The Only Necessary Thing: Living a Prayerful Life
10 best books like The Only Necessary Thing: Living a Prayerful Life (Henri J.M. Nouwen): Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections, A Book of Hours, The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way, Intimacy with God: An Introduction to Centering Prayer, Life with God: Reading the Bible for Spiritual Transformation, Seeing through the Fog: Hope When Your World Falls Apart, The Liturgical Year: The Spiraling Adventure of the Spiritual Life - The Ancient Practices Series, The Practice of Spiritual Direction, When the Well Runs Dry: Prayer Beyond the Beginnings, A Glimpse of Jesus: The Stranger to Self-Hatred
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
| ISBN | 0060652810 |
For half a century, Madeleine L'Engle has spun magic with words, touching millions of lives and earning a devoted readership with her award-winning fiction, candid reflections on her personal and family life and graceful meditations on faith. Now, Glimpses of Grace captures the essence of L'Engle's...
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| ISBN | 1933495057 |
This book is set up in the daily liturgical cycle, but instead of prayers from a lectionary or scripture readings, it is entirely composed of Thomas Merton's thoughts on silence, contemplation, nature, and listening to God. It's a great way to silence your soul to listen to God, and a good balance to something...
The Jesus Way part of Eugene Peterson's meaty "conversations" on spiritual theology A way of sacrifice. A way of failure. A way on the margins. A way of holiness. In The Jesus Way Eugene Peterson shows how the ways of those who came before Christ Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, and Isaiah revealed and prepared...
| Author | Thomas Keating |
| ISBN | 0824515889 |
This book was recommended to me by a monk in his eighties in a meeting of spiritual direction with me. I had been feeling very attracted to the practice of Zen meditation for its focus on the present moment, breathing, and acceptance of change, pain, emotional ups and downs, etc. I had felt that my prayer...
| Author | Richard J. Foster |
| ISBN | 0060836970 |
Too often, our study of the Bible focuses on searching for specific information or some formula that will solve our pressing needs of the moment. But what if we approached the Bible differently, and instead of transforming the text to meet our needs, allowed it to transform us?
That's exactly...
| Author | Ed Dobson |
| ISBN | 0781405556 |
An exploration of identity and faith, Seeing Through the Fog invites readers to a vibrant life, an expectant life, a life of joy in each new morning.
Pastor Ed Dobson has spent his life preaching sermons, but this book is not a sermon. He has spent more than ten years with a debilitating illness,...
| Author | Joan D. Chittister |
| ISBN | 0849901197 |
A journey of the soul through the map of Christian time.
The liturgical year, beginning on the first Sunday of Advent and carrying through the following November is the year that sets out to attune the life of the Christian to the life of Jesus, the Christ.
This book sets out to open what may at first...
The Practice of Spiritual Direction
| Author | William A. Barry |
| ISBN | 0866839518 |
Short Review: I am considering going to formal training to become a spiritual director. Because I am who I am, I decided to read widely about spiritual direction as part of the decision making process.
This is a classic (originally published in 1982). The authors are Catholic, but it is widely...
When the Well Runs Dry: Prayer Beyond the Beginnings
| Author | Thomas H. Green |
| ISBN | 0877936412 |
This is one of the best books I have read on contemplative prayer. The author clearly writes from experience; his own and groups he has led. He combines and explains the meanings from some of the masters of contemplative prayer such as St. John of the Cross and the Cloud of Unknowing in a way I have not read...
A Glimpse of Jesus: The Stranger to Self-Hatred
| Author | Brennan Manning |
| ISBN | 0060724471 |
Beloved Christian writer Brennan Manning has long been illuminating the transforming power of God's constant love for us in his bestselling books. Now he identifies self–hatred as the reason that so many of us seem unable to accept this incredible, unchanging love. By clearly examining and understanding...
The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor
| Author | John R.W. Stott |
| ISBN | 0830834869 |
At the 150th anniversary of the dedication of his church, John Stott gave voice to his dream for All Souls, London, and all souls everywhere: "I have a dream of . . . a biblical church . . . a worshiping church . . . a caring church . . . a serving church . . . an expectant church Reflecting on his more than sixty...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0884897958 |
Teens love this Bible because it contains many helpful articles, it touches on topics deeply important to them, and it speaks a language they can understand. The special features of The Catholic Youth Bible include a 54-page concordance to help readers locate scripture passages
over 700 articles...
Radical Grace: Daily Meditations by Richard Rohr
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0867162570 |
Daily thoughts introduced in brief excerpts of Richard Rohr's writings, edited by John Feister. Variety of book sources cover a great span of topics. Some challenging, others comforting. Quotable and spiritually insightful. Whether or not theologically agreeable to all readers, there is much...
In Constant Prayer (The Ancient Practices)
| Author | Robert Benson |
| ISBN | 0849901138 |
What does it mean to pray without ceasing? Is it really that important to pray as the early Church did? In this installment of The Ancient Practices series, Robert Benson presents a structure forour lives where we can live in continued awareness of God s presence and reality.A pattern for worship and...
Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals
| Author | Shane Claiborne |
| ISBN | 0830836225 |
"Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do." --from the Introduction Activists Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove show how prayer and action must go together. Their exposition of key Bible passages...
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Writings Selected with an Introduction
| Author | Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
| ISBN | 1570752486 |
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) was a French Jesuit theologian and scientist renowned for his pioneering field work in paleontology. His visionary writings on the reconciliation of faith and evolutionary theory aroused the suspicions of the Vatican and he was forbidden to publish on religious...
