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Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
278 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
By capturing the lives of ten historical prophets, saints, mystics, and martyrs who are touched by a divine power, Chopra reveals a riveting portrait of a constantly changing God by his interpretation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book, Harris argues...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 315 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A new essay collection assesses today's political climate and the mysteries of faith, from the influence of intellectual minds on society's political consciousness to the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life.
Author
Publisher
Multnomah
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In Jesus in Me, Anne draws on her own story and her rich biblical knowledge to help us understand that the Holy Spirit is not a magic genie, a flame of fire, or a vague feeling. He is a person who prays for us, guides us in our relationships and decisions, comforts us in pain, and stays by our side at all times.
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Many people search for spiritual meaning, hope, comfort, and inner peace in their personal lives. The most common path to spirituality around the world is through religion. Although the variety of religions may seem endless, many similarities exist among the major religions of the world, including the belief in one or more gods and the honoring of rituals, stories, ceremonies, codes of conduct, and doctrines, or sets of teachings. In this well-balanced...
Author
Publisher
Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages : 22 cm
Language
English
Description
John Philip Newell shares the long, hidden tradition of Celtic Christianity, explaining how this earth-based spirituality can help us rediscover the natural rhythms of life and deepen our spiritual connection with God, with each other, and with the earth. Newell introduces some of Celtic Christianity's leading practitioners, both saints and pioneers of faith, whose timeless wisdom is more necessary than ever.
Author
Language
English
Description
"'I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen,' Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything. Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest--when we are, as she puts it, 'doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated'--the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. 'All truth is paradox,'...
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 213 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Bernstein takes readers on a journey of remembering where your true power lies: within the spiritual presence that is interchangeably the Universe, God, spirit, inner guidance, love, or whatever word resonates with you. By tapping into an infinite source of abundance, energy, joy, and well-being, you'll grow to embrace it as your birthright. Most importantly, you'll know intuitively how to show up for life and bring more light to the world around...
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
When Christie Purifoy arrived at Maplehurst that September, she was heavily pregnant with both her fourth child and her dreams of creating a sanctuary that would be a fixed point in her busily spinning world. The sprawling Victorian farmhouse sitting atop a Pennsylvania hill held within its walls the possibility of a place where her family could grow, where friends could gather, and where Christie could finally grasp and hold the thing we all long...
12) From strength to strength: finding success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Language
English
Description
"The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks. Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful...
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First HarperLuxe edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 324 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world's religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations. Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey begun in Leaving Church of finding out what the world looks like after taking...
14) H is for hawk
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
"As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle...
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xv, 208 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kathie Lee Gifford has for decades had deep conversations about her faith with anyone who is interested in talking about it. What she discovered early on is most people want to talk about Jesus: atheists, agnostics, Scientologists, broken-hearted Catholics, confused Baptists, Pentecostals, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Hindus alike. While some do not share her belief that Jesus is the Messiah, they nonetheless have a universal fascination with Him. This...
18) Remember
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition :
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Remember the sky you were born under,
Know each of the star's stories.
Remember the moon, know who she is.
Remember the sun's birth at dawn,
That is the strongest point of time.
So begins the picture book adaptation of the renowned poem that encourages young readers to reflect on family, nature, and their heritage. In simple and direct language, Harjo, a member of the Mvskoke Nation, urges readers to pay close attention to who they are, the world...
19) Drawing God
Author
Publisher
Paraclete Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Follow the story of a young girl named Emma, who is inspired to draw like Picasso after a field trip to the art museum. Emma wants to draw something beyond spectacular and decides to draw God. But what does God look like?" -- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Ideals Children's Books
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simplified version of the well-known tale in which a husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions so that they may buy each other Christmas presents.