S&P Awards

The Best Spiritual Books of ...
A Bowl of Perfect Light By Megan McKenna A Christian teacher on how compassion, love, and justice begin with forgiveness.
A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism By Cortland Dahl Tools for getting started in meditation with a Buddhist perspective.
A Midwinter God By Christine Valters Paintner Shows from experience, with practice, the generative power of grief and loss.
A Sacred Argument By Christopher M. Leighton Case studies in Abrahamic interfaith work.
A Star Shines Through By Anna Desnitskaya Healing wisdom about how to carry your home with you even after irreversible loss. For Children
All About Grief By Lora-Ellen McKinney Support for young readers to navigate melancholy, mourning, and more. For Children
All the Pieces By Hallie Riggs Help navigating the complex emotions born of a loved one's overdose. For Children
Angela's Glacier By Jordan Scott How listening to nature can enrich our lives and protect the planet. For Children
Black Liturgies By Cole Arthur Riley A book for those who crave a new kind of liturgy. 
Blessing It All By Heather Concannon, Allison Palm A wonderful, expansive collection of rituals for many of life’s experiences.
Breathe Restlessness into Me By Ted Loder A thick treasury of subversive inspiration.
Broken Heart, Shared Heart, Healing Heart By Barbara Allen The founder of Australia's first animal chaplaincy program with resources and rituals for grieving an animal companion.
Circle of Hope By Eliza Griswold A journalist investigation of faith and community in a fading church.
Come Have Breakfast By Elizabeth A. Johnson Fresh theological angles for seeing the living God.
Dalmartian By Lucy Ruth Cummins A heartwarming, humorous look at what happens when you invite in a stranger. For Children
Dante Plays His Blues By Allen R. Wells Turning the blues into a muse. For Children
Deep Reading By Rachel B. Griffis, Julie Ooms, Rachel M. De Smith Roberts Virtues learned from simply reading deeply.
Ecological Spirituality By Diarmuid O’Murchu How only a change of theology will heal us and the planet.
Emergency Quarters By Carlos Matias A charmingly captured memory of growing independence under a mother's wise guidance. For Children
Field Notes for the Wilderness By Sarah Bessey Hope and spiritual practices for people experiencing loss at the hands of faith.
Flourishing Kin By Yuria Celidwen Practices for being part of the Whole.
For Love of the Broken Body By Julia Walsh A Catholic memoir that shows the joy in self-discovery.
Green Saints for a Green Generation By Libby Osgood, editor, Elizabeth A. Johnson, foreword Portraits by scientists, religious sisters, and theologians of “green” leaders from five continents.
Have a Beautiful Terrible Day By Kate Bowler A plan for emotional honesty on the spiritual path.
Healing Our Way Home By Valerie Brown, Marisela B. Gomez, Kaira Jewel Lingo Buddhist practices to cultivate self-care, liberation, and wholeness.
How to End Christian Nationalism By Amanda Tyler A guide to what Christian Nationalism is and how to surmount it.
How to Train a Happy Mind By Scott Snibbe, His Holiness The Dalai Lama (foreword) Tibetan Buddhist practices for finding joy in life.
I'm Here By James J. Crist A thoughtfully designed book that covers multiple aspects of teen peer counseling. For Children
In Praise of Mystery By Ada Limón An awe-inspiring poem that's making a journey to one of Jupiter's moons on a NASA spacecraft. For Children
Judaism Is About Love By Shai Held A call to remember that Jewish ethics and theology are about love.
Kindred Spirits By Leslie Stall Widener A history of nearly 200 years of caring between the Choctaw and Irish Nations. For Children
Life After Doom By Brian D. McLaren A public theologian's deep analysis and proscriptive and practical suggestions for healing ways forward.
Like So By Ruth Forman A joyful ode to love from each other and nature. For Children
Living in the Presence By Burt Jacobson A Jewish writer's pursuit of oneness through discovering the historical Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
Make Your Mark, Make a Difference By Joan Marie Galat Encouragement for becoming a changemaker. For Children
Making Room By Carl Siciliano A spiritual memoir that’s also a call to action.
My Friend Andy By Emma Chinnery A reminder that, housed or unhoused, we all deserve respect and care. For Children
My Life in Seventeen Books By Jon M. Sweeney Brief tributes to books that turned out to be the right coalescence of person and situation.
Ordinary Mysticism By Mirabai Starr The most important book to date by one of our most esteemed interspiritual practitioners and teachers.
Oy, Santa! By Joyce Schriebman A witty exchange of letters between a Jewish boy and Santa Claus that promotes religious understanding. For Children
Presence By Tracy Cochran Stories about living in the present like it’s a vital force.
Religion Is Not Done with You By Megan Goodwin, Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst How religion influences your life whether you’re religious or not.
Soil, Soul, Society By Satish Kumar An eloquent book on trinity of wholeness and unity of life in its myriad forms.
Somehow By Anne Lamott Poignant reminders of love’s fundamentals.
Someone Just Like You By Helen Docherty A child's guide to empathy, compassion, and bonding with new friends. For Children
Sonnets to Orpheus By Ranier Maria Rilke, Mark S. Burrows (translator) Rilke's strange poetic phrasings that reflect complex spiritual yearnings.
Sound Healing By Farzana Ali A guide to natural and cultivated sound for self-care and healing.
The Amen Effect By Sharon Brous A moral vision for “rewiring” our connections to one another.
The Black Practice of Disbelief By Anthony B. Pinn A Black scholar on how Black humanism has become a movement of its own.
The Buddha By Philip C. Almond A cultural history of the Buddha’s impact on the West.
The Cat Way By Sara Lundberg, B.J. Woodstein (translator) An extra-special book about the changes of perspective into which animals can lead us. For Children
The Devotional Qur'an By Shawkat M. Toorawa An essential Qur’an for Muslim devotional practice.
The Free Mind By Dza Kilung Rinpoche Buddhist practices for distracted people to find peace.
The Great Search By John Philip Newell Spiritual questing rooted in Earth as our shared home.
The Islamic Moses By Mustafa Akyol Eye-opening portrait of the Prophet Muhammad as an interfaith unifier.
The Last Stand By Antwan Eady A tribute to Black farmers that doesn't shy away from the heartbreak of losses due to discrimination. For Children
The Perennial Philosophy Reloaded By Dana Sawyer A discussion of the link from Alan Watts and Ram Dass to Mirabai Starr and Richard Rohr.
The River in Me By Dang Nghiem Poems for living a spiritual life right now.
The Squish By Breanna Carzoo A sandcastle's tale of strength in togetherness. For Children
There Was a Shadow By Bruce Handy A celebration of the ephemeral beauty of shadows. For Children
This Sweet Earth By Lydia Wylie-Kellermann A book on climate change blending practicality and poetry which asks, what do we tell our children about the earth and its future?
Thomas Keating By Cynthia Bourgeault A biography by one of Keating's students on the final phase of this modern Christian mystic’s life and what it suggests for others.
Thomas Merton in California By David M. Odorisio (ed.) Previously unpublished interspiritual writings from the famous Catholic monk.
To Love Our Neighbors By Joe Blosser How to help people in need to more lasting effects.
Use Your Voice By Alice Paul Tapper An empowering story that helps kids speak up about their needs in medical crises. For Children
Vessels of Love By Joyce Rupp Poetic love-wisdom from a Christian spiritual master.
Walking Well By Michael J. Gelb, Bruce Fertman A guide to walking more often and more contemplatively.
We Are Only Saved Together By Colin Miller A vision of salvation that is community-focused.
White Poverty By William J. Barber II An inspiring corrective to U.S. myths about race and class.
Wise Women By Sharon Blackie Reminders of the wisdom of older women.
You Don't Have to Do It Alone By Mark Nepo An intimate book with numerous examples of how deep companionship brings heaven and earth together.