and power of God from someone who has been through the storm.
Many people don't know how to reconcile the spiritual with the reality of where they are psychologically, so their psychological issues are not submitted to the spirit.
Bookstores and blogs display stories of people who go from bad days to good days, encouraging people to break out of their slump, pick themselves up, and make something awesome happen.
Ackerman, parish pastor, spiritual director, and consultant on spiritual formation, provides an excellent guide for clergy desiring a congregation-wide approach to developing spirituality rooted in the life of the congregation.
Autobiographical writings on faith frequently come from the lives of ordinary persons whose struggles with faith are often lived at the margins of the church, academy, and society.
One Palm Sunday, Echo Bodine prayed to be granted a better understanding of worlds beyond this one, and three days later she found herself on an amazing voyage.
An early reader of Foolish Church, a layperson, stood up in front of her church and said, "e;Every church person needs to read this, because we will learn a lot to help us as a church!
Small groups continue to be a significant part of church life and Christian formation in the twenty-first century, impacting a church and society characterized by loneliness and fragmentation.
