Book Reviews
Quietude
Haiku as spiritual practice.
Being Present 
Blossom Awakening
Longing and love from a twelfth-century Japanese Buddhist monk.
Yearning 
Nervous Systems
A progressive evangelical pleads for peace, unity, and truth.
Peace 
New Tricks
How animal companions make us better people.
Nurturing 
Divine Radiance in Human Evolution
A scientific reinterpretation of the meaning of being human.
Meaning 
Christian de Cherge
A modern, martyred Christian monk’s collected short writings.
Faith 
How Isn't It Going?
A little book for having big uncomfortable conversations.
Listening 
The Gift of Animals
Poems of human-animal kinship.
Teachers 
Lyrical Dharma
Rapping Buddhist wisdom.
Compassion 
I Had a Good Teacher
Reminders of the difference a good teacher can make.
Teachers 
The Fifth Season
Encouragement to be fully alive and awake during the final years of our lives.
Meaning 
The Buddhist Years
Fiction and nonfiction from Kerouac’s two years of Buddhist study.
Meaning 
Hiking Zen
Two Zen monks chronicle hiking mindfulness on the Appalachian Trail.
Transformation 
Sacred Letters
Sanskrit letters to understand the Divine.
Meaning 
Gary Snyder
The poet laureate of Zen, native religion, and deep ecology.
Attention 
From Self-Care to We-Care
A contemplative psychologist's scientific advice for avoiding burnout.
Compassion 
Read the Bible like a Mystic
A book to convince contemplatives to try the Bible again.
Love 
Practicing Safe Zen
The beauty of Zen practice when free of abuse.
Teachers 
Dearly Beloved
Appreciation for the transformative power of Prince’s music.
Reverence 