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10,000 Dreams Interpretedby G.H. MillerISBN 1586630954 (1-58663-095-4)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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The Air I Breatheby Louie GiglioISBN 1590526708 (1-59052-670-8)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Air I Breathe'Book summary:Where Do You Worship?
Not everyone may frequent the church on the corner, but we each have a place of worship. For some, its at the office. For others, before the mirror. Still others, on the basketball court. You were created to worship! So you naturally find a place to do it. But to worship anything less than God robs both Him and us. Its at the foot of the cross where we reel, trying to comprehend how a holy God could chase us down with kindness and redeem us from an eternity of futile gods. In this newly revised and refreshed edition of the original The Air I Breathe, youll find your sense of worship increasing beyond church walls or a Sunday routine. Soon all of life becomes your delighted response to God!
Everybody Worships Something
What captures your time and attention?
We are all worshipers&of something. But are we spending our lives and filling our days with what matters most?
Newly revised, The Air I Breathe will awaken you to the reality that worship is more than a service on Sunday. Its every moment reflecting Gods glory and grace.
Some of the most inspiring teaching on worship Ive ever heard has come from Louie Giglio. This book has inspired me as a worshiper and as a worship leader.
Matt Redman, Author of The Unquenchable Worshipper and The Heart of Worship
Its about time we had a book from Louie Giglio! Read it, and find out why.
Beth Moore, Bestselling author, speaker, and founder of Living Proof Ministries
A message that has sent shock waves through the church.
Andy Stanley, Senior pastor, North Point Community Church
Dont read The Air I Breathe unless you want to reexamine your life to see whom or what you are truly worshiping on a daily basis.
Billy Ray Hearn, Founder of Sparrow Records [via]More editions of The Air I Breathe:
The Air I Breathe: Worship As a Way of Lifeby Louie GiglioISBN 1590521536 (1-59052-153-6)
Hardcover, WaterBrook Press
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The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Foundersby Jacob NeedlemanISBN 1585422266 (1-58542-226-6)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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And the Angels Were Silentby Max LucadoISBN 1590522230 (1-59052-223-0)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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Answered Prayers: Love Letters from the Divineby Julia CameronISBN 1585423513 (1-58542-351-3)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Aradia: Gospel of the Witchesby Charles G. LelandISBN 1585092428 (1-58509-242-8)
Softcover, Book Tree
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aradia: Gospel of the Witches'Book summary:This book has been considered a missing link between ancient and modern witchcraft. ARADIA not only inspired Gerald Fardner, Doreen Valiente and other founders of neopagan witchcaft of the twentieth century, it also continues to serve as a reference and inspiration for others. [via]
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Aria of the Seaby Dia CalhounISBN 1588370194 (1-58837-019-4)
Softcover, Winslow Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aria of the Sea'Book summary:On the island of Normost, in the kingdom of Windward, 13-year-old Cerinthe Gale is a folk healer who dreams of being a dancer. When her mother falls ill, Cerinthe fights to save her but fails. She blames herself for her mothers death, gives up healing, and decides to pursue dance. Cerinthe travels across Windward to audition at the School of the Royal Dancers, which accepts her even though she is a commoner. It should be the beginning of a brilliant future, but Cerinthe feels an emptiness she cant identify. A disagreement with a young man, a conflict with a cruel teacher, a rivalry with an aristocratic classmate, Elliana, and a meeting with a mederi a healer with magical powers add to her anguish. When the rivalry between the two girls causes a terrible accident, Ellianas life hangs in the balance. Cerinthe faces the same awful choice she had faced with her mother: Should she try to heal Elliana herself or hope that the mederi arrives in time? Only the song of the Sea Maid holds the answer. Aria of the Sea is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Book Sense 76 Recommended Childrens Book, and a New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age. This fine story line has elements of fantasy ... as well as realistic descriptions of dance practice and performance. School Library Journal [via]
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Art Is A Spiritual Pathby Pat B. AllenISBN 1590302109 (1-59030-210-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Art Of Peaceby John Stevens, Morihei UeshibaISBN 1590301447 (1-59030-144-7)
Hardcover, Shambhala Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art Of Peace'Book summary:The inspirational teachings in this collection show that the real way of the warrior is based on compassion, wisdom, fearlessness, and love of nature. The teachings are drawn from the talks and writings of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the popular Japanese martial art of Aikido, a mind-body discipline he called the "Art of Peace," which offers a nonviolent way to victory in the face of conflict. Ueshiba believed that Aikido principles could be applied to all the challenges we face in lifein personal and business relationships, and in our interactions with society.
This is an expanded version of the original miniature edition that appeared in the Shambhala Pocket Classics series. It features a new introduction by John Stevens, recently translated doka, didactic "poems of the Way," and Ueshiba's own calligraphy. [via]More editions of The Art Of Peace:
The Art of Peaceby Morihei Ueshiba, John StevensISBN 1590304489 (1-59030-448-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essaysby Norman WirzbaISBN 1593760078 (1-59376-007-8)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays'Book summary:The Art of the Commonplace gathers twenty-one essays by Wendell Berry that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture. These essays promote a clearly defined and compelling vision important to all people dissatisfied with the stress, anxiety, disease, and destructiveness of contemporary American culture. Why is agriculture becoming culturally irrelevant, and at what cost? What are the forces of social disintegration and how might they be reversed? How might men and women live together in ways that benefit both? And, how does the corporate takeover of social institutions and economic practices contribute to the destruction of human and natural environments? Through his staunch support of local economies, his defense of farming communities, and his call for family integrity, Berry emerges as the champion of responsibilities and priorities that serve the health, vitality, and happiness of the whole community of creation.[via]More editions of The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays:
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At Home in Mitfordby Jan KaronISBN 1589190629 (1-58919-062-9)
Softcover, David C Cook
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Home in Mitford'Book summary:A Light in the Window is the second installment in this enormously popular series about a small-town rector, Father Tim, and the heartwarming cast of characters surrounding him. This time Father Tim, a lifelong bachelor, finds his heart distracted by his free-spirited neighbor Cynthia, but his stomach and the rectory cash box are distracted by Edith, a wealthy widow who is wooing the rector with love potion casseroles. At every turn, including when a brooding Irish cousin decides to move in, Father Tim must decide whether he will practice what he preaches.
Fans of the series say they long to buy real estate in Mitford, just so they can live next door to these funny and endearing characters and feel the embrace of such a loving community. But what author Jan Karon probably knows, and many readers are starting to figure out, is that the integrity and solid Christian values that these characters possess can be found in just about every neighborhood, and with inspiration like this book, anyone can build their own Mitford community. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Being Home: Discovering the Spiritual in the Everydayby Gunilla Norris, Greta SibleyISBN 1587680149 (1-58768-014-9)
Softcover, Hiddenspring
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Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Lifeby Ezra BaydaISBN 1590300130 (1-59030-013-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life'Book summary:The paradox of Zen is that learning to just live in the present requires lots of hard work. In Being Zen, seasoned Zen teacher Ezra Bayda unpacks this paradox. He demonstrates the need to just be and then instructs us how to undertake the hard work with precision and persistence. Through personal anecdotes he shows us how we keep ourselves from living a genuine life. Instead, we maintain an ideal image of ourselves by creating strategies that depend on delusive self-images, blind spots, and knee-jerk reactions. He then shows how, by "living the practice life," we can relentlessly observe this process and transform our edifices into open spaces of natural awareness and innate compassion. Bayda offers specific practices for dealing with such automatic emotions as anger and fear, teaching how they can be dampened and eventually dissolved. A "how-to" book in the best sense of the word, Being Zen is about how to just live. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Best Buddhist Writing 2005by Melvin McLeodISBN 1590302753 (1-59030-275-3)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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The Biology Of Transcendence: A Blueprint Of The Human Spiritby Joseph Chilton PearceISBN 1594770166 (1-59477-016-6)
Softcover, Park Street Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Biology Of Transcendence: A Blueprint Of The Human Spirit'Book summary:Uses new research about the brain to explore how we can transcend our current physical and cultural limitations
" Reveals that transcendence of current modes of existence requires the dynamic interaction of our fourth and fifth brains (intellect and intelligence)
" Explores the idea that Jesus, Lao-tzu, and other great beings in history are models of natures possibility and our ability to achieve transcendence
" 17,000 sold in hardcover since April 2002
Why do we seem stuck in a culture of violence and injustice? How is it that we can recognize the transcendent ideal represented by figures such as Jesus, Lao-tzu, and many others who have walked among us and yet not seem to reach the same state?
In The Biology of Transcendence Joseph Chilton Pearce examines the current biological understanding of our neural organization to address how we can go beyond the limitations and constraints of our current capacities of body and mind--how we can transcend. Recent research in the neurosciences and neurocardiology identifies the four neural centers of our brain and indicates that a fifth such center is located in the heart. This research reveals that the evolutionary structure of our brain and its dynamic interactions with our heart are designed by nature to reach beyond our current evolutionary capacities. We are quite literally, made to transcend.
Pearce explores how this biological imperative drives our life into ever-greater realms of being--even as the cultural imperative of social conformity and behavior counters this genetic heritage, blocks our transcendent capacities, and breeds violence in all its forms. The conflict between religion and spirit is an important part of this struggle. But each of us may overthrow these cultural imperatives to reach unconflicted behavior, wherein heart and mind-brain resonate in synchronicity, opening us to levels of possibility beyond the ordinary. [via]
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Birth: A Guide for Prayerby Marie Schwan, Jacqueline Syrup BerganISBN 1593250460 (1-59325-046-0)
Softcover, Word Among Us Pr
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The Book of Teaby K. Okakura, Sam HamillISBN 1590300831 (1-59030-083-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Tea'Book summary:That a nation should construct one of its most resonant national ceremonies round a cup of tea will surely strike a chord of sympathy with at least some readers of this review. To many foreigners, nothing is so quintessentially Japanese as the tea ceremony--more properly, "the way of tea"--with its austerity, its extravagantly minimalist stylization, and its concentration of extreme subtleties of meaning into the simplest of actions. The Book of Tea is something of a curiosity: written in English by a Japanese scholar (and issued here in bilingual form), it was first published in 1906, in the wake of the naval victory over Russia with which Japan asserted its rapidly acquired status as a world-class military power. It was a peak moment of Westernization within Japan. Clearly, behind the publication was an agenda, or at least a mission to explain. Around its account of the ceremony, The Book of Tea folds an explication of the philosophy, first Taoist, later Zen Buddhist, that informs its oblique celebration of simplicity and directness--what Okakura calls, in a telling phrase, "moral geometry." And the ceremony itself? Its greatest practitioners have always been philosophers, but also artists, connoisseurs, collectors, gardeners, calligraphers, gourmets, flower arrangers. The greatest of them, Sen Rikyu, left a teasingly, maddeningly simple set of rules:
Make a delicious bowl of tea; lay the charcoal so that it heats the water; arrange the flowers as they are in the field; in summer suggest coolness; in winter, warmth; do everything ahead of time; prepare for rain; and give those with whom you find yourself every consideration.
A disciple remarked that this seemed elementary. Rikyu replied, "Then if you can host a tea gathering without deviating from any of the rules I have just stated, I will become your disciple." A Zen reply. Fascinating. --Robin Davidson, Amazon.co.uk [via]More editions of The Book of Tea:
Boomeritisby Ken WilberISBN 1590300084 (1-59030-008-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Boy Meets Girlby Joshua HarrisISBN 1590521676 (1-59052-167-6)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boy Meets Girl'Book summary:Joshua Harris follows up his bestselling I Kissed Dating Goodbye with Boy Meets Girl, the story of how he met and married his wife, Shannon. Where Harris's first book encouraged readers to throw off modern ideas of romantic fixation, Boy Meets Girl goes to the next level and urges single Christian men and women to pursue courtship, and ultimately marriage, thoughtfully and prayerfully. Knowing that many readers will balk at the idea of premeditated courtship, Harris insists that dating should not be emotional recreation but rather a careful decision rooted in obedience to God. While the anecdotes used to reveal true-to-life scenarios about dating pitfalls are somewhat elementary (and geared to those in their 20s), Harris succeeds in hammering home the point that obedience to God's word, selfless love, community, purity, and satisfaction in God are the most important aspect of any relationship. The last section of the book is particularly practical, discussing forgiveness of past sexual sin, questions to ask before tying the knot, and how an understanding of our sinful nature can lead to conflict resolution. For Harris's mere twentysomething years of life experience, his maturity and devotion to God are sincere evidence that he has indeed practiced what he has preached, resulting in a passionate relationship with the love of his life. --Jill Heatherly [via]
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Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies Throughout the Agesby Ursula KingISBN 1587680122 (1-58768-012-2)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicalsby Huston SmithISBN 1591810086 (1-59181-008-6)
Softcover, Sentient Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals'Book summary:Cleansing the Doors of Perception is a fresh consideration of the age-old relationship between certain psychoactive plants and chemicals and mystical experience by one of the most trustworthy religious writers of our time. Author Huston Smith (most famous for his classic The World's Religions) is the Walter Cronkite of religion scholars. He has long believed that "drugs appear to be able to induce religious experiences" and that "it is less evident that they can produce religious lives." At the same time, he posits that "if ... religion cannot be equated with religious experiences, neither can it long survive their absence." Therefore, Smith's basic question about entheogens (a word he defines as "nonaddictive mind-altering substances that are approached seriously and reverently") is "whether chemical substances can be helpful adjuncts to faith." Cleansing the Doors does not offer one sustained argument in response to that question. Instead, the book collects Smith's many articles about this subject, and connects them with brief introductory essays. The writings gathered here range from personal testimony about Smith's own experience with entheogens to ethnographic work on the use of entheogens in India. Throughout, Smith's style conveys the wisdom and wonder that has guided his explorations of this strange, fascinating aspect of religious experience. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Compassion Box : Book, CD, and Card Deckby Pema ChodronISBN 1590300750 (1-59030-075-0)
Hardcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Compassion Box : Book, CD, and Card Deck'Book summary:For many centuries Tibetan Buddhists have used a traditional collection of pithy, penetrating slogans to help them develop equanimity, intelligence, and compassion amid the turbulence of daily life. This boxed set presents all the tools needed to learn this transformative practice (called lojong in Tibetan), presented in Pema's accessible, down-to-earth style.
The Compassion Box contains a set of finely produced cards presenting fifty-nine powerful maxims, including "Don't be swayed by external circumstances," "Don't be so predictable," and "Be grateful to everyone." The cards can be displayed at work or home for guidance and inspiration throughout the day. On the reverse side of each card Pema offers new, illuminating, and inspiring commentary on how to understand and apply the maxims.
The Compassion Box includes:
" 59 two-color cards, with a Buddhist slogan on one side and original commentary by Pema Chödrön on the other
" Guided instructions on how to use the cards as part of a daily spiritual practice
" A fold-out card stand
" A 288-page paperback, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living, a popular guide to understanding and applying the slogans
" A 45-minute audio CD of Pema Chödrön offering in-depth instruction on tonglen meditation ("taking in and sending out"), a powerful practice that anyone can undertake to awaken the heart [via]More editions of The Compassion Box : Book, CD, and Card Deck:
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The Complete Idiot's Guide To Understanding Buddhismby Gary GachISBN 1592572774 (1-59257-277-4)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Idiot's Guide To Understanding Buddhism'Book summary:Enlightenment has never been easierwith this updated guide.
Theres more to Buddhism than meditation and mantrasand this fully updated guide is what every reader needs on the path to enlightenment. With expanded information on the practice of Buddhism in the United States and the West, a greater focus on the relationship between Buddhism and Islam, and the effects of Buddhism on Christianity and Judaism, this book explores the easy ways readers can make Buddhism a part of their daily lives.
" Includes expanded appendixes featuring a timeline showing the evolution of Buddhism through history
" Covers all four schools of BuddhismZen, Tibetan, Pure Land, and Insight Meditation
" Expanded section on rites of passage shows how a new generation has taken to Buddhism
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Religionsby Brandon Toropov, Luke BucklesISBN 1592572227 (1-59257-222-7)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga Illustratedby Eve Adamson, Joan Budilovsky, Carolyn FlynnISBN 1592574882 (1-59257-488-2)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christby Augustine, Saint, of Hippo, a Kempis ThomasISBN 1596054255 (1-59605-425-5)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Diary of a Drug Fiendby Aleister CrowleyISBN 1585092452 (1-58509-245-2)
Softcover, Book Tree
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diary of a Drug Fiend'Book summary:Although written as a novel, this book is actually a true story according to the author, Aleister Crowley. With his black magick and occult background the popular press began calling him "The Wickedest Man in the World". This wickedness included his involvement with drug addiction, and this book brings the reader into the minds of users. It clearly explains how one can be drawn in and trapped by addictive drugs like cocaine and heroin, including why the habit is held onto while the users life is ruined. Crowley explains the use of the Will, found in some of his magickal works, in attempting to combat the problem. Considered by some his best-written work, reveals the amazing highs and the complete ruin that can follow. [via]
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The Dream Giverby Bruce Wilkinson, David Kopp, Heather Harpham KoppISBN 159052201X (1-59052-201-X)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dream Giver'Book summary:Bestselling author Bruce Wilkinson shows how to identify and overcome the obstacles that keep millions from living the life they were created for. He begins with a compelling modern-day parable about Ordinary, who dares to leave the Land of Familiar to pursue his Big Dream. With the help of the Dream Giver, Ordinary begins the hardest and most rewarding journey of his life. Wilkinson gives readers practical, biblical keys to fulfilling their own dream, revealing that there's no limit to what God can accomplish when we choose to pursue the dreams He gives us for His honor.
Are you living your dream or just living your life?
Welcome to a little story about a very big idea. This compelling modern-day parable tells the story of Ordinary, who dares to leave the Land of Familiar to pursue his Big Dream.
You, too, have been given a Big Dream. One that can change your life. One that the Dream Giver wants you to achieve. Does your Big Dream seem hopelessly out of reach? Are you waiting for something or someone to make your dream happen?
Then youre ready for The Dream Giver.
Let Bruce Wilkinson show you how to rise above the ordinary, conquer your fears, and overcome the obstacles that keep you from living your Big Dream.
You were made for this. Now its time to begin your journey. [via]More editions of The Dream Giver:
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Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life in Christby Peter ScazzeroISBN 1591454522 (1-59145-452-2)
Hardcover, Integrity Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life in Christ'Book summary:What Are You Missing?Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you cant be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Even though he was pastor of a growing church, he did what most people do:- Avoid conflict in the name of Christianity
- Ignore his anger, sadness, and fear
- Use God to run from God
- Live without boundaries
Eventually God awakened him to a biblical integration of emotional health, a relationship with Jesus, and the classic practices of contemplativespirituality. It created nothing short of a spiritual revolution, utterly transforming him and his church.In this book Scazzero outlines his journey and the signs of emotionally unhealthy spirituality. Then he provides seven biblical, reality-tested ways to break through to the revolutionary life Christ meant for you.The combination of emotional health and contemplative spirituality, he says, unleashes the Holy Spirit inside us so that we might experientiallyknow the power of an authentic life in Christ.[via]More editions of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life in Christ:
Fourteen Lesson in Yogi Philosophyby William Walker AtkinsonISBN 1596053224 (1-59605-322-4)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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The Gnostic Bibleby Willis BarnstoneISBN 1590301994 (1-59030-199-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gnostic Bible'Book summary:A landmark work of scholarship and literary translation, The Gnostic Bible presents the most significant and beautiful sacred texts of gnostic mysticism. The gnostics were religious thinkers who believed that salvation is found through mystical knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian thought.
Dating from the first to the thirteenth centuries, the selections in this volume represent Jewish, Christian, Hermetic, Mandaean, Manichaean, Islamic, and Cathar forms of gnostic spirituality, and their sources include Egypt, the Greco-Roman world, the Middle East, Syria, Iraq, China, and France. These texts show that gnosticism was a world religion that sought truths in a wide variety of traditions and expressed those truths in powerful and provocative mystical poetry and prose. This is the first time that such a diverse collection of ancient gnostic texts has been published in a single volume, and many of the texts have never before been translated into English. [via]More editions of The Gnostic Bible:
God Makes the Rivers to Flow: Sacred Literature of the Worldby Eknath EaswaranISBN 1586380087 (1-58638-008-7)
Softcover, Nilgiri Pr
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Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faithby Anne LamottISBN 1594489424 (1-59448-942-4)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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The Greatest Thing in the Worldby Henry DrummondISBN 1585425664 (1-58542-566-4)
Hardcover, J P Tarcher
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Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy With God in the Busyness of Lifeby Joanna WeaverISBN 1594150095 (1-59415-009-5)
Softcover, Walker Large Print
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Healing Emotions: Conversations With the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Healthby Daniel GolemanISBN 1590300106 (1-59030-010-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Holy Wildby Mark BuchananISBN 1590524489 (1-59052-448-9)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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The Holy Wild : Trusting in the Character of Godby Mark Aldham BuchananISBN 1590522494 (1-59052-249-4)
Hardcover, WaterBrook Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Holy Wild : Trusting in the Character of God'Book summary:Our perception of God makes a difference in every crevice of our character, from our inner anxieties to our public conversations. It determines whether we're trusting or suspicious, whether we're happy or discontent - and whether or not we can rely on God matters mightily on the day of our death. Mark Buchanan's third book continues his penetrating exploration of the God we worship. Bravely and honestly, he poses the direst question of human existence: Can God be trusted?
It's life drunk deeply, lived to the hiltwhere we walk with the God who is surprising, dangerous, and mysterious. It's the terrain where God doesn't make sense out of our disasters and our boredom, but keeps meeting us in the thick of them.
But unless we trust in His character, we'll never venture in. We will sit at the stream all day, dying of thirst, but not daring to drink. To follow God is to drink and drink from the stream, even if it meansespecially if it meansgetting swallowed up.
Let Mark Buchanan show you the entrance to the Holy Wild, where you can live face-to-face with the beautiful, dangerous God of creation. [via]More editions of The Holy Wild : Trusting in the Character of God:
Hooked!: Buddhist Writings On Greed, Desire, And The Urge To Consumeby Stephanie Kaza, Paul HawkenISBN 1590301722 (1-59030-172-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Humility: True Greatnessby C. J. MahaneyISBN 1590523261 (1-59052-326-1)
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God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. 1 Peter 5:5
A battle rages within every one of us every day. Its the clash between our sense of stubborn self-sufficiency and Gods call to recognize that were really nothing without Him. Its pride versus humility. And its a fight we cant win without looking repeatedly to Christ and the cross. C. J. Mahaney raises a battle cry to daily, diligently, and deliberately weaken our greatest enemy (pride) and cultivate our greatest friend (humility). His thorough examination clarifies misconceptions, revealing the truth about why God detests pride and turns His active attention to the humble. Because pride is never passive, defeating it demands an intentional attack. The blessing that follows is Gods abundant favor.
This is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit.
Isaiah 66:2, ESV
God clearly states that He is drawn to the humble. Hes also clear that He opposes the proud. These two, humility and pride, cannot coexist. Where one is fostered, the other is defeated.
Which will you pursue?
C. J. Mahaney paints a striking picture of the daily battle quietly raging within every Christian and asks whether you will passively accommodate the enemy of your soul, pride, or actively cultivate your best friend, humility. When you acknowledge the deception of pride and intentionally humble yourself, you become free to savor abundant mercies and unlikely graces. You will find a new life is yoursa life God richly favors. A God-glorifying life you dont want to miss.
C. J. Mahaney is not humble. At least, thats what hell tell you. And thats one reason hes so well qualified to write this book.
-Mark E. Dever, Senior pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Author, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
A much-needed wake-up call on this important subject. I highly recommend this book.
-Jerry Bridges, Author of The Pursuit of Holiness
This is the right book from the right man at the right time.
-R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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Given prides pervasive presence in my life, I come to this book in holy fear, yet inspired by Gods promises to be humble and sobered by his warnings to the proud (Isaiah 66:2b, 1 Peter 5:5b). Scripture reveals to us that, while pride was the first and most serious sin, God is decisively drawn to humility and is specifically supportive of the humble. Only Christ has fully obeyed Isaiah 66:2b ( This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word ), yet He did so as our representative! How marvelous that in our daily battle against pride we can rely on Gods grace, through the gospel, and thus bring honor and glory to God. C. J. Mahaney [via]More editions of Humility: True Greatness:
I Ching: The Book of Changeby Thomas ClearyISBN 1590304039 (1-59030-403-9)
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I Kissed Dating Goodbyeby Joshua HarrisISBN 1590521358 (1-59052-135-8)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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The Inner Journey Home: Soul's Realization of the Unity of Realityby A. H. AlmaasISBN 1590301099 (1-59030-109-9)
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Jaguar Woman: The Wisdom of the Butterfly Treeby Lynn AndrewsISBN 1585421715 (1-58542-171-5)
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Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Healby Rachel Naomi RemenISBN 1594482098 (1-59448-209-8)
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Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenmentby Thaddeus GolasISBN 158685190X (1-58685-190-X)
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Les Miserablesby Victor Hugo, Charles E. Wilbour, Laurence M. PorterISBN 1593080662 (1-59308-066-2)
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A monumental classic dedicated to the oppressed, the underdog, the laborer, the rebel, the orphan, and the misunderstood, Les Misérables is a rich, emotional novel that captures nothing less than the entirety of life in nineteenth-century France.
Laurence M. Porter has published twelve books, including Victor Hugo (1999), and a hundred articles and chapters. He was a National Endowment for the Humanties Senior Fellow in 1998. He teaches French at Michigan State University, where he won the Distinguished Faculty Award in 1995.
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Life as a Vaporby John PiperISBN 1590523385 (1-59052-338-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life as a Vapor'Book summary:"You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4:14).
Living knowing that your life is a vapor is different than just living. Things here are passing away. Youve got to hold on to what will stand. Savor what matters. This collection of thirty-one articles is full of that heart-longing after Christ that distinguishes Pipers preaching ministry. Readers will feel as though they have stumbled into a garden as they enter these pages. The Scripture cuts, Christ is exalted in God, and we worship Him.
Life Is Short. Eternity Is Long. Live Like It.
You will exist forever. You and God are both in the universe to stayeither as friends on His terms, or enemies on yourswhich it will be is proven in this life. And this life is a vapor. Two seconds, and we will be gone.
In these thirty-one meditations, John Piper will connect you to a fresh understanding of God and a renewed relationship with Him. Youll find your faith stirred to make every day count for Christ when you consider life as a vapor.
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Time is precious. We are fragile. Life is short. Eternity is long. Every minute counts. Oh, to be a faithful steward of the breath God has given me. Three texts resound in my ears: Redeem the time (Ephesians 5:16 ); It is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy (1 Corinthians 4:2); His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me (1 Corinthians 15:10 ).
Surely God means for our minutes on earth to count for something significant. Paul said, In the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain (Philippians 2:16). In the same way, I have good hope from the Lord that my labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:58 ). [via]More editions of Life as a Vapor:
Lists to Live By, the First Collection: for Everything That Really Mattersby Alice Gray, Steve Stephens, John Van DiestISBN 1590524322 (1-59052-432-2)
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The Lovely Bones: A Novelby Alice SeboldISBN 159413023X (1-59413-023-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lovely Bones: A Novel'Book summary:On her way home from school on a snowy December day, 14-year-old Susie Salmon is lured into a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold's haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, unfolds from heaven, where "life is a perpetual yesterday" and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her case.
As Sebold fashions it, everyone has his or her own version of heaven. Susie's resembles the athletic fields and landscape of a suburban high school: a heaven of her "simplest dreams", where "there were no teachers... We never had to go inside except for art class... The boys did not pinch our backsides or tell us we smelled; our textbooks were Seventeen and Glamour and Vogue".
The Lovely Bones works as an odd yet affecting coming-of-age story. Susie struggles to accept her death while still clinging to the lost world of the living, following her family's dramas over the years. Her family disintegrates in their grief: her father becomes determined to find her killer, her mother withdraws, her little brother Buckley attempts to make sense of the new hole in his family and her younger sister Lindsey moves through the milestone events of her teenage and young adult years with Susie riding spiritual shotgun. Random acts and missed opportunities run throughout the book--Susie recalls her sole kiss with a boy on earth as "like an accident--a beautiful gasoline rainbow".
Though sentimental at times, The Lovely Bones is a moving exploration of loss and mourning that ultimately puts its faith in the living and that is made even more powerful by a cast of convincing characters. Sebold orchestrates a big finish and though things tend to wrap up a little too well for everyone in the end, one can only imagine (or hope) that heaven is indeed a place filled with such happy endings. --Brad Thomas Parsons, Amazon.com [via]
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Meditation in Actionby Chogyam TrungpaISBN 1590301595 (1-59030-159-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Meditation in Action'Book summary:This classic teaching by a Tibetan master continues to inspire both beginners and long-time practitioners of Buddhist meditation. In Meditation in Action, Chögyam Trungpa teaches that meditation is based on trying to see what is, rather than trying to achieve a higher mental or physical state. Trungpa describes the life of the Buddha, emphasizing that, like the Buddha, we must find the truth for ourselves, rather than following someone else's example. Meditation in action might also be called "working meditation," for it is not a retreat from the world. Rather, it builds the foundation for tremendous compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of a person's mind or behavior. Trungpa shows that meditation extends beyond the formal practice of sitting to build the foundation for compassion, awareness, and creativity in all aspects of life. He explores the six activities associated with meditation in actiongenerosity, discipline, patience, energy, clarity, and wisdom revealing that through simple direct experience, one can attain real wisdomthe ability to see clearly into situations and to deal with them skillfully, without the self-consciousness connected with ego. [via]
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Morals And Dogma: Of The Ancient And Accepted Scottish Rite Of Freemasonryby Albert PikeISBN 159547997X (1-59547-997-X)
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The Mystery of Marriage: As Iron Sharpens Ironby Mike Mason, J. I. PackerISBN 1590523741 (1-59052-374-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mystery of Marriage: As Iron Sharpens Iron'Book summary:Meditate on the Spiritual Significance of Marriage
In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this Gold Medallion Award winner, Mike Mason goes on a poetic search to understand the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Masons writing stimulates readers thoughts and prayers and propels couples to deeper intimacy. A marriage is not a joining of two worlds, says the author, but an abandoning of two worlds in order that one new one might be formed. Rich chapters on Otherness, Vows, Intimacy, Sex, Submission, and an all-new chapter on Oneness lift readers to view the eternal, spiritual nature of this faith-filled, impossible, wildyet wonderfulfrontier.
An outstanding achievement. Rarely has a book aroused in me so much enthusiasm as has the combination of wisdom, depth, dignity, and glow that I find in these chapters.
-J.I. Packer
Absolutely exquisite. It reaches down deep into our innermost being, revealing, revitalizing, rewarding. A real classic.
-Gigi Graham Tchividjian
A drop everything book. Mason deals with the stunning paradoxes of the mystery, the problems, and the glories of marriage. I dont need to read any other book on the subject.
-Elisabeth Elliot
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"Over the twenty years since its publication, many couples have told me that theyve read my book aloud to each other. This always amazes me and gives me great joy. Im also amazed that many single people have read it. Either way, my goal is for hearts to be warmed by the mystery of divine love. I want couples to enter into deeper intimacy by thinking together about the mystery of marriageabout how their love, besides being a gift of God, reflects the very love He has for Himself in the Trinity. For God is not a bachelor, and throughout the Bible marriage is a supreme picture of the nature of Gods love and of His kingdom. I want people who read my book to feel so soaked in these wonderful, divine mysteries that it deepens their reverence for marriage and inspires them to greater love."
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One Step Closer: Why U2 Matters to Those Seeking Godby Christian ScharenISBN 1587431696 (1-58743-169-6)
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Open To Desire: Embracing A Lust For Life Insights From Buddhism And Psychotherapyby Mark EpsteinISBN 1592401082 (1-59240-108-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Pierced by the Word: Thirty-One Meditations for Your Soulby John PiperISBN 1590521730 (1-59052-173-0)
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The Practice of the Presence of God, and the Spiritual Maximsby of Resurrection LawrenceISBN 1602060339 (1-60206-033-9)
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Praying With Hildegard of Bingenby Gloria DurkaISBN 1593250134 (1-59325-013-4)
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Purgatorioby Dante Alighieri, Gustave Dore, Peter Bondanella, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Julia Conaway BondanellaISBN 1593083718 (1-59308-371-8)
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- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
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Perhaps the greatest single poem ever written, The Divine Comedy presents Dante Alighieris all-encompassing vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife. Joyfully anticipating heaven, Purgatorio continues the poets journey from the darkness of Hell to the divine light of Paradise.
Beginning with Dantes liberation from the Inferno, part two of The Divine Comedy follows the poet as he and the Roman poet Virgil struggle up the steep terraces of the earthly island-mountain called Purgatory, miraculously created as a result of Lucifers storied fall. As he travels through the first seven levelseach representing one of the seven deadly sinsDante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise. Each echelon teaches a new lesson about human healing and growth, on earth as well as in the spiritual world. As he journeys upward, level by level, Dante gradually changes into a wiser, braver, and better man. Only when he has learned from each of these stations will he finally be allowed to ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden.
Perhaps Dantes most brilliant, imaginative creation, Purgatorio is an enthralling allegory of sin, redemption, and ultimate enlightenment.Julia Conaway Bondanella is Professor of Italian at Indiana University. She has served as President of the National Collegiate Honors Council and as Assistant Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her publications include a book on Petrarch, The Cassell Dictionary of Italian Literature, and translations of Italian classics by Benvenuto Cellini, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Giorgio Vasari.
Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at Indiana University and has been President of the American Association for Italian Studies. His publications include a number of translations of Italian classics, books on Italian Renaissance literature, and studies of Italian cinema. His latest book is Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, a history of how Italian Americans have been depicted in Hollywood.More editions of Purgatorio:
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The Purgatorioby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dante Alighieri, Julia Conaway BondanellaISBN 1593082193 (1-59308-219-3)
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Beginning with Dantes liberation from the Inferno, part two of The Divine Comedy follows the poet as he and the Roman poet Virgil struggle up the steep terraces of the earthly island-mountain called Purgatory, miraculously created as a result of Lucifers storied fall. As he travels through the first seven levelseach representing one of the seven deadly sinsDante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise. Each echelon teaches a new lesson about human healing and growth, on earth as well as in the spiritual world. As he journeys upward, level by level, Dante gradually changes into a wiser, braver, and better man. Only when he has learned from each of these stations will he finally be allowed to ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden.
Perhaps Dantes most brilliant, imaginative creation, Purgatorio is an enthralling allegory of sin, redemption, and ultimate enlightenment.Julia Conaway Bondanella is Professor of Italian at Indiana University. She has served as President of the National Collegiate Honors Council and as Assistant Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her publications include a book on Petrarch, The Cassell Dictionary of Italian Literature, and translations of Italian classics by Benvenuto Cellini, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Giorgio Vasari.
Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at Indiana University and has been President of the American Association for Italian Studies. His publications include a number of translations of Italian classics, books on Italian Renaissance literature, and studies of Italian cinema. His latest book is Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, a history of how Italian Americans have been depicted in Hollywood.More editions of The Purgatorio:
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The Pursuit of Godby A.W. TozerISBN 1600660150 (1-60066-015-0)
Softcover, WingSpread Publishers
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The Pursuit of Manby A.W. TozerISBN 1600660983 (1-60066-098-3)
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The Red Tent: Reader's Companionby Anita Diamant'SISBN 1586638602 (1-58663-860-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Red Tent: Reader's Companion'Book summary:The red tent is the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and even illness. Like the conversations and mysteries held within this feminine tent, this sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider's look at the daily life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only daughter, Dinah. Told in the voice of Jacob's daughter Dinah (who only received a glimpse of recognition in the Book of Genesis), we are privy to the fascinating feminine characters who bled within the red tent. In a confiding and poetic voice, Dinah whispers stories of her four mothers, Rachel, Leah, Zilpah, and Bilhah--all wives to Jacob, and each one embodying unique feminine traits. As she reveals these sensual and emotionally charged stories we learn of birthing miracles, slaves, artisans, household gods, and sisterhood secrets. Eventually Dinah delves into her own saga of betrayals, grief, and a call to midwifery.
"Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and grudges," Anita Diamant writes in the voice of Dinah. "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to me the only surviving girl. They told me things I was too young to hear. They held my face between their hands and made me swear to remember." Remembering women's earthy stories and passionate history is indeed the theme of this magnificent book. In fact, it's been said that The Red Tent is what the Bible might have been had it been written by God's daughters, instead of her sons. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Religious Affectionsby Jonathan EdwardsISBN 1589600266 (1-58960-026-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Religious Affections'Book summary:'In these pages Jonathan Edwards has asserted for all time the inwardness and spirituality of true religion . . . . It is . . . the motion of a hidden fire trembling in the breast, warming all the heart, consuming in its ardent flame the dross of our sins, cleansing and energizing and transfiguring us until - miracle of miracles - even we are heaven's fine and burnished gold'' (Alexander Smellie, Introduction, 1896) Edwards sets forth twelve distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections: 1. [Those] truly spiritual affections which arise from spiritual, supernatural, Divine influences on the heart. 2. Those affections grounded in the intrinsic excellence of Divine things, without relation to our self interest. 3. Those primarily founded on the loveliness of the moral Excellency of Divine things. 4. Those arising from the enlightenment of the mind, rightly and spiritually to understand Divine things. 5. Those arising from conviction of certainty; 6. Evangelical humiliation. 7. A change of nature. 8. The temper of Jesus. 9. A softening of the heart by the Spirit. 10. Beautiful symmetry and proportion. 11. Spiritual appetite and increase of longing after spiritual attainments; and not least. 12. Fruit in Christian practice, which is the chief sign both to others and ourselves. The necessity of all of these is clearly, fully taught in the Scriptures. 'Edwards was far more than a revivalist preacher of fire and brimstone. He was a profound analyst of the heart of man, a defender of the grand particularities of the Reformed Faith. Above all he was a faithful servant of the meek and lowly Lamb of God.' (Dr. William Young, Professor of Philosophy, Rhode Island University) Edwards (1703-1758) is by far the best known American theologian. After graduating from and teaching at Yale University, he began a very fruitful ministry at Northampton, MA. The church was the scene of the explosive revival of 1734, 35, and burned fiercely for God under Edwards for [via]
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The Root of the Righteousby A.W. TozerISBN 1600660177 (1-60066-017-7)
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The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Manby Abraham Joshua Heschel, Ilya SchorISBN 1590300823 (1-59030-082-3)
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Sacred Therapy: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholenessby Estelle FrankelISBN 1590302044 (1-59030-204-4)
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A Season for the Spirit: Readings for the Days of Lentby Martin Lee SmithISBN 1596280069 (1-59628-006-9)
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The Secret Teachings Of Plants: The Intelligence Of The Heart In The Direct Perception Of Natureby Stephen Harrod BuhnerISBN 1591430356 (1-59143-035-6)
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The Simple Faith Of Mr. Rogersby Amy HollingsworthISBN 1591452295 (1-59145-229-5)
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Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizationsby Margaret BenefielISBN 1596270136 (1-59627-013-6)
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The Sound Of Paper: Starting From Scratchby Julia CameronISBN 1585423548 (1-58542-354-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sound Of Paper: Starting From Scratch'Book summary:In this landmark book on the creative process, the bestselling author of The Artist's Way reveals the intricate soul work artists must undertake in order to find inspiration.
In The Sound of Paper, Julia Cameron delves deep into the heart of the personal struggles that all artists face. What can we do when we face our keyboard or canvas with nothing but a cold emptiness? How can we begin to carve out our creation when our vision and drive are clouded by life's uncertainties? In other words, how can we begin the difficult work of being an artist?
Drawing upon her many years of personal experience as both an artist and a teacher, Julia Cameron guides readers to a place where they can find the strength and courage to create. Demonstrating how this involves a process of constant renewal, of starting from the beginning, she writes, "When we are building a life from scratch, we must dig a little. We must be like that hen scratching the soil: 'What goodness is hidden here, just below the surface?' we must ask."
With exercises designed to develop the power to infuse one's art with a deeply informed knowledge of the soul, this book is an essential artist's companion from one of the foremost authorities on the creative process. Julia Cameron's most illuminating book to date, The Sound of Paper provides readers with a spiritual path for creating the best work of their lives. [via]More editions of The Sound Of Paper: Starting From Scratch:
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Stop Dating The Church!: Fall In Love With The Family Of Godby Joshua HarrisISBN 1590523652 (1-59052-365-2)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stop Dating The Church!: Fall In Love With The Family Of God'Book summary:Putting in their hour or two on the weekend, many Christians take the rest of the week off, neglecting the church and her needs. Its not a serious relationship. Some shop around, looking for a church that suits their lifestyle. Its dating, with no assurances, no obligations. Bestselling author Joshua Harris calls Christians to stop playing the field and commit, just as Christ is committed to us, His bride. In his new book, Harris explores the ramifications of Ephesians 5:2532, which proclaims the intensity and the breadth of Jesus Christs love for His church. God has designed us to build our lives around a local church; we cannot be indifferent or uninvolved. Rather, we must be in love with and committed to Gods plan and purpose through the church. Are you dating the church, or are you committed?
Are You Dating the Church?
We are a generation of consumers, independent and critical. We attend church, but we don't want to settle down and truly invest ourselves. We're not into commitment we only want to date the church.
Is this what God wants for us?
Stop Dating the Church reminds us that faith was never meant to be a solo pursuit. The church is the place God grows us, encourages us, and uses us best. Loving Jesus Christ involves a passionate commitment to His church around the world and down the street.
We can't be apathetic. It's time to fall in love with the family of God.
Story Behind the Book
Like all my books, this one is very closely tied to my own journey. Ive been a church-dater. And Ive learned just how good it is to get serious about the church. I want to see my generation get a hold of Gods purpose and plan for the local church, too. The same month this book is released Ill become the senior pastor of my church. This awesome responsibility is being passed on to me by my mentor, C. J. Mahaney, a pastor who has faithfully served for over 26 years. So this book is marking a very important transition in my life. The church isnt some other generations responsibilityit isnt somebody elses business. I have to take responsibility. I have to be passionate and committed to it. Through the pages of this book, Im calling my generation to do the same. [via]More editions of Stop Dating The Church!: Fall In Love With The Family Of God:
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Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotionsby Thich Nhat HanhISBN 1594481342 (1-59448-134-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions'Book summary:[via]Taming the Tiger Within is a handbook of meditations, analogies, and reflections that offer pragmatic techniques for diffusing anger, converting fear, and cultivating love in every arena of life-a wise and exquisite guide for bringing harmony and healing to one's life and relationships.
Acclaimed scholar, peace activist, and Buddhist master revered by people of all faiths, Thich Nhat Hanh has inspired millions worldwide with his insight into the human heart and mind. Now he focuses his profound spiritual wisdom on the basic human emotions everyone struggles with on a daily basis.
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Tertium Organumby P. D. Uspenskii, Claude BragdonISBN 1596054476 (1-59605-447-6)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Tertium Organum: El Tercer Canon del Pensamiento / Una Clave Para Los Enigmas Del Mundo / Or, The Third Canon of Thought and a Key to the Enigmas of the Worldby P.D. OuspenskyISBN 1594622051 (1-59462-205-1)
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Things Unseenby Mark BuchananISBN 1590528832 (1-59052-883-2)
Softcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Things Unseen'Book summary:Blending pastoral warmth, philosophical depth, storytelling skill, and literary craft, Mark Buchanan encourages Christians to make heaven, literally, our "fixation" -- filling our vision, gripping our heart, and anchoring our hope. Only then, says Buchanan, can we become truly fearless on this earth, free from the fear of losing our life, property, status, title, or comfort; free from the threat of tyrants, the power of armies, and the day of trouble. Buchanan reawakens the instinctive yearning for things above, showing that only the heavenly minded are of much earthly good. [via]
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Transfigurationsby Alex GreyISBN 1594770174 (1-59477-017-4)
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True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heartby Thich Nhat HanhISBN 159030277X (1-59030-277-X)
Softcover, Shambhala Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'True Love: A Practice For Awakening The Heart'Book summary:In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity, warmth, and directness, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedomexplaining how to experience them in our day-to-day lives. He also emphasizes that in order to love in a real way, we must first learn how to be fully present in our lives, and he offers simple techniques from the Buddhist tradition that anyone can use to establish the conditions of love.
Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, is an internationally known author, poet, scholar, and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. [via]More editions of True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart:
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True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heartby Sherab Chodzin, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin KohnISBN 1590301889 (1-59030-188-9)
Hardcover, Shambhala Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart'Book summary:In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a Buddhist view of love along with techniques for manifesting it in our daily lives. In his characteristically direct, simple, and compassionate style, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom.
In order to love in a real way, Thich Nhat Hanh explains, we need to learn how to be fully present in our lives. In True Love he offers readers the technique of conscious breathing as a method for synchronizing the mind and body to establish the conditions of love. He goes on to offer a mantra practice for generating love that consists of expressing four key statements or intentions in our relationships. These include: "Dear one, I am really there for you"; "Dear one, I know that you are there, and I am really happy about it"; "Dear one, I know that you are suffering, and that is why I am here for you"; and "Dear one, I am suffering, please help me."
In the concluding section of the book, Thich Nhat Hanh explains how love can help us to heal our own pain, fear, and negativity. He explains that we must not regard negative emotions as bad and repress them. We must recognize them as part of us and allow them into our consciousness, where they can be cared for by the "loving mother of mindfulness." [via]More editions of True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart:
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Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativityby Julia CameronISBN 1585422614 (1-58542-261-4)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativity'Book summary:Renowned singer/songwriter Judy Collins's deeply moving memoir chronicles her journey from pain to survival following the suicide of her son, and offers comfort to those who struggle in suicide's aftermath.
In Sanity and Grace, Collins reveals with unflinching honesty the events leading up to and following the death of her only child, culminating when she picks up the pieces of her shattered heart and gathers the strength to move forward. An elegantly written testimony of a survivor, Collins strives at first just to exist, and then to find solace in the face of grief and untimely loss. With this book, she breaks down the barriers of helplessness and secrecy to openly discuss the aftereffects of suicide, and explains how she found a path to hope and clarity.
Sanity and Grace speaks to all who have endured the sorrow of losing a loved one before their time. In the depths of her suffering Collins found relief by reaching out to others for help and support. Now, she extends her hand to comfort other survivors whose lives have been affected by similar tragedy. This inspirational book will serve as a balm to help soothe and heal those wounded by suicide. [via]More editions of Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativity:
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The Waste Land and Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Randy MalamudISBN 1593082797 (1-59308-279-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land and Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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The Wisdom Of Forgiveness: Intimate Conversations and Journeysby His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Victor ChanISBN 1594480923 (1-59448-092-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Wrestling With the Prophets: Essays on Creation, Spirituality, and Everyday Lifeby Matthew FoxISBN 1585422355 (1-58542-235-5)
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Yoga Body, Buddha Mindby Cyndi LeeISBN 1594480249 (1-59448-024-9)
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The Zen Commandments: Ten Suggestions for a Life of Inner Freedomby Dean SluyterISBN 1585420840 (1-58542-084-0)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Zen for Americansby Soyen ShakuISBN 1586635638 (1-58663-563-8)
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