Disciplines of the Spirit (Howard Thurman Book)
By: Howard Thurman
4.21
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Dr. Howard Thurman (1900-1981)--minister, educator, philosopher, and poet--explores five major dime…
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1. New Seeds of Contemplation
By: Thomas Merton
4.26
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
One of the best-loved books by one of the great spiritual authors of our time, with a new introduct… read more
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"A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It “consents,"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny....To work out our identity in God."-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"The ever-changing reality in the midst of which we live should awaken us to the possibility of an uninterrupted dialogue with God. By this I do not mean continuous “talk,"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
"We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be nothing, but who can give himself eternally to the truth in whom he…"-Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
2. The Road to Character
By: David Brooks
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus… read more
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"... there are other proud people who have low self-esteem. They feel they haven't lived up to their potential. They feel unworthy. They want to hide and disappear, to fade into the background and nur…"-David Brooks, The Road to Character
"We are called at certain moments to comfort people who are enduring some trauma. Many of us don't know how to react in such situations, but others do. In the first place, they just show up. They prov…"-David Brooks, The Road to Character
3. Fear and Trembling
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more
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4. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more
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5. The Book of Pastoral Rule
By: Pope Gregory I
4.10
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Recognized as the most thorough pastoral treatise of the patristic era, this sixth-century work by … read more
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6. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor
4.16
Format: 354 pages,
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more
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7. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
By: Tish Harrison Warren
4.08
Format: 31 pages, Paperback
Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more
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8. Strength to Love
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of sermons by this martyred Black American leader which explains his convictions in te… read more
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9. On Loving God
By: Bernard of Clairvaux
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Perhaps Bernard's most delightful tract, On Loving God posits that everything good in human persons… read more
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10. The Chosen
By: Chaim Potok
3.89
Format: 384 pages,
Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom or generosity than this tale of two boys, their fathers, thei… read more
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11. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
12. Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
By: Walter Brueggemann
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Discussions about the Sabbath often center around moralistic laws and arguments over whether a pers… read more
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13. The Pursuit of God
By: A.W. Tozer
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
During a train trip from Chicago to Texas in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to write The Pursuit … read more
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14. The Spiritual Exercises
By: Ignatius of Loyola
4.32
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
A reissue of a classic of the Christian text from the founder of the Jesuit Order. The Spiritual Ex… read more
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15. An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
3.47
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church("a beautiful, absorbing memoir."--Dallas Morning News), … read more
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16. The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins
By: Peter Enns
3.91
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Can Christianity and evolution coexist? Traditional Christian teaching presents Jesus as reversing … read more
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17. The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
By: Sharon Brous
4.54
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community bas… read more
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18. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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19. 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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20. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
By: Beth Moore
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more
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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
21. The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross
By: Brian Zahnd
4.53
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
The cross is the heart of Scripture Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and pro… read more
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22. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.63
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more
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"Anxiety is not a passive predator."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
23. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
24. How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers―and Why That's Great News
By: Peter Enns
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal P… read more
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25. The Care of Souls: Cultivating a Pastor's Heart
By: Harold L. Senkbeil
4.33
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
2020 Christianity Today Book Award Winner for Church/Pastoral Leadership 2019 TGC Ministry Book of … read more
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26. When Church Stops Working: A Future for Your Congregation Beyond More Money, Programs, and Innovation
By: Andrew Root
4.18
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
What if the solution for the decline of today's church isn't more money, people, programs, innovati… read more
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27. Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times
By: Elizabeth Oldfield
4.26
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
'This remarkable book points not to some unreachable ideal of life but to a deeper, more soulful an… read more
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28. Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church
By: Barbara A. Holmes
4.33
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Holmes's research - through oral histories, church records, and written accounts - details not only… read more
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29. The Unstuck Church: Equipping Churches to Experience Sustained Health
By: Tony Morgan
4.17
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Acclaimed church leader, blogger, founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Mo… read more
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30. Disciplines of the Spirit (Howard Thurman Book)
By: Howard Thurman
4.21
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Dr. Howard Thurman (1900-1981)--minister, educator, philosopher, and poet--explores five major dime… read more
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31. A Brief History of Spirituality
By: Philip Sheldrake
3.74
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A Brief History of Spirituality tells the story of Christian spirituality from its origins in the N… read more
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