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101 Exercises for the Soul
Bernie S. Siegel
101 spiritual practices to try in everyday life as part of a soul fitness program.

15 Days of Prayer with Henri Nouwen
Robert Waldron
Explores the major themes in Henri Nouwen's life and writings.

50 Ways to Help Save the Earth
Rebecca Barnes-Davies
Presents 50 ways to help save the planet along with profiles of churches pioneering environmental actions.

52 Ways to Create an AIDS-free World
Donald E. Messer
A way to respond to the AIDS crisis for each week of the year.

99 Things to Do Between Here and Heaven
Kathleen Long Bostrom, Peter Graystone
Suggests adventures for Christians to spice up their lives and nourish their souls.

A Book of Hours
Henri J. M. Nouwen, Robert Waldron
An inspiring collection of devotional writings by Henri Nouwen keyed to the monastic hours of the day.

A Book of Silence
Sara Maitland
A memoir that deepens and enriches our knowledge and appreciation of silence.

A Book of Wonders
Edward Hays
An imaginative, eclectic, and deeply spiritual primer on living a wonder-filled life every day of the year.

A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency
John Stanley, David R. Loy, Gyurme Dorje
A timely and thought-provoking response to the climate crisis by a wide cross-cut of Buddhist spiritual teachers and writers.

A Conservationist Manifesto
Scott Russell Sanders
A spiritually rich and beautifully written celebration of a conservation ethic which embraces frugality, simplicity, beauty, community, justice and much more.

A Good Neighbor
Robert Benson
Reflections on four spiritual practices suggested by the Rule of St. Benedict to deepen and enrich our participation in community.

A Heart Afire
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Netanel Miles-Yepez
A guide to the wisdom of the early Hasidic masters with commentaries on their storytelling.

A Hell of Mercy
Tim Farrington
A spiritual exploration of depression, which is often called a dark night of the soul.

A New Kind of Christianity
Brian McLaren
A bold and imaginative set of questions that show the way into a hopeful and holy future for seekers of all stripes attracted to a new kind of Christianity.

A People's History of Christianity
Diana Butler Bass
A bold and visionary work that reframes the history of Christianity using beliefs and practices from the past to light the way into the future.

A Splendid Friend, Indeed
Suzanne Bloom
A delightful read-aloud book for very small children about friendship.

Agenda for a New Economy
David C. Korten
Encourages us to move beyond Wall Street to a new economic paradigm based on Main Street and real wealth.

All You Ever Wanted to Know from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Happiness, Life, Living, and Much More
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Rajiv Mehrotra
Contains the cream of the crop of 25 years of conversations with the Dalai Lama.

An Altar in the World
Barbara Brown Taylor
A field guide to spiritual practices which can lend meaning and richness to our lives.

An Emerald Earth
Felicia Norton, Charles Smith
A stirring Sufi call to the inner and outer work necessary to open our hearts and to mend the world.

Answers from the Heart
Thich Nhat Hanh
Answers to questions on a variety of issues from the Zen meditation master and peace activist.

Authenticity
Venerable Yifa
A handy and cogent assessment of the junk dimensions of our lifestyle, culture, and relationships.

Be Happy
Robert Holden
An entertaining and enlightening survey of being happy.

Be The Change
Ed Shapiro, Deb Shapiro
Excerpts from over 100 meditation practitioners about its benefits and transformative value.

Beauty and the Soul
Piero Ferrucci
A profound and multidimensional tribute to beauty and its many incarnations, manifestations, and benefits.

Becoming Enlightened
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
A profound and practical book about the three levels of spiritual practice that lead to lives of selflessness, generosity, altruism, and compassion.

Big and Small, Room for All
Jo Ellen Bogart
A magical children's book that induces wonder about things large and small in the universe.

Big Bear Hug
Nicholas Oldland
A wonderful contemporary fable about the importance of expressing your affection.

Body Signs
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Jacqueline Nardi Egan
A treasure trove of fascinating details and facts about our bodies and the signs of what's happening in them.

Born to Be Good
Dacher Keltner
A fascinating study of positive emotions and the important role they have played in human evolution and everyday activities.

Boundless Faith
Robert Wuthnow
Examines the expansion of American churches into new areas of involvement around the world.

Catherine De Hueck Doherty
Catherine De Hueck Doherty, David Meconi
Writings by a Catholic zealot with a firm commitment to social justice who dedicated her life to service of others.

Celebration of Discipline
Richard J. Foster
A Christian classic which presents 13 spiritual practices that lead to transformation.

Chasing Normal
Dinah Chaudoir Federer
A helpful, healing, and inspiring handbook on living with disability.

Circle of the Way
Ken Arnold
A spiritual journey about illness, being present, stone sculptures, a trip to Kyoto, and an epiphany that makes all the difference in the world.

Claiming the Beatitudes
Anne Sutherland Howard
Explores the spiritual firepower of the Beatitudes in the lives of nine progressive Christian seminarians and graduates.

Cloister Talks
Jon M. Sweeney
Summarizes the wisdom gleaned by a Protestant from 20 years of talks with Catholic monks.

Clutter Busting
Brooks Palmer
Explains many ways of getting rid of the clutter in our lives.

Come and See
David Keller
Presents an overview of the transformative powers of prayer.

Commit to Sit
Joan Duncan Oliver
A fine collection of essays from Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

Community
Peter Block
A timely and cogent presentation of ways in which we can transform communities and create a richer sense of interdependence.

Connected
Nicholas Christakis, James Fowler
An immensely revealing and thought-provoking overview of social networks and how the spiritual practice of connections is changing and transforming our lives.

Conquering Fear
Harold S. Kushner
A mature spiritual perspective on coping with the many fears of life.

Consequential Strangers
Melinda Blau, Karen L. Fingerman
A fascinating and illuminating book about the changes going on in our navigation of the social terrain of our lives.

Courage Doesn't Always Roar
Mary Anne Radmacher
Probes the virtue of courage in hard times.

Dance - The Sacred Art
Cynthia Winton-Henry
Provides insights and suggestions for making dance a spiritual practice.

Daniel Berrigan
Daniel Berrigan, John Dear
A capacious work that brings together the essential writings of antiwar activist, peacemaker, poet, and Christian commentator Daniel Berrigan.

Dawn Light
Diane Ackerman
A lively and creative journey through the wonderland of dawn.

Dignity for All
Robert W. Fuller, Pamela A. Gerloff
Strategies for combating rankism and establishing a dignitarian culture.

Dirty Bow Wow
Cheryl Katz, Jeffrey Katz
A humorous and endearing book that is a perfect gift for dog lovers.

Dom Helder Camara
Dom Helder Camara, Francis McDonagh
Wide-ranging, soul-stirring, and thought-provoking writings of a Catholic pioneer of liberation theology.

Emotional Freedom
Judith Orloff
A substantive and illuminating overview of the emotions and their role in the transformation of our lives.

Emotional Wisdom
Mantak Chia, Dena Saxer
Taoist healing practices for body, mind, and soul.

Encounters with God
Sister Wendy Beckett
Soulful meditations on eight ancient icons of Mary which the author sees as spiritually infused with beauty and beckoning us to prayer.

Essence of the Upanishads
Eknath Easwaran
Rounded and robust interpretations of Indian spirituality as revealed in the Katha Upanishad.

Eternal Life
John Shelby Spong
A masterful meditation on God, religion, human consciousness, death, and eternity.

Etty Hillesum
Etty Hillesum, Annemarie S. Kidder
The ecumenical mysticism of Holocaust victim Etty Hilessum whose diaries charted her spiritual course.

Everyday Dharma
Lama Willa Miller
A spiritual manual on the art of waking up, listening to our inner wisdom, and serving others in love and with generosity.

Evidence
Mary Oliver
More down-to-earth lyricism from Mary Oliver in a new collection of 47 poems.

Faith and Will
Julia Cameron
Sees faith as a spiritual practice that can pull us through any dark night of the soul and embolden us to see ourselves as co-creators with God.

Fasting
Scot McKnight
A sobering and revealing examination of the Christian spiritual practice of fasting.

Find a Quiet Corner
Nancy O'Hara
An accessible and valuable compendium of insights and suggestions for everyday spirituality.

Finding & Keeping Love
Harville Hendrix
An in-depth and practical audio learning course on the most important human project - the quest for love.

Finding Happiness
Abbot Christopher Jamison
An examination of the Eight Thoughts that can erode our sense of joy and delight in the world.

Forgiveness
Paula Huston
Examines different aspects of forgiveness in relationship to Jesus' teachings on love.

Forgiveness
Joseph Sica
Probes the spiritual practice of forgiveness in creative, constructive, and illuminating ways.

Franklin's Thrift
David Blankenhorn, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Sorcha Brophy-Warren
An engrossing series of essays on thrift as a renewable cultural resource that serves as a spur to saving, conserving, and sharing with others.

Freedom of Simplicity
Richard J. Foster
A rounded and rousing overview of Christian simplicity.

Gandhi
Maura D. Shaw
An edifying spiritual biography of India's leader for school-age children.

Getting to the Heart of Interfaith
Don Mackenzie, Ted Falcon, Jamal Rahman
A substantive and enlightening exploration of the interfaith journey by three friends of different traditions.

God with Skin On
Anne Robertson
Explores a variety of human relationships as a workshop for experiencing and enacting God's love.

Good News for Today
Joseph R. Veneroso
Challenges us to read the signs of the times and to discover God's presence in every aspect of our culture and lives.

Grace
Sabine Lichtenfels
Insights gained while working for peace during a pilgrimage that ends in the hotspots of Israel and Palestine.

Grandpa's Soup
Eiko Kadono
A simple, elegant and richly spiritual story for children that affirms the practice of hospitality.

Gratitude
Angeles Arrien
Stories, suggestions, and insights into the spiritual practice of gratitude.

Grieving With Grace
Dolores R. Leckey
Charts the spiritual changes and challenges in the life of a Catholic woman following the death of her husband.

Grounded in Love
Nancy Roth
Challenges Christians to put faith into ecological action to save the planet.

Guardians of Being
Eckhart Tolle, Patrick McDonnell
A celebration in words and illustrations of dogs and cats as spiritual teachers of stillness, joy, and being present.

Happiness
Thich Nhat Hanh
A glorious, down-to-earth and practical book containing the key practices developed by Thich Nhat Hanh over the past 60 years.

Healing Words for the Body, Mind and Spirit
Caren Goldman
Explores 101 words that are rich with medicinal powers and spiritual potencies.

Hello, Good-bye
Arlene Alda
A delightful children's book that is an eye-treat and a celebration of opposites in everyday life.

Hidden Holiness
Michael Plekon
Calls for a reframing of saints from seeing them as celebrities to knowing them as ordinary people being holy in a variety of new and interesting ways.

Holy Eros
James D. Whitehead, Evelyn Eaton Whitehead
A rich and compelling celebration of eros as a force field that arouses us to a zest for life.

Home Tonight
Henri J. M. Nouwen
A rich and rewarding discussion of the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the painting of it by Rembrandt and the author's own dark night of the soul.

Honor Yourself
Patricia Spadaro
Wise counsel on giving birth to your best self through participating in the play of paradox.

How Coffee Saved My Life
Ellie Roscher
A well-written and soul-stirring memoir by an urban ministry graduate who spends a year in a small town in Uruguay where she learns about grace, small victories, and the power of love to transform us.

How Philosophy Can Save Your Life
Marietta McCarty
Makes philosophy relevant to everyday life with a probe of 10 important subjects and a rich add-on of suggested resources from many different mediums.

If America Were a Village
David J. Smith
A thought-provoking overview of America's diversity and contrasts.

If the Church Were Christian
Philip Gulley
An imaginative vision of what the church might look like if it truly incarnated what Jesus taught and how he lived.

Imagination & Spirit
J. Brent Bill
An excellent anthology of ancient and modern Quaker writers.

Impermanence
David Hodge, Hi-Jin Kang Hodge
A multidimensional treatment of the reality of impermanence.

In God's Womb
Edwina Gateley
An extraordinary spiritual memoir about a Catholic laywoman who has loved God, served her neighbors, and modeled the spiritual practices of compassion and hospitality.

It's Not The End of the World
Joan Borysenko
A short and snappy spiritual primer on harvesting hardship, developing resilience, and moving beyond disappointment to a fresh future.

It's Really All About God
Samir Selmanovic
An iconoclastic, prophetic, and enlightening work about the contemporary religious scene with its robust spirituality and interfaith experiments.

Jesus Freak
Sara Miles
Lessons learned from running a church food pantry about being Jesus in a world of hunger, pain, yearning and loss.

Jesus in the Lotus
Russill Paul
A cogent and enlightening book on ways Christianity and Hinduism can enrich each other.

Jesus Was a Liberal
Scotty McLennan
Makes a good case for the revival of progressive Christianity.

Jewish Meditation Practices for Everyday Life
Jeff Roth
Outlines the basics of Jewish meditation and explains its benefits for blessings, compassion, and kindness.

Joyful Wisdom
Yongey Mingyur
Presents tools for the transformation of change and turning challenges into joyful wisdom.

June and August
Vivian Walsh
A playful celebration of diversity and delight in the sharing of friendship.

Just Hospitality
Letty M. Russell
A rousing cry to wake the church to the importance of reframing its understanding and practice of hospitality.

Knowing Christ Today
Dallas Willard
Offers a defense of Christian faith, morality, and spiritual knowledge.

Leap Before You Look
Arjuna Ardagh
Practical and accessible spiritual practices for deepening and enriching everyday life.

Less
Marc Lesser
A timely and practical resource for those addicted to busyness.

Less Is More
Mina Parker
Beautiful visuals of the natural world and insightful little essays on everyday spirituality.

Life Visioning
Michael Bernard Beckwith
An audio learning course on manifesting the Divine in your life.

Lifting Women's Voices
Margaret Rose, Jenny Te Paa, Jeanne Person, Abagail Nelson
A stirring collection of prayers from Anglican women organized around the United Nations Development Goals.

Lights on a Ground of Darkness
Ted Kooser
A poet's tribute to his mother, her family, and their legacy to him.

Listening Below the Noise
Anne D. LeClaire
Salutes the ample benefits of practicing silence regularly.

Listening to the Light
Jim Pym
A substantive overview of Quaker faith and practice.

Living Beyond War
Winslow Myers
A cogent case against the presumption that war will always be with us.

Living Everyday Zen
Charlotte Joko Beck
An audio course primer on everyday Zen.

Living Fully Dying Well
Edward W. Bastian, Tina L. Staley
A sturdy and enlightening collection of interspiritual teachings and practices to prepare for the end of life and beyond.

Living with Intention
Lynne McTaggart
An audio learning course on the power of intention.

Longing for God
Richard J. Foster, Gayle D. Beebe
A resource for spiritual formation from witnesses of the Christian past who provide shining models of holiness.

Love Never Faileth
Eknath Easwaran
Probes the lives and writings of four extraordinary Christians who model for us love in action.

Making the Good Life Last
Michael A. Schuler
Makes a good case for expanding our view of sustainability to include not only the environment but also economics, community, and relationships.

Mama, Will It Snow Tonight?
Nancy White Carlstrom
Celebrates the joys of nature, the connections between animals and humans, and the wisdom of mothers.

Memories of Muhammad
Omid Safi
A well-developed, rounded, and revealing portrait of the life, work, and legacies of the Prophet Muhammad.

Milk
Dustin Lance Black
The original screenplay for the acclaimed film Milk and other supplemental material.

Mindful Eating
Jan Chozen Bays
A wise and practical Zen Buddhist approach to mindful eating.

Mirrors
Eduardo Galeano
Over six hundred illuminating vignettes about underdogs, losers, and the persecuted in the sweep of history over five thousand years.

Moody Cow Meditates
Kerry Lee MacLean
A salty, satisfying, and clever parable about meditation as a wise and effective anger management tool.

My Name Is Sangoel
Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed
Salutes the importance of ethnic and cultural tradition to immigrants in America.

Natural Wakefulness
Gaylon Ferguson
Explanations of the path of mindful awareness in the Buddhist tradition.

Nico & Lola
Meggan Hill
A thoroughly delightful children's book about a boy who learns many aspects of kindness while caring for a dog.

No Enemy to Conquer
Michael Henderson
An impressive, inspiring and edifying book on the spiritual practice of forgiveness in the public arena.

Now That You've Gone Home
Joyce Hutchison, Joyce Rupp
Stories, meditations, and prayers to help us negotiate the tricky and often troublesome journey of grief.

One Soul, One Love, One Heart
John E. Welshons
Propels us to a deeper and richer appreciation of the spiritual nature of our relationships.

One Square Inch of Silence
Gordon Hempton, John Grossman
A creative work on the interplay between silence, nature, and the growing problem of noise pollution.

Ostriches, Dung Beetles, and Other Spiritual Masters
Janice McLaughlin
An innovative and enlightening work on the wisdom offered by wild animals in Africa.

Out of Darkness Into Light
Jamal Rahman, Kathleen Schmitt Elias, Ann Holmes Redding
A rich and illuminating look at the similarities of the three Abrahamic faiths by a creative Sufi.

Paradoxology
Miriam Therese Winter
A synthesis of spirituality and science that is impressive and provocative to the max.

Piglet and Granny
Margaret Wild
A sprightly story that reveals the rewards of patience and the bounty of the ties of love between grandparents and grandchildren.

Powerful Prayers for Everyday Living
Mark Linden O'Meara
A sturdy collection of prayers from many wisdom traditions.

Practicing Catholic
James Carroll
A creative writer and prophetic columnist's long, hard look at his Catholic faith along with a religious and cultural take on America.

Prayer of the Heart
George Maloney
An introduction to the profundities of Orthodox spirituality.

Prayerfulness
Robert J. Wicks
Explores the challenges of spiritual intimacy and prayerfulness.

Praying for Peace Around the Globe
James McGinnis
An incisive and inspiring collection of prayers for peace and justice.

Praying in Color
Sybil MacBeth
Helps children get in touch with their inner artist and connect with God and others through prayer.

Praying Our Goodbyes
Joyce Rupp
Reframes goodbyes as times when God is with us and offers encouragement and hope for all knds of farewells.

Praying with the Body
Roy DeLeon
Prayers inspired by the Psalms that use words and body postures and gestures.

Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia
Rob Brezsny
An imaginative tour of our friendly universe where play, optimism, and hope abound.

Question Your Thinking, Change the World
Byron Katie
A collection of key quotations from Byron Katie's teachings on the process of self-inquiry she calls The Work.

Rachel Carson
Thomas Locker, Joseph Bruchac
The inspiring story of Rachel Carson and the book she wrote that changed the way we see the natural world.

Radical Forgiveness
Antoinette Bosco
Provides an in-depth examination of the Christian practice of forgiveness.

Rashi
Eli Wiesel
Tribute to an eleventh-century rabbi and illustrious interpreter of the Bible and other sacred texts.

Reading Jesus
Mary Gordon
A refreshing batch of commentaries on the Gospels from a gifted fiction writer.

Recovery - The Sacred Art
Rami Shapiro
Explores the teachings and practices of the world religions behind each of the Twelve Steps and the challenges involved in giving up the delusion that you are in control of your life.

Red, White, and Muslim
Asma Gull Hasan
Offers feisty insights into Islam and the many misconceptions people have about it.

Rediscovering Values On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street
Jim Wallis
A clarion call to use the economic crisis as a transformational moment to rediscover values that matter to us and to renew family, community, religion, public life, the economy, and government.

Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul
Deepak Chopra
The poet-prophet of alternative medicine's primer on the spiritual practice of transformation.

Renewal
Eknath Easwaran
An enlightening collection of essays on practices leading to spiritual transformation.

Sabbath
Dan Allender
A rounded and robust celebration of Sabbath joy, delight, wonder and beauty.

Sacred Matters
Gary Laderman
Probes popular culture (film, music, sports, celebrities, sexuality) for religious meaning outside conventional beliefs and institutions.

Same Same
Marthe Jocelyn, Tom Slaughter
Imaginatively introduces children to a world of similarities.

Saving Jesus from the Church
Robin R. Meyers
Calls for a radical change in churches by putting the faithful on the path of Jesus and seeing Christianity as compassion, not condemnation.

Seeing with the Eyes of Love
Eknath Easwaran
Meditations on passages from the classic by Thomas a Kempis.

Seeking Life
Esther de Waal
Examines the rich meaning of baptism in the Christian tradition.

Seeking Peace
Mary Pipher
The story of a bestselling author’s emotional meltdown at the height of her success and her spiritual breakthrough to a new way of living.

Serenity Prayers
June Cotner
A comforting collection of poems, prayers and prose designed for spiritual uplift in these troubled times.

Smile at Fear
Chogyam Trungpa
The master teacher's presentation of the way of the spiritual warrior who acts with joy, gentleness, and fearlessness.

Solitude & Compassion
Gus Gordon
A rich and deep vision of the heart of the Gospel.

Song of the Universe
Anne Rowthorn
Poems and prose about fresh ways of seeing and appreciating the natural world.

Spirit of Service
Nancy Hancock
A top-notch daybook describing the work of more than 500 organizations and other ways to serve.

Spiritual Boredom
Erica Brown
How wonder is an energy source and spiritual power that can provide an antidote to the widespread malaise of boredom.

Spirituality, Contemplation & Transformation
Thomas Keating
A collection of essays by Thomas Keating and others on the transforming aspects of centering prayer.

State of the World 2010
The Worldwatch Institute
A bold, creative, and challenging report on what it will take to replace consumer cultures with ones centered on sustainability.

Stones into Schools
Greg Mortenson
An extraordinary account of promoting peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan through education and community service.

SUM
David Eagleman
A wildly imaginative collection of tales about possible afterlives.

Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman
The original screenplay for the film Synecdoche, New York with supplemental material.

Taking the Leap
Pema Chodron
A call that we address the welfare of all beings and the planet after first dealing with our own difficult emotions that have hooked us.

Tales of Wonder
Huston Smith, Jeffery Paine
An autobiography, one of the best books of the year, that describes a creative, visionary, edifying, and appealing spiritual adventures.

Ten Amazing People and How They Changed the World
Maura D. Shaw
Covers the lives and work of 10 spiritual leaders who sought to make the world a better place

The 12-Step Buddhist
Darren Littlejohn
A substantive melding of Buddhist principles to the traditional 12-Step programs.

The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse
Debbie Ford
A 21-day course for detoxification and spiritual renewal.

The Age of Empathy
Frans de Waal
Studies of the social behaviors of animals that demonstrate humans are preprogrammed to be empathetic and kind to each other.

The Art of Conversation
Catherine Blyth
An immensely creative and insightful defense of the art of conversation.

The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
Assessments of societal warps such as lack of community, prejudice, terrorism, violence, and fear plus spiritual practices to deal with them.

The Breath of the Soul
Joan Chittister
Explores 42 different attitudes which prepare us for prayer and a rich life of devotion to God.

The Buddha's Wish for the World
Monshu Koshin Ohtani
Writings from a Pure Land Buddhist in Japan about everyday spirituality.

The Call
Oriah
A recommendation that we stop fighting reality and heed the call to become our true selves and all we were meant to be.

The Cathedral of the World
Forrest Church
An impressive compilation of the late Unitarian minister Forrest Church's writings and speeches.

The Challenge of the Soul
Niles Elliot Goldstein
Presents eight character qualities which enable and embolden us to be spiritual warriors.

The City Out My Window
Matteo Pericoli
A creative and entertaining look through the windows of 63 people at New York City in all its amazing variety.

The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Inner Peace
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
A collection of insights from talks, interviews, and writings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The Dance
Oriah
A challenge to discover our essential nature and to dance through our days with acceptance, courage, joy, and love.

The Easy Does It Meditation Book and Recovery Flash Cards
Mary Faulkner
A combination of meditation handbook and 52 flash cards for those in recovery.

The End of Suffering
Scott Cairns
Probes the meaning and purpose of pain, suffering, loss, and grief.

The End of Your World
Adyashanti
Explores the nature of enlightenment and some of the pitfalls and challenges that come with it.

The First Paul
Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan
A thorough study that sheds light on Paul's importance, character, and messages.

The Furious Longing of God
Brennan Manning
A celebration of the love of God and the gift of grace in Christianity.

The Future of Faith
Harvey Cox
A helpful and hopeful overview of church history and the positive dimensions of the Age of the Spirit we are now experiencing.

The Green Collar Economy
Van Jones
A passionate, visionary, and hopeful look at what it will take to establish a lively and vital green collar economy in America.

The Healing Power of Loving-Kindness
Tulku Thondup
A rousing overview of the spiritual practice of loving-kindness plus 12 guided meditations on three CDs.

The Hindus
Wendy Doniger
An illuminating, informative, and challenging history of the roles of women, lower classes and castes, and animals have played in Hinduism.

The Hope
Andrew Harvey
A vision of the transformation of society brought about by Sacred Activists who wed mystical passion with radical change in the world.

The House of Secrets
Varda Polak-Sahm
Explores the many meanings of mikveh, the Jewish ritual of purification for women.

The Invitation
Oriah
Poignant and poetic words and meditations on making the most of yearning, joy, beauty, commitment and solitude in our lives.

The Karate Way
Dave Lowry
Essays on the practice, philosophy, and culture of karate.

The Last Night of Ramadan
Maissa Hamed
An informative children's book about Muslim celebrations during the Holy Month of Ramadan.

The Liturgical Year
Joan Chittister
Presents the liturgical year as a spiritual adventure filled with dramatic events, dynamic characters, and vibrant emotions.

The Meaning Is in the Waiting
Paula Gooder
A Christian theologian on the value of waiting during the season of Advent.

The Mind Is Mightier than the Sword
Lama Surya Das
An enlightening and inspiring collection of dharma talks on the essentials of Buddhism.

The Mitten Tree
Candice Christiansen, Elaine Greenstein
A touching story about a lonely old woman who acts from the heart in love and generosity by knitting mittens for children who need them.

The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom
Steve Smallman, Nick Schon
A delightful and playful children's book about a creative monkey who entertains himself at the expense of the other jungle animals.

The Naked Now
Richard Rohr
Challenges the world's religions to foster mysticism, nonduality, and the contemplative mind.

The One Thing Holding You Back
Raphael Cushnir
Presents principles and practices on the art of emotional connection.

The One Thing Holding You Back
Raphael Cushnir
Ideas and practices for mastering the art of emotional connection

The Power of Collective Wisdom and the Trap of Collective Folly
Alan Briskin, Sheryl Erickson, John Ott, Tom Callanan
Explores the wisdom that can grow out of group or community cocreativity and collaboration.

The Power of Pause
Terry Hershey
Challenges us to savor pauses when we can slow down, rest, and recuperate from the stress and pressures of doing.

The Power of Premonitions
Larry Dossey
An intriguing look at the phenomenon of premonitions presenting research findings about them and when and why we should pay attention to them.

The Power of Radical Forgiveness
Colin Tipping
An unusual and unorthodox explanation of the power of radical forgiveness.

The Power of Slow
Carl Honore
Fascinating observations and spiritual practices for those who want to put on the brakes in our speed-obsessed times.

The Practical Peacemaker
Kate Lawrence
Proclaims simple living, the conscious commitment to using the least of the earth’s resources we can, as a peace-bringer and builder.

The Recollected Heart
Philip Zaleski
Philosophy of a spiritual retreat along with a three-day example of one.

The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
A clarion call to acknowledge and honor the Sacred Feminine and to draw out the divine light and energy of the World Soul.

The Second Book of the Tao
Stephen Mitchell
Translations and audacious interpretations of Lao-tzu's disciple Chuang-tzu and Confucius's grandson Tzu-Ssu.

The Tao of Now
Daniel Skach-Mills
81 poems suffused with the fragrance of the classic Tao Te Ching.

The Three Marriages
David Whyte
An engaging and imaginative examination of the triumphs and tragedies of human belonging.

The Tibetan Book of Meditation
Lama Christie McNally
A well-rounded synthesis of Tibetan Buddhist meditation practices and commentaries on them.

The Truth of Suffering and the Path of Liberation
Chogyam Trungpa
Thoughtful and wide-ranging assessments of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths.

The Wanderers
Henry A. Garon
Stories about the homeless and the need to reach out to them with compassion.

The Way of Beauty
Francois Cheng
Five elegant and philosophical meditations on the meaning of beauty.

The Wolf at Twilight
Kent Nerburn
Another gem by Kent Nerburn filled with Native American wisdom, keen insights into the dark side of American history, and soul-stirring observations about ceremonies, the Great Mystery, and the spiritual practice of listening.

The Workplace and Spirituality
Joan Marques, Satinder Dhiman, Richard King
An anthology of essays on work and spirituality.

Thea Bowman
Thea Bowman, Maurice J. Nutt
Inspiring quotations from the life and ministry of Thea Brown, an African-American nun.

There's No Such Thing as Monsters!
Steve Smallman, Caroline Pedler
An enticing tale about the fears that create monsters in our minds and keep us from sleeping peacefully.

Thich Nhat Hanh
Maura D. Shaw
A sturdy little spiritual biography of the Zen monk written for elementary school-age children.

This Flowing Toward Me
Marilyn Lacey
A sensitive and engaging memoir of a sister who has spent 25 working with refugees and international immigrants.

Through the Dark Wood
James Hollis
Examines the breakdowns and the breakthroughs of the second half of life

Twitter Power
Joel Comm
A spunky and informative book on the Twitter phenomenon.

Ubuntu
Michael Battle
A solid and substantive overview of the African concept of personhood, cooperative living, and communal solidarity.

Ulysses and Us
Declan Kiberd
A creative, in-depth, and profound examination of the novel Ulysses and its riches of wisdom shining through the ordinary events of everyday life.

Undivided Life
Parker J. Palmer
The first-ever audio program by Parker J. Palmer covering many of the major themes of his life and writings.

Vision
Peter L. Benson
A short but satisfying examination of the spiritual capacity of vision.

Waking Up to This Day
Paula D'Arcy
Examines nine steps to the art of truly being present.

Wanda's Freckles
Barbara Azore
A gem of a children's book about self-esteem and the resilience to fend of attacks on our individuality.

Wayfaring
Margaret Silf
Outlines the spiritual adventure available to those who are co-creators with God in Kingdom Ventures.

We Get to Carry Each Other
Greg Garrett
A substantive evaluation of U2 as a superstar band with a spiritual perspective emphasizing justice and peace.

We Live Inside a Story
Megan McKenna
Celebrates the good medicine of stories in the Christian tradition.

What Are Friends For?
Marsha Karzmer
Salutes friendship as a treasure in our lives.

What Is God?
Jacob Needleman
A scholarly account of this well-read professor of philosophy's quest for God and his findings about inner experience of the Divine.

What Matters Most
James Hollis
A Jungian interpretation of the meaning of life and the importance of soul, imagination, wonder, and mystery.

Whitefoot
Wendell Berry
An enchanting children's book that salutes the survival skills of a little mouse swept away in a flood.

Whose Church?
Daniel C. Maguire
Outlines a progressive Catholicism in terms of race, war, gender equality, social justice, sexuality, and the environment.

Whose Torah?
Rebecca T. Alpert
Outlines the essence of Progressive Judaism based on the linchpin of justice.

Why War Is Never a Good Idea
Alice Walker
Hard-hitting poems and paintings that proclaim the immorality and insanity of war.

Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants
Arnie Kozak
Creatively sheds new light on the spiritual practice of mindfulness.

Wildwood
Roger Deakin
Celebrates the beauty, utility, and diversity of trees.

Wisdom 2.0
Soren Gordhamer
Ideas and practices to find more balance and inner wisdom in our overworked lives.

Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian
Paul F. Knitter
A thoughtful, illuminating, and adventuresome interfaith journey by a respected Christian theologian and advocate of religious double belonging.

Wonderland
Daniel Doen Silberberg
A sprightly use of Alice in Wonderland as a spur to seeing ourselves clearly and discovering our oneness with everything.

Worse Than War
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
A moral work that brings the scourge of genocide into the light of day.

Wrestling with Our Inner Angels
Nancy Kehoe
Makes a good case for exploring faith, religion, and spirituality in the treatment of mental illness.

Writing Down Your Soul
Janet Conner
Making the most of your inner wisdom through writing down the soul.

Writing in the Sand
Thomas Moore
Fresh meanings, new possibilities, and a reframing of threadbare interpretations of Jesus.

You Are Here
Thich Nhat Hanh
A retreat for Westerners on mindfulness, being present, and transformation.

You Don't Have to Be Buddhist to Know Nothing
Joan Konner
A smorgasbord of juicy quotations on emptiness, nothingness, silence, and more.

Your Body Speaks Your Mind
Deb Shapiro
Helpful and accessible advice on decoding the symptoms of various kinds of illness or imbalance in the body influenced by the emotions.

Your Breathing Body
Reginald A. Ray
An audio learning course on the breath as a pathway to healing and transformation.