Step into a Life of GraceAt thirty-three, dealing with a difficult job and a creeping depression, Lori Smith embarked on a life-changing journey following the life and lore of Jane Austen through England.With humor and spirit, Lori le...

Angels Speak: An Inspirational True Story tells the inspiring story of Ann Warner's encounters with angels. Early one morning, as she was watching her hands move gracefully over her piano keyboard, suddenly her eyes closed, and she vi...

Displays the theology and spirituality of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in the three major western religious traditions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

It s one thing to know that God desires your friendship. It s quite another to experience it.It s a difficult enough proposition for many people to believe that God eternal, unchanging, all-knowing could actually desire a relationship...

Initially written for a Jewish friend, 'Life of the Beloved' has become Henri Nouwen's greatest legacy to Christians around the world. This sincere testimony of the power and invitation of Christ is indeed a great guide to a truly upl...

For a wine connoisseur and fan of Nine Inch Nails, thirtysomething Matthew Lickona lives an unusual inner life. He is a Catholic of a decidedly traditional bent ('I believe the same things as my pious old grandmother'). He wears a ...

The mind-body expert and author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind introduces a healthful program for pregnant women with a regimen that combines the ancient wisdom of the Ayurveda with the latest Western medical research, nutritional pla...

The desire to know God is the great human hunger. The Journey Toward God serves us by bringing together in one book excerpts from the great spiritual writers. It teaches readers how to open to God in prayer, how to respond to God's in...

The Active Life is Parker J. Palmer's deep and graceful exploration of a spirituality for the busy, sometimes frenetic lives many of us lead. Telling evocative stories from a variety of religious traditions, including Taoist, Jewish, ...

Come along as author Jon M. Sweeney sits in the warm October sun talking with Father Luke or enjoys a December afternoon in the monastery with Father Ambrose. In Cloister Talks, Sweeney offers a rare glimpse into his decades-long f...

Now, for the first time in paperback, Anderson brings together her most glorious and remarkable accounts--stories of mysterious rescues, celestial visions, unexpected healings, inexplicable protection, and many other signs and wond...

Wayne Muller, author of the spiritual classic HOW, THEN, SHALL WE LIVE? shows us how to create a special time of rest, delight, and renewal a refuge for our souls. We need not even schedule an entire day each week. Sabbath time can be...

The author of The Measure of Our Days explores the diverse ways in which hope and other positive emotions influence the healing process, drawing on thirty years of medical practice and a variety of real-life experiences to analyze the...

Based on actual conversations with lost people, this book will help you anticipate their questions and objections. Why have atheists, agnostics, Muslims, Catholics, prisoners, and soldiers all read One Heartbeat Away and become bo...

Excerpts from the writings of the twelfth-century German nun and mystic lends insight into the visions she recorded in her major work, Scivias, convey her beliefs about a feminine and creative incarnation of the divine, and offer coun...

Sacred blessings for all occasions from the rich tradition of Celtic spirituality. First Time in Paperback The ancient Celts did not distinguish between the sacred and the secular. To these imaginative people, everything had spiritual...

The author of The Holy Longing explores the debilitating obsessions that often dominate our lives and offers down-to-earth guidance for learning to leave our fears, anxieties, and guilt "forgotten among the lilies.""Rar...

Enhanced by a selection of personal stories and quotes from noted poets and philosophers, this inspirational handbook explains how one can utilize the pain and challenge of adversity to create a path for renewal, personal transformati...

Why am I here? What does a life worth living look like?' 'What is the higher intelligence trying to express through me?' In this time of global change and uncertainty, of spiritual indirection, Americans are asking these age-old quest...

Love Does shares powerful stories coupled with eye-opening truths and empowers anyone who longs for a better world and a richer faith.You don't need another Christian message or a self-help book. You need to have your paradigms about...

A book of prayers based on Ignatian spiritualityó-the most influential spiritual tradition of modern times. The prayers compiled in this unique book are gleaned from the rich tradition of Jesuit reflection on the human hunger for God.

First-rate study of spirituality documents and discusses a variety of religious states of consciousness, covering the meaning of the term 'divine,' reality of the unseen, religion of healthy-mindedness, sick soul, divided self and pro...

Walk with Francis and his early followers on a journey of prayer, poverty, and peace. In His Footsteps is an invitation not only to pray, but to become a prayer; not only to be free of material craving, but to love poverty; not only t...

Martial artists, great warriors, coaches, generals, and successful corporate CEOs effectively use the strategies for winning found in Sun Tzu's Art of War. Authors Jerry Lynch and Chungliang Al Huang, using lessons from the The Art of...

A guide to living in accordance with the examples of Jesus argues that Christians must train carefully in order to appropriately follow Gospel principles, explaining the importance of avoiding money, sex, and power to more fully under...

"Between Heaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . . Father Martin reminds us that happiness is the good God's own goal for us." —Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New YorkFrom The Colbert Report's "official chap...

When Brian McLaren began offering an alternative vision of Christian faith and life in books such as A New Kind of Christian and A Generous Orthodoxy, he ignited a firestorm of praise and condemnation that continues to spread across t...

Full of beautiful, heart-wrenching, and hilarious stories, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years details one man's opportunity to edit his life into a better story.Years after writing a best-selling memoir, Donald Miller went into a fun...

An updated edition with two all-new chapters, a new introduction, and a fresh look, this book challenges widely accepted ideas about what it means to know God and offers fresh paths for pursuing genuine spirituality.     This pra...

"This is a good book for people who like reading books about spiritual growth.  IIt's even better for people who don't! If you've ever thought that maybe you "just weren't the spiritual type,' this book's for you."-Joh...