The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life
By: Joan D. Chittister
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Sou…
Want to Read $ 14.99"Simply being active is not life."-Joan D. Chittister, The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life
"People whose lives are not lived on the mountain peaks of the world commonly forget that the shallows have a beauty of their own."-Joan D. Chittister, The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life
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1. The Writing Life
By: Annie Dillard
3.26
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood;… read more
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2. The Runaway Midwife
By: Patricia Harman
4.17
Format: None pages, ebook
From the USA Todaybestselling author of the Hope River series comes a new contemporary midwife nove… read more
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3. Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals & Groups
By: James Bryan Smith , Richard J. Foster
3.29
Format: 80 pages,
Fifty-two Christian devotional classics paired with biblical readings for individual study and grou… read more
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4. Interior Castle
By: Teresa de Ávila
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castledescribes the seven stages of union with Go… read more
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5. You Are The One You've Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate Relationships
By: Richard C. Schwartz , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Audiobook
In this new audio version, Richard Schwartz, the developer of the Internal Family Systems Model, ap… read more
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6. Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
By: Cynthia Bourgeault
4.03
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Practitioners of Centering Prayer are known for the great enthusiasm they bring to the practice of … read more
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7. Mythologies
By: Roland Barthes , Annette Lavers
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
"No denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis," Roland Barthes wrote in his pref… read more
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8. Jesus and the Disinherited
By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman
4.57
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more
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9. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did
By: John Mark Comer
4.63
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more
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10. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away
By: Emily P. Freeman
4.01
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more
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11. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
By: Richard C. Schwartz
4.15
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more
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"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
12. Loved and Missed
By: Susie Boyt
4.30
Format: None pages, None
Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, … read more
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"I wanted it to be true so much it was true. Sometimes in life you have to let your heart and bones off the hook of yourself."-Susie Boyt, Loved and Missed
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13. The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life
By: Joan D. Chittister
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Sou… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
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- self help
"Simply being active is not life."-Joan D. Chittister, The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life
"People whose lives are not lived on the mountain peaks of the world commonly forget that the shallows have a beauty of their own."-Joan D. Chittister, The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life
14. Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.48
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
In this brand-new, never before published work of inspiration, the bestselling author of The Return… read more
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"Even people who are immensely praised and have made an enormous amount of money, who have awards, success, and applause, can be deeply depressed. If you get closer and you prick the balloon, you real…"-Henri J.M. Nouwen, Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety
15. Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It
By: Brian D. McLaren
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the author of A New Kind of Christianity comes a bold proposal: only doubt can save the world … read more
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16. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun
By: Catherine Coldstream
3.71
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more
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17. Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
By: Brian D. McLaren
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian D. McLaren… read more
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18. The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness
By: Gregory Boyle
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers Tattoos on the… read more
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19. Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
By: Kieran Setiya
3.56
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age How can you … read more
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"The way in which you relate to the activities that matter most to you is by trying to complete them and so expel them from your life. Your days are devoted to ending, one by one, the activities that …"-Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
"In philosophers' terms, the shift in perspective is not temporal, but "epistemic": it has to do with knowledge. Emotionally, there is a fundamental difference between knowing that I will miss out on …"-Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
"When the demands of life are pressing, too urgent to be ignored, it would be a mistake to devote all day to contemplation, reading Wordsworth, or playing golf. Being mortal, think of mortal things. Y…"-Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
"We can escape the self-destructive cycle of pursuit, resolution, and renewal, of attainments archived or unachieved. The way out is to find sufficient value in atelic activities, activities that have…"-Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
20. Always A Guest: Speaking of Faith Far From Home
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
4.55
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
From beloved writer and renowned preacher Barbara Brown Taylor comes a new collection of stories an… read more
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