Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred (Church of the Wild, 1)
By: Victoria Loorz
4.31
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Once upon a time, humans lived in intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the d…
Want to Read $ 12.99"I longed for church to be a place where Mystery is experienced, not explained."-Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred (Church of the Wild, 1)
"I longed for church to be a place where Mystery is experienced, not explained."-Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred (Church of the Wild, 1)
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1. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
By: Sue Monk Kidd
3.98
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
The acclaimed spiritual memoir from the author of The Secret Life of Bees. I was amazed to find … read more
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- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"But benevolent patriarchy is still patriarchy."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
"Until we look from the bottom up we have nothing."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
". . . in the end, Goddess is just a word. It simply means the divine in female form."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
"Whatever else you do, listen to your Deepest Self. Love Her and be true to Her, speak Her truth, always."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
2. American Primitive
By: Mary Oliver
4.39
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Her most acclaimed volume of poetry, American Primitive … read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
"there's a sickness worse than the risk of death and that's forgetting what we should never forget."-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"Fear defeated me. And yet, not in faith and not in madness but with the courage I thought my dream deserved, I stepped outside."-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"The sky, after all, stops at nothing, so something has to be holding our bodies in its rich and timeless stables or else we would fly away"-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it…"-Mary Oliver, American Primitive
3. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
By: Richard Rohr
4.23
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more
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- christian
- theology
- christianity
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"The ego hates losing – even to God."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
4. The Preaching Life
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
In her bestselling preaching autobiography Barbara Brown Taylor writes of how she came to be a prea… read more
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5. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more
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6. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
By: Margaret Renkl
4.37
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
7. Birding to Change the World: A Memoir
By: Trish O'Kane
4.42
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, socia… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
8. Wild Mercy
By: Mirabai Starr
4.25
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
We live in a world that has suffered the abuses of an unbalanced masculine rule for thousands of ye… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Our capacity to forgive is our superpower."-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"When we show up to make art, we need to get still enough to hear what wants to be expressed though us, and then we need to step out of the way and let it. We must be willing to abide in a space of no…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"The more you turn inward, the more available the sacred becomes. when you sit in. silence and turn your gaze toward the holy mystery you once called God, the mystery follows you back out into the wor…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
"Mystics seem to have no shame about contradicting themselves left and right. They blithely proclaim that the cure for pain is in the pain itself and that the cry of longing is the sigh of merging. Th…"-Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy
9. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
By: Katherine May
3.62
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings o… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- nature
"Sometimes we are visited by destruction. Other times, it seems, the world flexes its claws and lets us feel its hot breath, just to remind us how small we are, how helpless."-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"I have started to look up the meaning of place names recently. It is perhaps an interest that awakens in you ass you age, this enthusiasm for peering back through time to find lost meaning."-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"Sacred places are no longer given to us, and they are rarely shared between whole communities. They are now containers for our own knowing, our own meanings. They don't translate across minds. It fal…"-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
"You do not need to walk in the wilderness to make contact with the wild. If you know your stories--if you understand the mythologies of your land--then you can leap from a sunlit stroll with your dog…"-Katherine May, Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
10. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden
By: Camille T. Dungy
4.19
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more
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- nonfiction
- ecology
- environment
- nature
11. Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place wh… read more
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- ecology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- environment
- nature
12. Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.38
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In this masterful work, one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today shares his wis… read more
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- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- environment
- nature
"Sometimes even if we think we want to be heard, we're not always ready for it."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"We can make the most of the Earth and benefit from its beauty, but in such a way that we respect the Earth, just as a bee respects the flower."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"You trust that you contain the whole cosmos; you are made of stars. And that is why you respect yourself and offer reverence to yourself. And, when you look at another person, you see that they are a…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"This is the attitude of bodhisattvas: to practice meditation not only for yourself, but for the world, to relieve the suffering. And, when others suffer less, you suffer less. When you suffer less, t…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
13. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
By: Sarah Bessey
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more
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- christian
- theology
- christianity
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
14. Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
By: Karen Armstrong
3.69
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature--and an urgent call to reclaim that power i… read more
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- theology
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- environment
- nature
15. Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World
By: Asia Suler
4.60
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An award-winning nature therapy session for the soul--encounter the benevolence of the living world… read more
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- nature
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- environment
"When healing is needed at the deepest level nature will always call us back home, not only to the oak woods or water-filled coves, but to the homes within ourselves that we've been alienated from"-Asia Suler, Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World
16. Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred (Church of the Wild, 1)
By: Victoria Loorz
4.31
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Once upon a time, humans lived in intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the d… read more
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- christian
- ecology
- theology
- christianity
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- environment
- nature
"I longed for church to be a place where Mystery is experienced, not explained."-Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred (Church of the Wild, 1)
17. Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart
By: Brian D. McLaren
4.17
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
A highly readable, deeply insightful exploration of how to live with wisdom, resilience and love in… read more
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- theology
- christianity
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
18. Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World
By: John Philip Newell
4.35
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A leading spiritual teacher reveals how Celtic spirituality—listening to the sacred around us and i… read more
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- theology
- christianity
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- environment
- nature
19. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
By: Valarie Kaur
4.54
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valari… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Wonder is the wellspring for love"-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"You are a part of me I do not yet know"-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"I believe laboring in joy is the meaning of life."-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"Grieving together, we ease each other’s suffering and come to know each other."-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
20. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
By: Kaitlin B. Curtice
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice rec… read more
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- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- nature
21. Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth
By: Debra Rienstra
4.48
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
Refugia Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth explores how Chris… read more
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- christian
- ecology
- theology
- nonfiction
- environment
