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Book Reviews
CONNECTIONS
Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time by Joel Comm A spunky and informative book on the Twitter phenomenon.
DEVOTION
Powerful Prayers for Everyday Living: A Diverse Collection of Prayers Offering Hope, Happiness and Wisdom by Mark Linden O'Meara A sturdy collection of prayers from many wisdom traditions.
DEVOTION
Praying Our Goodbyes: A Spiritual Companion Through Life's Losses and Sorrows by Joyce Rupp Offers encouragement and hope to carry us through losses, sorrows, deaths and all kinds of farewells.
FAITH
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster A Christian classic which presents thirteen spiritual practices which lead to transformation.
FAITH
Cloister Talks: Learning From My Friends the Monks by Jon M. Sweeney Summarizes some of the wisdom gleaned from twenty years of talks with Catholic monks.
FAITH
50 Ways to Help Save the Earth: How You and Your Church Can Make a Difference by Rebecca Barnes-Davies Presents 50 ways to care for the earth along with profiles of churches pioneering environmental actions to help save the planet.
LISTENING
Listening to the Light: How to Bring Quaker Simplicity and Integrity into Our Lives by Jim Pym Offers a substantive overview of Quaker faith and practice.
LOVE
God with Skin On: Finding God's Love in Human Relationships by Anne Robertson Explores a variety of human relationships as a workshop for experiencing and enacting God's love.
MEANING
Living Fully Dying Well by Edward W. Bastian and Tina L. Staley A sturdy and enlightening collection of interspiritual teachings and practices to prepare for the end of life and beyond.
MEANING
The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives by Larry Dossey Presents an intriguing look at the phenomenon of premonitions.
PLAY
Dirty Bow Wow: A Tribute to Dogs and the Objects of Their Affection by Cheryl Katz and Jeffrey Katz A humorous and endearing book perfect as a gift for dog lovers.
PLAY
99 Things to Do Between Here and Heaven by Kathleen Long Bostrom and Peter Graystone Suggests adventures for Christians to spice up their lives and nourish their souls.
REVERENCE
Hidden Holiness by Michael Plekon Calls for a reframing of saints from celebrity status to ordinary people being holy in a variety of new and interesting ways.
TEACHERS
A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-Yepez Presents the stories and teachings of the early Hasidic masters along with commentary on them.
TRANSFORMATION
Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life by Judith Orloff A substantive and illuminating overview of the emotions and their role in the transformation of our lives.
WONDER
A Book of Wonders: Daily Reflections for Awakened Living by Edward Hays An imaginative, eclectic, and deeply spiritual primer on living a wonder-filled life every day of the year.
YOU
Honor Yourself: The Inner Art of Giving and Receiving by Patricia Spadaro Offers wise counsel on giving birth to your best self through the practices of giving and receiving.
YOU
Question Your Thinking, Change the World by Byron Katie A collection of key quotations from the author's teachings.
YOU
Writing Down Your Soul: How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within by Janet Conner Making the most of your inner wisdom through writing down the soul. More books we've covered in the last few months. Children's Books
BEING PRESENT
Time Is When by Beth Gleick A snappy and wonder-inducing children's book on the many sides of time.
CONNECTIONS
The Sun in My Belly by Sister Susan A deeply spiritual children's book about our connections with everything around us and the beauty of forgiveness and reconciliation.
DEVOTION
A Child's Book of Blessings and Prayers by Eliza Blanchard A wonderful collection of blessings and prayers for children from different religious traditions.
LOVE
Always With You by Ruth Vander Zee A picture book that shows how loving and nurturing words can serve as a life-line to survivors of the senseless brutality of war.
LOVE
The Little Toy Shop by Frances Wolfe A Christmas tale about a Bunny searching for love and a heart that accepts him.
LOVE
Thing-Thing by Beth Gleick A delightful children's book that salutes the yearning for love and acceptance that resides within all things. Now In Paperback |
Whether you are exploring sacred texts, spiritual teachings, novels, poetry, cultural criticism, essays, or children's books, when reading exercises your faith, fires your imagination, stirs your soul, and expands your circle of compassion, it is a spiritual practice. Frederic and Mary Ann share some specific ways they deepen their reading experiences. • Making Reading Sacred Many of our book reviews include excerpts that illustrate a writer's insights. Every day we link one excerpt off the top of the "Updates" column on the homepage. • See an Archive of the Spiritual Readings of the Day. • Best Spiritual Books of 2008: Our choices of the books that most impressed and inspired us highly recommended for your spiritual journey. • Jesus Books: a bibliography of titles revealing a wide spectrum of ideas about his teachings, ministry, and mission • The Best Spiritual Books of 2007: • 100 Multifaith Resources: Resources that explore all the wonderful possibilities for broadening our understanding of both spirituality and practice in our world where people of different traditions are intentionally interacting. • Modern Spiritual Masters Series: An outstanding collection of the essential writings of key teachers from many traditions. • Spiritual Perspectives on September 11: Catholic, Buddhist, Anglican, and others, plus photograph collections • Summer Reading Suggestions: Beyond the Typical Beach Reads • The Spiritual Path of Grief: A collection of comforting words of wisdom from contemporary teachers • A Devotional Toolkit for Times of Crisis: 50 practices from the world's religions and the resources that best describe them. • Books That Speak to Your Condition: a special reading list put together after the 9/11 terrorist attacks helpful for any difficult time • The Wonder Writers: seven writers who will turn you toward the pole of wonder. • Rich Deposits of Mystical Wisdom: a beguiling fable by Roger Housden and an amazing collection of translations by Daniel Ladinsky that are welcome resources for pilgrims on a mystical path. • The Spiritual Dimensions of Conscious Aging: Good books, videos, and audios that signal a broadening and deepening of the way we see aging. • Mary Pipher on self-care, happiness, the value of Buddhist practices, and her memoir Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World • Elizabeth Lesser on creating your best life, practices for difficult times, connecting with nature, spiritual teachers and mentors, and the role of pain in the spiritual life. • Thomas Moore on the process of becoming a person through your experiences, obedience to one's calling, imagination, mystery, and his book A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do • Sam Keen on wonder, reverence, and his book Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds • Megan McKenna on justice, following Jesus, and her book On Your Mark • Robert Thurman on Infinite Life • Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of God's Paintbrush, on children's spirituality • Phil Cousineau on The Olympic Odyssey • Prayers for Our Leaders: Prayers collected for the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States • Shoe Fleur: from photographer Michel Tcherevkoff, a gallery of shoes and purses made from flowers • Meinhard Craighead: A Retrospective: images from the Southwestern artist's Crow Mother and the Dog God • The Sacred Balance: A Visual Celebration of Our Place in Nature: David Suzuki and Amanda McConnell with Maria DeCambra point out connections that give meaning • Put on a Happy Face: Pop culture images to make you smile • Buddha: Asian statues beautifully photographed by Jon Ortner • Talking to God: Stunning photographs of individuals talking to God in their own ways in diverse settings • Timeless Prayers for Peace: Multiple Christian prayers for various settings |