The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton
By: Sophfronia Scott
4.24
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
WINNER of the 2021 Thomas Merton Award awarded by The International Thomas Merton Society What if w…
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1. Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality
By: John Philip Newell , J. Philip Newell
4.34
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
An overview of Celtic spirituality and its implications for us today. read more
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- theology
- christianity
- faith
- prayer
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
2. 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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- theology
- christianity
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
3. Gift of the Red Bird: The Story of a Divine Encounter
By: Paula D'Arcy
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Paula D'Arcy lost her husband and baby in a car crash, she began an inner search for a faith t… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- catholic
4. You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
By: James K.A. Smith
3.63
Format: None pages, Hardcover
You are what you love. But you might not love what you think. In this book, award-winning author Ja… read more
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- theology
- christianity
- faith
- philosophy
- nonfiction
5. The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
Henry J.M. Nouwen, one of the greatest of all spiritual writers, invites us to search deeply for th… read more
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- christianity
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- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
6. 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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"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
7. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
By: Imani Perry
3.97
Format: 410 pages, Hardcover
An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South… read more
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- nonfiction
"So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"And yes, slavery was abolished, Jim Crow is over, but the prisons, the persistence of poverty, are constant reminders of how the past made the present."-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
"What, by analogy, happens to the family of the university, or the town, or the state, or the Old Dominion, or the nation itself, given what has been built into its creation?"-Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
8. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- spirituality
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
9. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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- nonfiction
10. The Book of Delights: Essays
By: Ross Gay
4.16
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying book of essays—some as short as a paragraph; som… read more
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"The more stuff you love the happier you will be."-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"...which is simply called sharing what we love, what we find beautiful, which is an ethics."-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"Is sorrow the true wild? And if it is—and if we join them—your wild to mine—what’s that? For joining, too, is a kind of annihilation. What if we joined our sorrows, I’m saying. I’m saying: What if th…"-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"...in witnessing someone's being touched, we are also witnessing someone's being moved, the absence of which in ourselves is a sorrow, and a sacrifice. And witnessing the absence of movement in ourse…"-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
11. No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
By: Kate Bowler
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) asks, how do … read more
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- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"We live and we are loved and we are gone."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"Nothing will exempt me from the pain of being human."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"People say carpe diem. I mean, yes, unless you need a nap."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"I feel a spark of horror each time I remember it: we come undone."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
12. Enlightenment
By: Sarah Perry
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more
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- religion
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
13. 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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- christianity
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- spirituality
"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
"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
"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
14. You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World
By: Alan Noble
4.35
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
"You are your own, and you belong to yourself." This is the fundamental assumption of modern life. … read more
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- christianity
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- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
15. 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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- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
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16. The Elephant of Belfast
By: S. Kirk Walsh
3.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant sh… read more
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17. Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
By: Diana Butler Bass
3.82
Format: 256 pages, ebook
The Wilbur Award-winning book Grateful is now available in paperback and with an updated subtitle. … read more
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18. Strong Like Water: Finding the Freedom, Safety, and Compassion to Move through Hard Things—and Experience True Flourishing
By: Aundi Kolber
4.50
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
There's a cost to being a certain kind of strong. When it comes to difficult circumstances, we'v… read more
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19. Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
By: Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
4.09
Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely, delightfully readable, and much-needed book. --Booklist, starred review Social justice w… read more
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20. The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton
By: Sophfronia Scott
4.24
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
WINNER of the 2021 Thomas Merton Award awarded by The International Thomas Merton Society What if w… read more
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- nonfiction
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- catholic
21. The Narrow Path: How the Subversive Way of Jesus Satisfies Our Souls
By: Rich Villodas
4.52
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
A compelling call to embrace the countercultural values of Jesus, which lead to a life of love, pea… read more
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