Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
10 best books like Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation (Martin Laird): Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, The Cloud of Unknowing, Abandonment to Divine Providence, Contemplative Prayer, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe, The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective, Learning to Walk in the Dark
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
| Author | Barbara Brown Taylor |
| ISBN | 0062406582 |
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...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0060737751 |
Widely considered a hallmark of Western literature and spirituality, The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous English monk’s sublime expression of what separates God from humanity. Originally written in the 14th century, now part of the HarperCollins Spiritual classics series, this beautiful...
Abandonment to Divine Providence
| Author | Jean-Pierre de Caussade |
| ISBN | 1602064334 |
French writer JEAN PIERRE DE CAUSSADE (1675-1751) believed that the present moment is holy and that people should abandon themselves to present, a stance that is it stark contrast to the Catholic focus on the future and life after death. For de Caussade, living in the moment meant having a complete trust...
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| ISBN | 0232526044 |
Thomas Merton's classic study of monastic prayer and contemplation brings a tradition of spirituality alive for the present day. But, as A. M. Allchin points out in his Introduction to this new edition, Contemplative Prayer also shows us the present day in a new perspective, because we see it in the...
| Author | Cynthia Bourgeault |
| ISBN | 1561012629 |
Practitioners of Centering Prayer are known for the great enthusiasm they bring to the practice of this ancient discipline. Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for all who wish to know the practice of Centering Prayer. Cynthia Bourgeault goes further than offering an introduction,...
The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
| Author | Henri J.M. Nouwen |
| ISBN | 0060663308 |
Henry J.M. Nouwen, one of the greatest of all spiritual writers, invites us to search deeply for the well-springs that nourish true ministry in his classic The Way of the Heart. Interweaving the solitude, silence, and prayer of the fifth-century Egyptian Desert Fathers and Mothers with our contemporary...
Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction
| Author | Margaret Guenther |
| ISBN | 1561010561 |
Guenther uses the images of the spiritual director as host, teacher, and midwife to describe the ministry of spiritual direction today. She pays particular attention to spiritual direction for women, and addresses such down-to-earth questions as setting, time, and privacy. The stories of real...
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 1524762091 |
Richard Rohr, one of the world's most influential spiritual thinkers, delivers his long-awaited book on Jesus. In this radical message of hope, Rohr shows how "Jesus" + "Christ" reveal the divine wholeness at the heart of things--and what that means for every one of us.
In his decades as a globally...
The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0824519507 |
In this book Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert explain the enneagram, an ancient personality test used first by Christian ascetics and monks and later by Muslim sufis. It divides people into nine personality types which can be described by their primary need ("need to be perfect", "need to succeed", etc.),...
Learning to Walk in the Dark
| Author | Barbara Brown Taylor |
| ISBN | 0062024353 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor’s Learning to Walk in the Dark provides a way to find spirituality in those times when we don’t have all the answers.
Taylor has become increasingly uncomfortable with our tendency to associate all...
| Author | Thomas Keating |
| ISBN | 0826406963 |
First published in 1986 and in print--and immensely popular--ever since, Open Mind, Open Heart, by the Trappist Monk Thomas Keating, remains one of the best introductions to a specifically Christian form of meditation. Father Keating gives the reader an overview of what contemplative prayer both...
True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
How do you cope when facing life-threatening illness, family conflict, faltering relationships, old trauma, obsessive thinking, overwhelming emotion, or inevitable loss? If you’re like most people, chances are you react with fear and confusion, falling back on timeworn strategies: anger,...
Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0824519957 |
This popular and bestselling book of the renowned Franciscan challenges people to move beyond the comfort of a settled life toward an understanding of themselves that is rooted in their connection to God. Only when they rest in God can they find the certainty and the freedom to become all that they can...
Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 1118303598 |
Dissolve the distractions of ego to find our authentic selves in God In his bestselling book Falling Upward, Richard Rohr talked about ego (or the False Self) and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity. But if there's a False Self, is there also a True Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter?...
The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
| Author | Justin Whitmel Earley |
| ISBN | 0830845607 |
Habits form us more than we form them.
The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. We yearn for the freedom and peace of the gospel, but remain addicted to our technology, shackled by our screens, and exhausted by our routines....
Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God
| Author | James Finley |
| ISBN | 0060750642 |
Enter a Monastery Without Walls
Christian Meditation introduces an ancient practice to a contemporary audience. James Finley, a former monk and student of Thomas Merton, presents the fundamentals of both understanding and practicing Christian meditation. He provides simple, helpful...
Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships
Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompson, M.D., on an amazing journey to discover the surprising pathways for transformation hidden inside your own mind. Integrating new findings in neuroscience and attachment with Christian spirituality,...
| Author | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda |
| ISBN | 0892131233 |
Bhagavada Gita is a text when you read it in Sanskrit produces an effect that resonates somewhere deep in your heart. I know this because as a child I used to hear my grand father recite Gita as it is in Sanskrit (he knew it by heart), and that had some kind of celestial experience inside me.
It was...
