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Saying Yes: Discovering and Responding to God's Will in Your Life
Albert Haase · Paraclete Press Inc.
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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The process of discerning God's will is one of the most important Christian practices for any contemporary disciple, and it is ongoing and ever-changing. In Saying Yes, Albert Haase, OFM, scholar of Christian spirituality and spiritual mentor to hundreds of people, emphasizes the importance... |
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The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World
Desmond Tutu · HarperOne
Pages: 229
Format: Paperback
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chair of The Elders, and Chair of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, along with his daughter, the Reverend Mpho Tutu, offer a manual on the art of forgiveness - helping us to realize that we are all capable of healing... |
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She's Still There: Rescuing the Girl in You
CHRYSTAL EVANS HURST · Zondervan
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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What's a woman to do if her life is not taking shape the way that she thought that it would? What happens when she looks at herself in the mirror, lingering just a little longer than usual and realizes that she no longer recognizes the person staring back at her? What does she do when... |
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American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church
Alex Beam · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 334
Format: Hardcover
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On June 27, 1844, a mob stormed the jail in the dusty frontier town of Carthage, Illinois. Clamorous and angry, they were hunting down a man they saw as a grave threat to their otherwise quiet lives: the founding prophet of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. They wanted blood.At thirty-nine years... |
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Walking with Jesus: A Way Forward for the Church
Pope Francis · Loyola Press
Format: Print book
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Two thousand years ago, Jesus said, Follow me. What if the 21st-century Church actually heeded that call? What would the world look like if the Church were truly on the move? Simply put, very different. But these ponderings beg one more critical question What exactly should the Church be moving... |
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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
Rod Dreher · Penguin Publishing Group
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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In a radical new vision for the future of Christianity, NYT bestselling author and conservative columnist Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life. The light of the Christian faith is flickering out all over... |
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The Peace of Christmas: Quiet Reflections with Pope Francis
DIANE M HOUDEK · Franciscan Media
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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Even the most faithful users of Advent devotionals can find themselves forgetting the readings for Christmas and the days after as routines change with the holiday break. The wonder of the Christmas event itself can get lost in the celebration. The Peace of Christmas offers an opportunity... |
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The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope
Austen Ivereigh · Henry Holt; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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A biography of Pope Francis that describes how this revolutionary thinker will use the power of his position to challenge and redirect one of the world's most formidable religionsAn expansive and deeply contextual work, at its heart The Great Reformer is about the intersection of faith... |
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Feeding Your Family's Soul: Dinner Table Spirituality
Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle · Paraclete Press Inc.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Feeding Your Family's Soul: Dinner Table Spirituality is a vital tool to enable parents to transform a regular dinner time into a prayerful faith lesson for their elementary school to high school aged children. It will indeed help to fulfill the Catholic Church's vision for evangelization... |
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Aging Starts in Your Mind: You're Only As Old As You Feel
Notker Wolf · Paraclete Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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Notker Wolf takes a lighthearted, refreshing approach to life that any reader will find delightful! Each of his anecdotes and stories has a nugget of wisdom that will resonate especially with anyone who has struggled against the outward signs of aging. As Wolf says, the soul doesn't... |
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The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis
Garry Wills · Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling historian takes on a pressing question in modern religion - will Pope Francis embrace change?Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, offers a challenge to his church. Can he bring about significant change? Should he? Garry... |
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Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints, and Sages
Carl McColman · Hampton Roads Pub.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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"Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints and Sages" celebrates the many types of mystics, visionaries, wisdom keepers, and non-dualists whose spiritual insight and perceptive teachings have illuminated the Christian tradition for the past two thousand years. Looking at 108 mystics... |
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The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
Robert Sarah · Ignatius Press
Pages: 247
Format: Paperback
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In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become... |
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The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency
Christine Wicker · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
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In The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, religion journalist and author Christine Wicker establishes that faith was at the heart of everything Roosevelt wanted for the American people. This powerful book is the first in-depth look at how one of America's richest, most patrician... |
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Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation
Richard Rohr O.F.M. · Franciscan Media; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Richard Rohr was selected as one of a small group of “world renowned experts on contemplative practice and compassion” to speak at the “Sacred Silence: Pathway to Compassion” event in Louisville, Ky., in mid-May 2013, that featured His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Franciscan... |
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