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The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine ...
Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson
Bantam, 1999
A user's guide to human behavior
This is the best book that I have ever read on personality types.
It even eclipses Myers-briggs in that it outlines WHY we are the people that we have become. Though there is a lot of information, the author leads the reader in small enough steps to not only grasp the ...
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Things Hidden: Scripture As Spirituality
Richard Rohr
Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 2008
THINGS HIDDEN: Scripture as Spirituality (Richard Rohr)
THINGS HIDDEN: Scripture as Spirituality, Richard Rohr (2008).
Franciscan prophet and teacher Richard Rohr is a mystic rather than a systematic theologian: indeed he believes `systematizing' theology runs the risk of doing it violence and missing the point: theology ...
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Meditation and Contemplation: An Ignatian Guide to Prayer with Scripture (Crossroad Book)
Timothy M. Gallagher
The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2008
A practical and reliable spiritual guide
This volume is a practical, experience-based guide to the twin Ignatian practices of meditation and contemplation. Distilling from years of spiritual direction and retreat work, and drawing freely from the insights of well-known figures in the Catholic mystical ...
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New Seeds of Contemplation (New Directions Paperbook)
Thomas Merton
New Directions, 2007
"To hope is to risk frustration. So make up your mind in advance to risk frustration."
Thomas Merton's "New Seeds of Contemplation" is nothing short of life-changing: the complexity of his relationship with the interior life and titanic inward spirituality makes this the kind of book you will refer to for your entire life and may never understand it ...
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Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
Richard Rohr
Crossroad General Interest, 2003
Great eye opener
Growing up in a fundamental Christian home and attending a conservative church,I was at first hesitant to read such a "out there" book by a catholic none the less. But it being recommended to me by my counselor as the middle road between the eastern way and the ...
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Scarred By Struggle, Transformed By Hope
Joan D. Chittister
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005
Scarred By Struggle, Transformed By Hope
This is an excellent book for people wondering about the one thing we all face, which is struggle, and how it can be transformed by hope and made into faith. As a former seminary student, I have a vast library and only a few books which are key books that I plan to ...
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Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
Martin Laird
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
contemplative
I have read many books on contemplative prayer practice and I beleive this book is the most concise and well written one I have read. It is difficult to describe spiritual realities with spoken language but the author does a good job of doing this.
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Open Mind Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel
Thomas Keating
Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006
I am enjoying this book.
This book has opened up a whole new path to prayer for me. It is what I was looking for. Centering Prayer,Contemplative Prayer, is explained well inThomas Keating's book.
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Interior Castle
St. Teresa of Avila
Image, 1972
Knowing Christ
An excellent book that deals with the process of knowing and surrendering ones life to Jesus Christ. One is struck by the deep passion to have an intimate relationship with Jesus and what a person is willing to forsake for that relationship. One will not agree with ...
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Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening
Cynthia Bourgeault
Cowley Publications, 2004
A Comprehensive Examination of Centering Prayer and Contemplation
Bourgeault does a very good job of introducing the practice of Centering Prayer and placing it within the framework of contemplation. She links experience to insight which reveals the tremendous power of this simple yet profound practice.
Bourgeault expands this ...
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Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation
Thomas Keating
Continuum International Publishing Group, 1994
Invitation to Deeper Prayer
INVITATION TO LOVE is the third of Father Keating's books to deal with Christian Comtemplation, centering prayer and developing a deeper understanding of our relationship to God. This type of prayer, unlike more active forms, enables us to "rest in God's presence" and ...
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Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus (Youth Specialties)
Mark Yaconelli
Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2006
Extraordinary Resource
This is a stunning book. It's grounded in a seven year Lilly Endowment study of youth ministry. The power of the book is in its authenticity, its deep reality. We lived in a speeded-up, multi-tasking society. A richer life lies in a real connection with God and ...
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The Cloud of Unknowing (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics)
Harpercollins Spiritual Classics
HarperOne, 2004
May all be revealed
It is perhaps perfectly appropriate that the author of 'The Cloud of Unknowing' is himself or herself unknown. This is a spiritual classic, a masterpiece in the real sense of the word. The style of writing is grand, well-versed and perfectly in concert with the ...
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Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel-On Prayer
Thomas Dubay
Ignatius Press, 1989
One of my all-time favorites
I've read this book twice now, and it places in the top 5 books that I've ever read. It guides us through the stages of Spiritual growth as experienced and taught by St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. It's the best book I've ever found on the subject.
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The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation (Wit Lectures.)
Thomas Keating
Paulist Press, 1999
Spirituality and Psychology
Very engaging and readable discussion of deepening one's awareness of and response to God that combines spiritual tradition with psychological insights. I've given several as gifts.
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