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The Church of Mercy

Pope Francis · Loyola Press
Format: Hardcover

"A magnificent book, bursting with profound spiritual insights, from a man who has quickly become one of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time." --James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A PilgrimageIn the year since he was elected, Pope Francis's simple message of mercy,...
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Faith and Will: Weathering the Storms in Our Spiritual Lives

Julia Cameron · Tarcher; First Edition edition
Format: Book

Another classic work from the world's foremost authority on creativity and spirituality.Julia Cameron is the author of the international bestseller The Artist's Way and twenty-eight other groundbreaking books that deftly trace the intersection between art and faith, between creativity...
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The Book of Destiny: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Mayans and the Prophecy of 2012

Carlos Barrios · HarperOne
Pages: 368
Format: Book

"Face to face with the schism caused by rational and scientific thought, Carlos Barrios undertakes an authentic and passionate search, bringing us close to the Cosmovision of one of the most ancient and wise people of our continent." - Nobel Laureate Ernesto Sabato James Redfield's...
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Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential

Caroline M Myss · Harmony Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and medical intuitive Caroline Myss has found that when people don't understand their purpose in life the result can be depression, anxiety, fatigue, and eventually physical illness - in short, a spiritual malaise of epidemic proportions. Myss's...
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Motivate Your Child: A Christian Parent's Guide to Raising Kids Who Do What They Need to Do Without Being Told

Joanne Miller · Thomas Nelson
Format: Book

We need a parenting revolution! Most parenting approaches end up encouraging children to ask the wrong questions about life Whats in it for me? Are you going to pay me for that? Whats the minimum I need to do to get by? But Gods Word gives us a better way to parent, one that builds...
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St. Peter's Bones: How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again

Thomas J. Craughwell · Image
Format: Paperback

   In this fascinating account of the search for the remains of the world's first pope, none other than Peter, the chief apostle of Jesus, Thomas J. Craughwell takes us on one of the most exciting archaeological finds of the twentieth century.   In...
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

Colin Dickey · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side of our history.Colin Dickey is on the trail of America's ghosts. Crammed into old houses and hotels, abandoned...
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Anne Lamott · Riverhead Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book,...
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Parenting in Perspective: Timeless Wisdom, Modern Applications

Barry Kislowicz · Maggid Books
Pages: 171
Format: Print book

Some families are blessed with child after child who makes them proud.Others seem to face challenges with their children at every turn.What separates those who struggle from those who succeed?Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz believes that a large part of the answer lies in the perspective we bring...
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A New New Testament: A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts

Hal Taussig · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Over the past century, numerous lost scriptures have been discovered, authenticated, translated, debated, celebrated. Many of these documents were as important to shaping early Christian communities and beliefs as what we have come to call the New Testament; these were not the work of shunned...
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