Merton's Palace of Nowhere
10 best books like Merton's Palace of Nowhere (James Finley): Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, The Violent Bear It Away, The Seven Storey Mountain, The Cloud of Unknowing, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating, New Seeds of Contemplation, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
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 | Flannery O'Connor |
| ISBN | 0374505241 |
First published in 1960, The Violent Bear It Away is now a landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Conner's work. In it, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousins, the schoolteacher...
The Seven Storey Mountain
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| ISBN | 0156010860 |
A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influential religious works of the twentieth century. This edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H. Shannon. It tells of the growing...
| 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...
| 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,...
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0824525434 |
For Christians seeking a way of thinking outside of strict dualities, this guide explores methods for letting go of division and living in the present. Drawn from the Gospels, Jesus, Paul, and the great Christian contemplatives, this examination reveals how many of the hidden truths of Christianity...
The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating
Kiera Van Gelder's first suicide attempt at the age of twelve marked the onset of her struggles with drug addiction, depression, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, and chaotic romantic relationships-all of which eventually led to doctors' belated diagnosis of borderline personality disorder...
New Seeds of Contemplation
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| ISBN | 0811217248 |
New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely read and best-loved books. Christians and non-Christians alike have joined in praising it as a notable successor in the meditative tradition of St. John of the Cross, The Cloud of Unknowing, and the medieval mystics, while others have...
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...
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0470907754 |
A fresh way of thinking about spirituality that grows throughout life In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up." Most of us tend to think...
| 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...
| Author | Martin Laird |
| ISBN | 0195307607 |
Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly thought to be the preserves of Hindus and Buddhists. Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined teachings on using a prayer word to focus the mind, working with...
In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir
| Author | Paul Quenon |
| ISBN | 1594717591 |
Winner of two 2019 Catholic Press Association Awards: Memoir (First Place) and Cover Design (Second Place).
Monastic life and its counter-cultural wisdom come alive in the stories and lessons of Br. Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O., during his more than five decades as a Trappist at the Abbey of...
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?...
| Author | Barbara A. Holmes |
| ISBN | 0800636430 |
"Contemplation is not confined to designated and institutional sacred places... Some sacred places bear none of the expected characteristics. The fact that we prefer stained glass windows, pomp and circumstance... has nothing to do with the sacred."
Barbara Holmes' JOY UNSPEABLE is a...
Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0281075123 |
A valuable new companion journal to the bestselling "Breathing Under Water"! We are all addicted to something, according to Franciscan Father Richard Rohr. This "Companion Journal" can help you work your way through the wisdom of the twelve-step program as outlined in "Breathing Under Water" to...
Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
| Author | Mirabai Starr |
| ISBN | 1683641566 |
Wild Mercy
is essential reading for anyone ready to awaken the feminine mystic within and birth her loving, creative, and untamed power into the world.
"Mystical brilliance at its best." —Caroline Myss
"No one can take us into the fiery and tender depths of the sacred feminine...
