With Open Hands
10 best books like With Open Hands (Henri J.M. Nouwen): The Cup of Our Life: A Guide for Spiritual Growth, The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality, A Book of Hours, Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel, Becoming Human, Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina, Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life, Simpler Living, Compassionate Life, Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day, Radical Hospitality: Benedict's Way of Love
| Author | Joyce Rupp |
| ISBN | 0877936250 |
I purchased this book along with the members of our church to use for a daily devotional during Lent. That made it more special, since I knew each day that others I knew were reading the same devotional. Rupp centers the book around a teacup or coffee cup or mug of your choosing and uses scripture to teach...
| Author | Ronald Rolheiser |
| ISBN | 0385494181 |
Ronald Rolheiser makes sense of what is frequently a misunderstood word: spirituality. In posing the question "What is spirituality?" Father Rolheiser gets quickly to the heart of common difficulties with the subject, and shows through compelling anecdotes and personal examples how to channel...
| 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...
| 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 | Jean Vanier |
| ISBN | 0809139006 |
Jean Vanier, a man I thoroughly respect, the founder of L'Arch, a community for the intellectually disabled. Such a thought-provoking book. I could not possibly say enough about it.
Some quotes to give you a feel for Vanier's perspective on humanity:
"I also believe that those we most...
| Author | Michael Casey |
| ISBN | 0892438916 |
Another book I was perusing in preparation for my reading class. I'm going to create a secular lectio divina type exercise, so I wanted to read more about it! After reading about monks and their reading practices, the long history of the art of lectio divina in the church, I feel that more monkish practices...
| Author | Dennis Linn |
| ISBN | 0809135795 |
In this book the Linns (a husband and wife, and the husband’s brother) invite us to practice the examen, a technique for reflecting on the events of our day, passed down by Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. Though it can be phrased many ways, the examen centers on two basic questions: For what...
| Author | Michael Schut |
| ISBN | 1889108626 |
Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective is a rich collection of voices that bring clarity to the confusion between our society's ideal of the material "good life" with the "abundant life, " modeled after the person of Jesus, the things he taught, and the way he lived. It invites...
| Author | David Steindl-Rast |
| ISBN | 1569752974 |
Read this little book in preparation for and on a Quiet Retreat. It was a helpful overview of the monastic hours of the day and the gifts each hour brings. A great book to read to help re-cover a sense of the rhythms of our days and years.
I particularly like the chapter on the hour of Prime in that it...
| Author | Daniel Homan |
| ISBN | 1557254419 |
Today's culture is increasingly hostile and suspicious toward anyone who appears to be different--especially when tragedy strikes. Our instinct is to bolt our doors and protect the ones we love. But deep within the heart of Benedictine spirituality lies a remedy to hatred, fear, and suspicion: hospitality....
| Author | Richard Rohr |
| ISBN | 0867169877 |
Rohr's meditations on the daily readings of Lent are not for the sake of mere information, or even for academia (although the author hopes it will satisfy both), but for the sake of our transformation into our original "image and likeness," which is the very image of God. What always and finally matters...
| Author | Michael Ford |
| ISBN | 0385493738 |
Henri Nouwen, a Dutch Roman Catholic priest, was one of the most beloved and important spiritual writers of the twentieth century. Since his death in 1996, his stature has only increased; and his books, including The Inner Voice of Love, The Wounded Healer, and The Return of the Prodigal Son, have become...
| Author | Brennan Manning |
| ISBN | 0800790839 |
Quotes:
One of the handful of books that have had a profound impact on my life is the late Paul Tillich's The Shaking of the Foundations. It contains this passage:
"To be struck by grace does not mean that we are simply making progress in our moral self-control, in our fight against special...
