Book Reviews

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Give Me a Word By Christine Valters Paintner Practices to cultivate holy listening. Listening
The Rooster Princess and Other Tales By Debra Gordon Zaslow, Gail Pasternack, Deborah Rosenberg Retold folktales that place women at the center. Meaning
Islam By John Tolan Islam’s history reveals challenge, hope, and diversity. Meaning
We Should All Be Birds By Brian Buckbee, Carol Ann Fitzgerald The healing power of a relationship with an injured pigeon. Connections
Quietude By Kenneth L. Faught Haiku as spiritual practice. Being Present
Blossom Awakening By Saigyo , Peter Levitt (translator), Kazuaki Tanahashi (translator) Longing and love from a twelfth-century Japanese Buddhist monk. Yearning
Nervous Systems By Sara Billups A progressive evangelical pleads for peace, unity, and truth. Peace
New Tricks By Betsy Singleton Snyder, Gayle McKuin Fiser 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 By Christian de Cherge, Christian Krokus (ed.), Habib Zanzana (ed.) A modern, martyred Christian monk’s collected short writings. Faith
How Isn't It Going? By Delphine Horvilleur A little book for having big uncomfortable conversations. Listening
The Gift of Animals By Alison Hawthorne Deming (editor), Robin Wall Kimmerer (foreword) Poems of human-animal kinship. Teachers
Lyrical Dharma By Born I Rapping Buddhist wisdom. Compassion
I Had a Good Teacher By Les Kaye Reminders of the difference a good teacher can make. Teachers
The Fifth Season By Mark Nepo Encouragement to be fully alive and awake during the final years of our lives. Meaning
The Buddhist Years By Jack Kerouac, Charles Shuttleworth (editor) Fiction and nonfiction from Kerouac’s two years of Buddhist study. Meaning
Hiking Zen By Phap Xa, Phap Luu Two Zen monks chronicle hiking mindfulness on the Appalachian Trail. Transformation
Sacred Letters By Michael David Sowder Sanskrit letters to understand the Divine. Meaning
Gary Snyder By Gary Snyder, Jack Shoemaker (editor) The poet laureate of Zen, native religion, and deep ecology. Attention
From Self-Care to We-Care By Jordan Quaglia A contemplative psychologist's scientific advice for avoiding burnout. Compassion